I am a paleontologist 3 Sep 2009 By “They Might be Giants”: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ8rblUtEXA&hl=en&fs=1&] Evolution Humor Pop culture Science
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Why eat meat? 6 May 20126 May 2012 A while back, the New York Times held a blog competition on justifications for eating meat, in 600 words or less. I submitted mine, but I bet it didn’t get far up the selection tree, as the winner is effectively a popular piece rather than a philosophical justification, and so… Read More
Education Facts of Evolution: a video series for school students 16 Sep 2009 I’m not going to watch the whole series, and some of the statements may be quibble-worthy, but it looks pretty good. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrGtwyhtRwA] HT metspitzer on talk.origins Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Religion and well being 22 Jul 2009 A paper in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry is reviewed by the awesome Epiphenom. The authors do a horizontal study and find that fewer people in religious communities suffer depression, and a longitudinal study that suggests this is not a matter of self-selection: those in religious communities, as measured by… Read More
That’s a bit of poetic license: they don’t use shovels. I have seen this (Chris Nedin on a shale cliff).
I have cousins with young children, but since I am clueless, I don’t know what age group this stuff is appropriate for. Help, please. I like it, but am saving my quatloos for the new Beatles stuff.