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Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.......
Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers.......
Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget
PARIS (AP) -- A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests - a key defense against global warming.......
48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
HONOLULU (AP) -- Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.......
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
BOSTON (AP) -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.......
CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time - the shopper cards that...
CNN.com - Science and Space
Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington....
iReporters watch planets, moon align
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Shuttle lands at California air base
NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions....
Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe....
Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft....
Christian Science Monitor | Innovation
How fast is your Internet connection? Ask the FCC.
To ensure Americans are getting what they paid for, the FCC offers a free Internet connection speed test. ...
Can PlayStation Move, Natal revive video game sales?
February was a rough month for video game sales. One bright spot: demand for the Sony PS3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 were up. Will PlayStation Move and Project Natal help? ...
Apple Store braces for iPad pre-order blitz
The online Apple Store went down for several hours early Friday morning, as Apple updated the site to accommodate the iPad pre-order rush. ...
After ill-considered Facebook promise, will sister name her baby 'Megatron'?
She said that if her brother got one million fans on Facebook, she would name her baby 'Megatron.' As of this writing, he has 1,097,139 fans. ...
3D TV has a tough road ahead, says James Cameron
'Avatar' director James Cameron says 3D TV has a future. But he cautioned that 3D movies and shows need to catch up with the hardware. ...
PlayStation Move bests Nintendo Wii in content, precision, Sony says
The PlayStation Move motion-control system will go on sale this fall. Sony exec Peter Dille says he expects gamers to migrate 'naturally' from the Nintendo Wii to the Move. ...
NYT > Science
New U.N. Climate Change Group Is All Male
A group of women are upset that a new United Nations climate change financing group has 19 members, but no women. ...
Hurdles Remain in New York for Ground Zero Settlement
At least 95 percent of the workers who sued the city for health damages must accept the deal for it to take effect. ...
Climate Change Threatens Migratory Birds, Report Says
For the first time, an Interior Department report adds climate change to other factors threatening bird populations. ...
For the Afflicted, a Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory
Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders. ...
Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Claims
A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city, according to city officials. ...
After Cancer, Removing a Healthy Breast
A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds. ...
Christian Science Monitor | Horizons
'Tis the 'Season' for Vivaldi on Google's homepage
It's the 332nd birthday of Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian composer. Today's Google doodle honors 'The Four Seasons,' Vivaldi's most famous composition. ...
Why tons of Facebook pages will wind up in Google search
Google is setting loose its army of crawlers on Facebook Pages, a public section of the site reserved for organizations, celebrities, and businesses. ...
Google scores with Paris Super Bowl ad
Google aired its first-ever Super Bowl ad last night. Are there more smart Google spots to come? ...
Monopoly gets radical redesign -- goodbye, paper money
Hello, debit cards. The new circular board is certainly modern, but will it win over Monopoly purists? ...
Cell phone bans do little to reduce crashes, study finds
New data from the Highway Loss Data Institute finds that laws requiring hands-free devices for cell phones don't change accident rates. ...
Why Sony thinks the Apple iPad will be good for the e-book market
Could the Apple iPad edge the Sony Reader into extinction? Not yet, says the president of Sony’s Digital Reading Division. ...
FT.com - Science & Environment
Science budget to be spared from cuts
Britain's science budget is to be protected as the sector is vital to the country's prosperity, says Lord Mandelson...
'Century of biology' takes time to bear fruit
It is clear now that 21st-century bioscience has not delivered clinical and other results as quickly as some optimists – or hype-merchants – had expected...
Science briefing: Biofuel breakthrough
Researchers have found a two-step chemical conversion process that turns waste biomass efficiently into liquid hydrocarbons, which in turn could fuel vehicle or jet engines...
Gene study raises health fears for IVF babies
Babies conceived using assisted reproductive technologies may suffer higher rates of obesity or diabetes than others because some of their genes function differently, says research...
MPs urge NHS to stop funding homeopathy
The National Health Service should stop funding homeopathy and the medicines regulator should no longer license its products, a group of MPs recommended. The Commons' science and technology committee said the evidence showed it was not effective...
Public losing faith in science
Science as a whole has suffered from recent attacks on climate research, admits the head of the senior US scientific body, and says researchers need to be more open about their findings...
Reuters: Science News
Calcium may help you live longer: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests. ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. ...
Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. ...
"Personal" study shows gene maps can spot disease
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA. ...
SpaceX aborts rocket engine test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. ...
Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday. ...
Wired: Wired Science
Research Reveals Early Signs of Autism in Some Kids
BALTIMORE — Some infants headed for a diagnosis of autism, or autism spectrum disorder as it’s officially known, can be reliably identified at 14 months old based on the presence of five key behavior problems, according to an ongoing long-term study described March 11 at the International Conference on Infant...
Big Earthquakes Cause Premature Births
A new study of a 2005 earthquake in Chile supports the surprising hypothesis that pregnant women who experience earthquakes during the first trimester of their pregnancies have increased risk of premature birth and slightly smaller babies. While the drops in birth weight and gestation time are relatively small, they are big...
Video: Cold, Little Comet Is No Match for Big, Hot Sun
A small, newly discovered comet will not get a chance to enjoy its fame for long. digg_url ="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/little-comet-meet-big-sun/"; As you can see in this image sequence obtained by NASA’s Solar and Heliosopheric Observatory, the comet is on a collision course with the sun. Things will not end well for the comet, which...
Solar Slumber May Have Been Caused by Magnetic Flows
Newly reported observations of gas flows on the solar surface may explain why the sun recently had such an extended case of the doldrums. From 2008 through the first half of 2009, the sun had a puzzling dearth of sunspots, flares and other storms, extending the usual lull at the end...
Desperate Efforts to Save Endangered Bats May Fail
A fierce attempt to keep endangered Virginia big-eared bats alive in captivity has shown just how difficult that noble task may be. The effort was prompted by the discovery of white nose syndrome, an extremely virulent disease that has killed more than a million bats since 2007, in one of the...
The ’70s Photos That Made Us Want to Save Earth
<< previous image | next image >> Two years after Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, the new institution sent out 100 photographers to document the nation’s environment writ large. Now, those photos have made it out of the root cellar of the National Archive and onto Flickr Commons, where they...
Time Crystal
Time Crystal News 15 Mar 2010, Volume 2 Episode 5
This Week’s News Feedback Reader feedback is extremely important to me, and I receive very very little of it. This week I received more than in the previous twelve months. I happened to visit the Podiobooks page for Volume One and stumbled across the following three comments: By: maharg i was a bit conserned...
Review Copies of Volume One Available
We have a limited number of free review copies of Time Crystal Volume One which we can send to readers who will promise to send a review within seven days of receipt. Please write to wyken@timecrystal.co.uk giving your name, age and email address. Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes...
International Women’s Day at CERN
All CERN experiments and accelerators are primarily operated by women. CERN is joining in the celebrations of International Women’s Day with a special feature: http://internationalwomensday.web.cern.ch/internationalwomensday/ Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) ...
News for Time Crystal 2 Episode 4, 8 Mar 2010
This Week’s News Another packed week, including receipt of 500 copies of Volume One in twelve boxes, employing two new people to help me with various other projects and the creation of a whole new Time Crystal product, a Lifetime’s subscription to Time Crystal. The initial motivation for this was to have a prize to be auctioned to raise money for...
A friend of mine, Sandra Pollock, has kindly put a link to the Time Crystal book on her web site at http://openmindcoaching.com/uncategorized/a-book-for-charity-time-crystal I’m hoping to win the 3 One-Hour Training Sessions she is offering for auction at the party on Monday to celebrate Maureen Milgram Forrest. I’m also busy right now writing...
News for Time Crystal 2 Episode 3, 1 Mar 2010
This Week’s News I must have spent, oh, I would guess at least fifteen minutes this week on the Time Crystal Game. Maybe even twenty. So that’s only another four or five days to go. Get it finished in no time! I’m afraid that working on various projects in Leicester is still taking most...
The Register - Science
IPCC Rainforest eco-tastrophe claim confirmed as bunk
Official UN website still shows it as fact, though More bad news today for the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as another of its extravangant ecopocalypse predictions, sourced from green campaigners, has been confirmed as bunk by scientists.…...
Police issue lock-up-your-chihuahuas killer owl warning
European flying beast threatens Wiltshire Wiltshire police have warned locals "not to approach" an escaped European eagle owl which could, if it felt a bit peckish, make off with cats and diminutive dogs.…...
Light bulbs inspire boffins to find fast data transfer trick
Many lights make bytes work Switch a lightbulb on and off fast enough, and you can transmit data without giving everyone in the room a headache.…...
