Random links
- Climate was HOTTER in Roman, medieval times than now: Study
- Of course, they still show a reversing of the cooling trend around the time of the industrial revolution. Full study in Nature.
- God Is Not Dead Yet
- "In a recent article, University of Western Michigan philosopher Quentin Smith laments what he calls "the desecularization of academia that evolved in philosophy departments since the late 1960s." He complains about naturalists' passivity in the face of the wave of "intelligent and talented theists entering academia today." Smith concludes, 'God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the late 1960s and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments.'"
- The Link Between Quietness And Productivity
- "Sometimes we forget that the most productive people in an organization aren’t the ones who make the most noise. In fact, it’s often the quiet ones who out-produce everyone else."
- The Secrets of Hissing Trees
- "Three years ago, a researcher collecting tree core samples in Connecticut was startled to see one of the trees begin to hiss and spit. Even more surprising, he found that the leaking gas could be set on fire." I was somewhat amused by the first commenter who asked "What's worse? Shale gas or trees?" The article notes old-growth forests as net carbon emitters but that chopping them down would result in release of significant carbon emissions. One thing that I have seen argued for before is the chopping down of trees and burying the logs, thereby keeping them as a carbon reservoir.
- Cow climbs 5 floors to dodge pesky bull
- "The desperate cow apparently bolted from a field in the village of Lesogorsk recently after the love-struck bull repeatedly interrupted its peaceful grazing."