Archive for May, 2008

Crawford: Obama Has Replaced Clintons As Boss Of Party - Pol

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Make no mistake about it. The decision rendered today by the Democratic National Committee’s rules panel showed that Barack Obama has displaced Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, as boss of the party.

Random Acts of Evolution

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

One of the clear results of the Human Genome Project is that our genomes are incredibly junky: Our DNA contains approximately 3.2 billion base pairs, about the amount of information that can be stored on a single CD, but only about 5 percent of that information plays a significant role in constructing the human form.

CNN: McCain’s Trips to Iraq are “Divorced from Reality.”

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

CNN’s Michael Ware, who has been in Iraq for 5 years also said: “I’ll issue a word of caution, too. I mean Senator McCain has been here, what, more than half a dozen times. And we’ve seen him get assessments of Iraq terribly wrong. So I wouldn’t be hanging my hat on the fact that your opponent has only been here once.”

Coke machines to become CO2-cooled

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Remember when CFCs were burning a hole in the ozone and everyone switched over to HFCs and the hole went away? Well, recent studies have shown that HFCs are pretty bad themselves, prompting many, including Coca-Cola, to move to our favorite GHG friend CO2. Sure, it’s got a bad name, but in this case it’s actually a lot better.

Animals of Planet Earth: A Discovery Guide

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

They live on mountains, caves, fresh water, oceans, jungles. Meet the wildlife on planet Earth.