Elon Musk's Falcon 9 suffers rocketus interruptus in pad test
Backfires, blows cloud of soot, but won't start The Falcon 9 rocket made by famed tech hecamillionaire Elon Musk's company SpaceX has suffered a test-firing failure on the pad in Florida.…...
Mutated genetic supertrout developed in lab
Belgian 'blue cow' biotech produces: Das Überfisch After ten years of tinkering with DNA in a Rhode Island lab, a top fish boffin claims he has created a genetically enhanced mutant supertrout.…...
Underground mole-satnavs to work off lightning strikes
'Sferic' zap-sniff tech for future subterranean warriors News has emerged of a secret US military programme intended to let troops navigate about inside huge underground enemy tunnel complexes by measuring energy pulses given off by lightning bolts.…...
AP Top Science News At 2:48 p.m. EST
Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.......
Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers.......
Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget
PARIS (AP) -- A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests - a key defense against global warming.......
48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
HONOLULU (AP) -- Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.......
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
BOSTON (AP) -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.......
CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time - the shopper cards that...
The Register - Science: Environment
New mega offshore windfarms could supply 2% of UK energy
Likely to be offshored in more senses than one, though Licences have been awarded to develop nine massive new offshore wind farms which could - if fully exploited - deliver as much as two per cent of the UK's present day energy requirements.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work...
Greenpeace: Apple ain't so brown anymore
Microsoft, Dell, Nintendo get toxic grade Nature lovers at Greenpeace have made their - ahem - peace with the folks at Apple after some three odd years of lambasting the firm for using toxic chemicals in its products and not stitching Steve Jobs turtlenecks out of pure organic hemp1.… The...
National Rail website buried ahead of snow storm
Desperate commuters look to sky and see red Commuters desperate to avoid spending the night in a railway station or being eaten by their snow-bound fellow commuters were left none the wiser if they went to the National Rail website this afternoon.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work...
Watchdog smacks Times for bogus climate claim
Inaccurate advert hits iceberg in Russian waters An advertising campaign touting the depth and quality of the Times newspaper's environment coverage has been slapped by an industry watchdog for inaccuracy. The paper has agreed to modify the advertisements, which are based on a false climate change claim.… Offloading malware protection...
It's my party and I'll fly in the face of common sense Copenhagen is dead. Hurrah! And I say that as someone convinced that climate change is happening, we're causing it, and we need to do something about it. However, what we don't need to do is the ghastly mess...
'CRU cherrypicked Russian climate data', says Russian
Newly released info probed as Climategate, um, snowballs A prominent Russian climate sceptic and free-market economist says that the British HadCRUT global temperature database - much of which has now been released to the public following the "climategate" email scandal - has been manipulated to show greater warming in Russia...
Mantra Train - Real News blog
Earthquake hits off Hawaii's coast
CNN) -- A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii on Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 6:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) and was 19.3 miles (31.1 km) deep. The epicenter was 13 miles (20 km) southwest of the coastal region of Laupahoehoe and 189 miles (304...
Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere
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Porn: Good for us? - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences
By Milton DiamondPorn: Good for us?Scientific examination of the subject has found that as the use of porn increases, the rate of sex crimes goes down.http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/57169/ Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Nanotech May Tap Into Your Mind
New sensors built using nanotechnology could read and write information directly into the brain.Telecommunications researchers in Japan are attempting to create electronic sensors that can not only receive information from the brain, but could manipulate our neural pathways. While the concept might conjure science-fiction images of half-human, half-machine cyborgs, Dr...
Google Buzz accused of EPIC FAIL
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) - a high-profile public advocacy group - has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission over Google Buzz, the Tweetbook-esque "social networking" service that Mountain View bolted onto Gmail early last week. In its complaint, EPIC says that the new service violated...
GlaxoSmithKline deliberately hid evidence of Avandia harm, says Senate report
(NaturalNews) GlaxoSmithKline, maker of the diabetes drug Avandia, knew the drug was linked to tens of thousands of heart attacks but went out of its way to hide this information from the public, says a 334-page report just released by the Senate Finance Committee. (http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpr...)This report also accuses the FDA...
Suhaib Webb
By Yasmin Mogahed | originally published by InFocus Roses have always been my favorite flower. I’m always struck by how perfect they are—for a moment. But in that moment, and even more so the moments that follow, roses have taught me an invaluable lesson. And I don’t mean a lesson in botany or...
