In the long time since ceasing to post here I've been extremely busy. I've been doing a lot of research on Jonathan Wells, Phillip E. Johnson, etc. etc. you know the kind, those IDeists bent on destroying actual science and substituting it with creationism.

I may or may not use the fairly in-depth information I have gathered on this blog, but I am in the active process of writing a book, so some of these things I've found will definitely appear.

But what we already knew, and what I'm finding more and more about these guys is... I can look at pictures of these big IDeists and I just think to myself in awe... what fucking assholes.

Yeah, that's all. Hopefully I'll have something to report on soon.

Ok, for the record, I kinda dont believe in dinosaurs. For my own personal reasons, I think its all hogwash. And it just hit me, that one of the main reasons I dont fully believe in their existence is because I've never heard a believable theory (or hell...any theory at all) of how dinosaurs reproduce. How can a species exist without making with the sex?

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Dear All,

Fritz Kahn is an enigmatic figure. Born in 1888 in Germany, Kahn trained as a gynecologist but was forced to close his medical practice in 1933 because of the rise of National Socialism and the passing of anti­-Semitic legislation. Kahn participated in the publication of more than twelve books on biological and medical topics during his lifetime, many of which would be translated into English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Indonesian and Finish. Apparently smuggled out of Europe in 1940, Kahn likely returned to Europe by 1949 where he would die in 1969. This short biography is almost all that is publicly available about Kahn's life.

The Atlantic has now generated six hurricanes this year, with Hurricane Kyle joining Bertha, Dolly, Gustav, Hanna and Ike on this year's list.  An Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter examined Kyle earlier this afternoon and found hurricane force winds extending far enough from the center to justify the upgrade.  Here are Kyle's most recent vitals:

Center located at 34.3N, 69.7W; maximum sustained winds of 75mph, moving N @ 23mph; minimum pressure of 995mb.

1.  If everyone stopped moving simultaneously, time would stop

2.  No body is smart enough to understand why negative times negative is positive

3.  Everyone thinks that every one else is a party animal. People like to believe that they are better than the ‘other’ people that party.

4.  The rate at which time passes increases as time moves on

5.  People that you think are bad and those that you look down at are people that you don’t really know

6.  Subtraction is an illusion. Its really just the addition of negative numbers

7.  You need faith to be an atheist

8.  The perfect soul mate you are looking for does not exist

9.  Due to the conservation of momentum, it is possible for you to fart your way through space.

10.  Lowering your expectations and standards is the key to happiness

It seems like 61 nobel prize winners including my favorite - Peter Agre  have endorsed Obama.  Obama has promised "consistent and predictable" increases in science funding.   If he really does this it would be great for aspiring academicians!

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/925/3?etoc

With Halloween just around the corner, what could be more fun than creating your own green slime to play with?  You can synthesize your own slime using only Elmer's glue (the non-washable kind), Borax (found in the laundry detergent section of most stores), green food coloring and water.  I found this experiment on fatlion.com/science.  It would be a great activity for a Halloween party!

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Ant queens are those individuals in a nest that lay the eggs.  They're pretty important, of course, as without reproduction the colony dwindles and disappears.

Understandably, ant-keepers have an interest in making sure their pet colonies have queens.  Conversely, pest control folks trying to get rid of ant colonies need to be sure that they've eliminated queens.  Whether your interest is live ants or dead ants, I'll give some pointers in this post for recognizing queens.<!--more-->