An inspiring Earth Day message from Jane Goodall

I know that it's not Earth Day.  On the other hand, every day is (or should be) Earth Day.   Mainly, I wanted to share the link to Jane Goodall's Earth Day talk from the spring, 2006 (see below).  The students in my daughter's class were given an assignment to read a biography and then make a short presentation…

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Draw the curves, then plot the data on climate change

Bush's oil company chums are trying to buy off climate scientists: Ben Stewart of Greenpeace said: "The AEI is more than just a thinktank, it functions as the Bush administration's intellectual Cosa Nostra. They are White House surrogates in the last throes of their campaign of climate change denial. They…

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Cow and Boy is not Calvin and Hobbes, but…

This Comic strip often takes a pointed view of popular perceptions. For example, today's Cow and Boy strip: This seems all too familiar. One side framing an issue for debate, and the other sidestepping the frame because it doesn't fit their world-view. We see a lot of this out in…

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A free science education, compliments of science blogs

I’ve recently been digging into the family of blogs that goes under the umbrella name: scienceblogs.com.  Here’s the general mission: Our mission is to build a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about science and its place in our culture, and give them a place to meet. The Science Blogs are…

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