A Lecture by Suhaib Webb | Transcribed by Fuseina Mohamad Part I We came together for a noble purpose: to study the book of Allah, the Qur’an. The Qur’an is the speech of Allah, innahu kalaam Allah. This is the speech of the Creator talking directly to the creation. That is why...
Question I am having trouble understanding the following narration from al-Bukhari’s Sahih: “The divine inspiration paused for a while and the Prophet ﷺ became so sad, as we have heard, that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains, and every time he went up the top...
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
by Maryam Amir-Ebrahimi What do you think of when you see a sister who isn’t wearing hijab? How about a brother who is laughing with many girls? Ever look down on them? Think you’re better than them? It’s easy to be self-righteous. It’s even easier to fall prey to this attitude if...
by Shazia Ahmad Question I understand that hijab is required, and I’ve been wearing it for some time now but I feel like putting it on might have been a mistake. I don’t feel like it’s made me become a better Muslim, and I feel almost like I’m deceiving people because...
by Jinan Bastaki The Salah Series: Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Part VII | Part VIII | Part IX | Part X We all know that proper wudhu (ablution) is a prerequisite to the prayer. Thus, many of us see wudhu just as a means. One thinks,...
Left Brain/Right Brain
Bogus Urine Metals Testing Fails In Vaccine Court
The Thimersoal “test cases” in the OAP relied on bogus urine mercury testing. Among many other common problems the petitioners had in providing any sound scientific support for the notion that mecury can cause autism, that, was at least in part, the apparent conclusion of all three of the special...
Autism-study doctor facing grant probe
A story in the Philadelphia Inquirer today sheds some light on the situation involving Dr. Poul Thorsen. Background for anyone who needs it: Dr. Thorsen is a Danish researcher who is co-author on a number of important studies. These include epidemiological studies on vaccines and autism. Dr. Thorsen did...
Vaccine Court Decision: thimerosal containing vaccines do not cause autism
The decisions are in for the second phase of the Omnibus Autism Proceedings—the “vaccine court” trials to determine if autism can be considered as a vaccine injury. The first set of decisions were handed down last year (those regarding the MMR as a causative agent). This set explored...
AOL Health interviews Jeanette O’Donnell
America Online (AOL) has a series of articles on autism recently added to their site. They have 5 articles, including one on Jeanette O’Donnell. Ms. O’Donnell is very active online with her blog What are they thinking? and commenting as mom26children. Ms. O’Donnel describes herself as: I am the proud...
The Boston Globe defends the Judge Rotenberg Center
The United States Department of Justice has opened an investigation on the Judge Rotenberg Center. The investigation is to determine whether certain methods of the JRC violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). An Op-ed piece in the Boston Globe defended the JRC Shocking truths The Rotenberg Center’s methods are undoubtedly unorthodox....
AOL Health interviews Dora Raymaker
AOL Health as a series of articles on autism. One, well worth your time to read, is by Dora Raymaker. The piece is Living with Autism, as Ms. Raymaker is an adult autistic. I first became aware of Ms. Raymaker when she was blogging on Change.org. She is...
Fleeting Thoughts
Dasa Aradhane 2010-Full Coverage
“Taranga“, the Kannada Sangha of Memphis organised “Dasa Aaradhana”on March 13th . A group of 9 singers viz Deepika Konakanchi, Swathi Pradeep, Chitra Lakshman, Uma Subanna, Vani Prasad, Vani Rao, Pushpa Sanjay, Prakash Raghavendra, Subbarao sang 6 songs of Purandhara Dasa with Lakshman on Mrudangam. The songs sung were: Kaagada Bandide Govinda Namo Laali Laali Yentaatavali Gaara Oorige...
Now You can "Google Me"!! Type Swathi Pra in Google (www.google.com) and it throws up my details in search results.. ...
Well, after much "Hue and Cry","Walkouts","Tantrums",the Women's Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha Yesterday which falicitates 33% reservation for Women in the Parliament. This Bill was actually proposed 14 years ago and after severe persistence,it was passed yesterday! Check out My Comics on Parliament: http://swathipradeep-comics.blogspot.com/2010/03/parlimentary-jokes.html ...
Kathryn Bigelow's "HURT LOCKER" Overshadowed James Cameron's "AVATAR" @OSCAR 2010 by winning 6 Oscars out of 9 Nominations!! What else would be the BEST GIFT for a Woman,when she became the "First Lady Director" to win an Oscar in "Best Director" Category by beating her "EX-HUBBY" James Cameron on "WOMEN'S DAY"??!! Kathyrn...
