The Safeguard, A Creative Commons Comic Book Script
Posting this on the off-chance that there is an aspiring comic artist out there who might be interested in collaborating with an aspiring writer. I had found a fantastic cartoonist to work with me…
Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20080724
  • Odorrana tormota is a frog that can tune its ears to different frequencies.

    • Odorrana tormota

    Odorrana tormota
    Credit: Albert Feng
  • An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in…
    • Homo sapiens as Long-Distance Runners
    As a child, I was a master at chasing the ice cream man. I remember one time when that big white truck got a good four-block lead on me before I leapt outside in a pavlovian response to its musical…
    ideonexus: No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. - J. Robert Oppenheimer
    Science Etcetera, Mercuryday 20080723
  • Human speech originated with singing fish.

    • midshipman fish singing to attract a mate

    midshipman fish singing to attract a mate
    Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
  • Radiohead video uses no…
    • DaisyWorld, A Fable of Planetary Homeostasis

    DaisyWorld Simulation

    Screenshot of DaisyWorld Simulation
    Credit: GingerBooth.com

    Long long ago in a galaxy far far away, there was a cold, gray planet named DaisyWorld orbiting a star much…

    Science Etcetera, Marsday 20080722
  • The American Human Development Project ranks states and congressional districts using a similar criteria the UN uses to rank countries. Not surprisingly, the South sucks. Find out where you reside…
    • Human Life Goes on Sale Under Bush Administration’s EPA
    Michael Crichton, Glen Beck, the Washington Times, and the Randroids, have all equated environmentalism with eugenics, population control, and fascism. We environmentalists hate human…
    Science Etcetera, Moonday 20080721
  • Aaaaaggggghhhh!!! John Boehner (R-OH) claims there is no wildlife in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!!!
  • Japanese researchers have built a molecular motor, and it works like a hula hoop.
    • Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20080717

    (Light blogging this week as I work on my house.)

  • Images of the atomic blast in it’s first millionth of a second.

    • Atomic Blast in first Millisecond

    Atomic Blast in first Millisecond
    Credit: Harold…