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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Africa's Scientific Renaissance

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Three Degrees: Botswana dunes, Indian monsoon... - More consequences of global warming, according to peer-reviewed science cited in Mark Lynas' book. (But why?) Botswana sand dunes. Large parts of the Kalah...
3 years ago
Geologist Blog

Ever Notice - How ground water drainage on soil with fine sediments from 6 feet up looks just like river beds from 5000 feet up. The pattern of erosion and areas of depo...
3 years ago
Future Military Weapon Technology - Future Firepower

Myths About the NATO 5.56 Cartridge - [image: M16A1, M16A2, M4, M16A4] There are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding the current M16A1, M16A2, M4, M16A4NATO 5.56 round and its effecti...
3 years ago
New Scientist Short Sharp Science Blog

1238809528491 - eeyore is cute!
4 years ago
Scienticity

Scienticity Is... - Perspective For several years we have used the word "scienticity" in our book notes to describe the *science-y* quality of a book, whether the exhibits a ...
4 years ago
The Ecology Blog

Marine Solar Panels for your Boat - Solar energy is an incredibly valuable solution for the creation of electricity all over the world. With the widest application extent in the world, solar ...
4 years ago
The British Society for the History of Science

The British Society for the History of Science -
4 years ago
The Physics Anti-Crackpot Blog

Portrait of a Crackpot - Well, tonight thanks to an unsolicited email to anticrackpot@gmail.com (keep them coming!), I have discovered crackpot gold. Rather, Eric (who does not ind...
4 years ago
New Scientist Technology Blog

This blog's moving home! - After more than two years and 1127 posts, the technology blog is moving home. We're merging with Short Sharp Science, a blog for everything New Scientist c...
4 years ago
Educational technology

New blog - The following address will take you to my new blog http://blogforassessment.blogspot.com/
4 years ago
Quantum Physics Explored

Sorry… - some recent computer problems are stoping me from being able to keep up with posting, but fear not, posting will be back to normal soon…
5 years ago
DSG's Computer Technology Blog

Apple iPhone Sync Exchange Contacts and Calendar with iPhone - Getting asked a lot on how to sync contacts and calendar from Exchange down to the iPhone. So this is how I have mine setup using my MacBook Pro and Entour...
5 years ago
Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science

The Creation of Adam: Censorship or Homophobia - Here in St. Louis (or more properly over in St. Charles) there is a growing flap over this sculpture Which is clearly modelled after Michelangelo’s famous ...
7 years ago
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