Monthly Archives: March 2010
The policy policy
Australian Prime Minister for the Obvious has said that there should be a “zero tolerance” policy against bullying. In other news, a 13 year old Victorian girl who held a kitchen knife to the throat of a 12 year old … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Freedom, Politics, Pop culture, Social dominance
mtDNA varies in a single individual
It turns out, according to a recent study, that mitochondrial genomes vary within a single normal individual (human, but we should be able to generalise). What, I wonder, does this mean for the use of DNA barcoding?
Filed under Biology, Genetics, Species and systematics, Species concept, Systematics
Intelligent late night TV
Bill Benzon at The Valve links to one of the more interesting pieces on TV I have seen – Craig Ferguson interviewing Stephen Fry without a studio audience, and guess what? The conversation goes into smart and educated territory! There’s … Continue reading
Filed under Links, Pop culture
Updated Olympics rankings
I did this before, so I’m adding in the Winter Olympics figures to see who is the most successful per head of population… the results might surprise you, again…
Filed under Pop culture, Social evolution, trashcan categorial
Caste in India
3 Quarks Daily has an excellent essay on the evolution (cultural, of course) of the Varna and Jati system in India. This is often referred to by westerners as “the” caste system.
Filed under Politics, Religion, Social dominance, Social evolution
