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Telling Stories: February’s Scientiae Carnival
Hooray, hooray, for Scientiae! This month’s theme brings us lots of stories about what sexism looks like in everyday life… and some less depressing entries as well. -
Stratigraphic layer-cake T-shirt
I would buy it immediately, but fortunately for my wallet I got stuck nitpicking the weird clastic dikes. Callan Bentley has more about why it is a wholly unrealistic piece of art. -
Global warming skeptics claim Patriots win Superbowl
"Common sense demands that a team which makes up less than 0.05% of the population of Hudson County can’t possibly be responsible for upsetting the greatest sports franchise on Earth." -
More on medical geophagy in chimps: montmorillonite clay and the origins of life –
Chimpanzees eat clay because it catalyzes biochemical reactions to fight malaria. The chimps in this study were eating mainly kaolinite – I wonder if they would display a preference if given a choice between different clay mineralogies. -
Blogging on Pseudoscientific Douchebags
An icon (and maybe someday an aggregation service) I can endorse! -
Justice Department to Treat Gay Employee Group Equally
Hey, look at that! The Attorney General did something that doesn’t make me want to throw a rock at my computer! -
California Solar Power History –
A neat Google Maps widget that shows the takeoff in solar power in California in the last 8 years. If you know your San Francisco area geography, check out the difference between Berkeley and Oakland, and contemplate tax incentives.
I’ve decided to buy the stratigraphy t-shirt after all. This will actually be the first piece of previously-unworn non-sock/bra/underwear clothing that I’ve purchased for myself since… uh… I can’t remember. Probably sometime in 2020. I’m not what you’d call a fashionista, but I am occasionally a sucker for geekwear.
Wait! No! I bought some tank tops last summer. Anyway, Threadless offers store credit to people who successfully spam their friends. So if you are a Threadless regular, please spam me with an invitation to buy that t-shirt.
Andrew wrote:
What’s wrong with the T-shirt isn’t so much the clastic dikes but the angular unconformity underneath the limestone. Sorry, that can’t happen in the non-creationist universe!
Posted 06 Feb 2020 at 8:22 pm ¶
Maria Brumm wrote:
You’re right, of course, but I’m fixated on hydrofracturing right now for other reasons, so that’s where my attention went and got stuck.
Posted 06 Feb 2020 at 8:26 pm ¶
Mister DNA wrote:
Hi there,
I just wanted to say “thanks” for the all-important ScienceBlogger endorsement of Blogging on PseudoScientific DoucheBags. The site is up with plans to go live on Feb 12. In the meantime, if anyone has any ideas/suggestions, head on over and put in your $0.02.
Posted 08 Feb 2020 at 6:56 am ¶
Danny Vo wrote:
Thanks for the link for our Solar Power History map. If you have any other things that you think would be helpful on a google map mashup, let us know!
Posted 21 Feb 2020 at 4:16 pm ¶