NY state senate votes against equality | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

NY state senate shoots down equal rights for gay couples....WTF, NY?

Great comment by Phil Plait. In particular, listen to NY State Senator Diane Savino's speech embedded in Phil's post.


NY state senate votes against equality

Male and female shopping strategies show evolution at work in the mall

Very interesting, though I suspect some men just might try to use this to get out of that shopping trip. "Honey, I'm just not genetically programmed for this..."

Male and female shopping strategies show evolution at work in the mall

Computer Laboratory – Technical reports: UCAM-CL-TR-754

A great study on the psychology of being conned, blagged, swindled and scammed and how to avoid it. It was done as a part of a study to investigate the weak link of any security system, the human element. Fascinating reading, and also quite entertaining!

Computer Laboratory – Technical reports: UCAM-CL-TR-754

Life on Mars! (maybe)

Very cautious analysis of those meteorites that started the hoopla a few years back. Let's see how it progresses.

Life on Mars?! � The Martian Chronicles

LHC update: it’s now all-powerful | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Ooh! Ooh! More LHC! Grace à the Bad Astronomer!

LHC update: it’s now all-powerful | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

APOD: 2009 November 30 - Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station

APOD: 2009 November 30 - Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station

Straight out of science fiction....no, wait, this is science fact! It's so cool that we can actually do this!

H1H1 Vaccine: Inform yourself

I really don't get the fear-mongering surrounding the H1N1 vaccine. It's the same technology and manufacturing process (for both the adjuvant and non-adjuvant versions) as the regular flu except that the viral "definition" (to use an IT term) has changed. No-one seems to object to the regular flu vaccine, so what's the problem? Even some doctors here in France are expressing concern that it hasn't been sufficiently tested. What, 60 years of vaccinations isn't sufficient testing? Sheesh....

Some further information:
WHO, FDA, European Medicines Agency have approved the Novartis and Glaxo Kline Smith vaccines, with 65+ million vaccinations in 16 countries, no issues reported.

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