March 8th is celebrated as "International Women's Day" to salute and respect All the women around the world..!! I wish ALL the LOVELY & GORGEOUS WOMEN out there, A Very "H@PPY WOMEN'S D@Y"!! Check out my Comics on "Women's Day" on My "Comic Blog"... http://swathipradeep-comics.blogspot.com/2010/03/hppy-womens-dy.html ...
When the public is still taking time to digest the "Railway Budget" proposed by Mamta Banerjee, Mr Pranav Mukherjee added "Fuel to Fire" with his "Finance Budget"! Click this link to find the Entire Finance Budget Proposed by Pranab Mukherjee Highlights: Under the new tax proposal, the basic threshold limit for income tax...
nono.bite
Porque é que os sábios sabem pouco
O Conhecimento é como o Chocolate. Alegram qualquer dia, fazem bem ao cérebro e ao resto do corpo. Mas só se forem de boa qualidade e nunca em excesso. Muitas barrinhas e muitos livros podem dar-lhe cabo da saúde.Saiba porquê (descarregar ficheiro pdf)...
Que os hábitos de consumo variam é algo que já sabemos. E sabemos também que, actualmente, o consumo é condicionado pelo endividamento particular, pelo elevado custo dos bens essenciais, pelas fracas taxas de poupança, pela diminuição dos recursos e pelo forte aumento da consciência ambiental. O que talvez não saibamos...
Os novos desafios dos programas de fidelização
Os programas de fidelização, contrariando a crise, crescem de uma forma sólida como mostra o estudo da Colloquy. Segundo os dados mais recentes, dos 1.300 milhões de aderentes em 2007 o loyalty marketing cresceu para mais de 1.800 milhões de utilizadores no ano corrente.Leia mais (descarregar ficheiro pdf) ...
O social media oferece aos marketeers uma voz e forma de comunicar com os seus parceiros, clientes e potenciais consumidores. Personaliza a marca e dissemina a mensagem de uma forma descontraída e relacional.Leia mais (descarregar ficheiro pdf)...
Qual a razão do sucesso do Twitter? Parte do sucesso estará certamente associado à rapidez da resposta, o que permite não ter que adiar a satisfação. Tal como o Google fez, nos primeiros tempos, a aposta numa abordagem muito diferente da comunicação online. O Google, quando todos faziam anúncios...
+ digital + interactivo + social = novo marketing
A recessão económica obrigou os profissionais de marketing a procurarem métodos mais económicos para alcançarem os seus propósitos.E a futura melhoria da situação económica não voltará a colocar tudo como de antes.O Marketing Mix terá inevitavelmente mudado. Para esta certeza existem 4 razões.Leia mais (descarregar ficheiro pdf) ...
Why Evolution Is True
This may be a portent of global warming: a new paper in the bird journal Oikos, based on 46 (!) years of research, shows that migratory birds in the U.S. are getting smaller over time. One of the generalizations about biogeography that I teach my students is “Bergmann’s Rule,” the observation...
I’m scheduled to be on the Thom Hartmann show this Tuesday (hour two) to talk about—God help me—homeschooling. They’re making a Skype connection, so I guess there’s some video, too, which you can watch on the website. Not really knowing who Thom Hartmann is (I rarely listen to radio), I Googled...
Andrew Brown on the Catholic church: it’s no worse than other child abusers
The Guardian’s resident moron, Andrew Brown, has outdone himself this week, publishing a column designed to put “Catholic child abuse in proportion.” It’s a disgusting and self-serving piece of faitheistic tripe, and its underlying message is this: those people who attack the Catholic church for systematic child abuse are really...
Some say that it’s kitteh abuse to raise a cat as an atheist—to brainwash it into rejecting Ceiling Cat, Basement Cat, and any of the supercatual notions that give comfort to felids. Indeed, even the term “atheist cat” could be construed as a form of abuse. Nevertheless, today we have...
The Texas School Board approves a new social studies curriculum, described by the New York Times as “stressing the role of Christianity in American history and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.” You can find the standards here. Have a gander if you have time. Here’s a screenshot...
Good to the last dropping: pitcher plant evolves to be shrew loo
We evolutionary biologists have one advantage over other biologists: we’re constantly encountering bizarre features of nature showing the almost unbelievable variety of adaptations that can be produced by natural selection. This means that we’re constantly getting little frissons of pleasure, and I get at least one of these a month. ...