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Hoberman Fullerenes? by Vitruvius March 30, 2012 6:09 pm

Judging from the lack of responses, I'm thinking this was a stupid question after all. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-01 15:29:03
- I doubt it was stupid, I just don't have any answers except that I believe the strength of carbon materials ... by bowser 2012-04-01 16:14:15
- Actually, it was an excellent question. by TB 2012-04-01 16:12:18

Video just for today by TB April 1, 2012 1:46 pm

Found in another nearby link: Best thing I've seen all week. by TB 2012-04-01 14:37:07
- British comedy is the best comedy :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-01 15:28:18
I LOVE Penguins!!!!!!! by Jody 2012-04-01 14:04:50
- Hee hee...btw...today is my daughter's thirty first birthday....everybody thought I was kidding when I proclaimed..."It is TIME!!" by Jody 2012-04-01 14:07:47

Study tracks how conservatives lost their faith in science. by bowser March 29, 2012 2:28 pm

I hope everyone followed the link to this video: Science and the republican brain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FwUb00CIxD8 by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-30 07:02:22
- I've seen enough. by RobVG 2012-03-30 08:16:16
  - Both your and TB's comments demonstate a complete misunderstanding of the issue and the evidence. A shame you won't ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-30 18:33:23
    - This isn't new Buck by RobVG 2012-04-01 11:22:43
    - I know exactly who Chris Mooney is. by TB 2012-03-30 20:53:46
      - Whether it's biology or psychology there are clearly real and consistent differences in non-political character traits between conservatives and liberals. ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-31 00:05:06
        
        This is just people trying hard to push the idea of some biological determinism as the foundation of political ideas. by TB 2012-03-31 08:46:13
        
        Again, you are speaking from the ignorance of not having watched the video and your comments are not particularly salient. by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-31 18:20:09
        
        I got about a third of the way through. by TB 2012-03-31 20:12:07
  - Maybe empirical observation is more useful than studies. :) by TB 2012-03-30 10:51:40
Food for thought by RobVG 2012-03-29 18:13:46
- There are several "studies" out there showing how conservative minds just "ain't right." by TB 2012-03-29 19:02:52
  - Conservatives do have several traits in common which "ain't right". A greed, and selfishness and a profound lack of ... by bowser 2012-03-29 20:03:01
    - Liberals define "empathy" as loudly bemoaning the plight of others, then making someone else do something for them. by TB 2012-03-29 20:47:24
      - QED, you don't know what empathy means. But it's nice of you to try. And it's no wonder you ... by bowser 2012-03-30 08:48:34
        
        Yes, that is the dictionary definition. by TB 2012-03-30 10:07:11
        
        And it's a definition which explains why you don't know what the word means. by bowser 2012-03-30 10:44:58
    - I think your talking about a subset of the 1%. n/t by RobVG 2012-03-29 20:24:59
      - Nah. I'm talking about Universal Health Care, that sort of thing. by bowser 2012-03-29 20:36:41
This study is severely flawed. by ER 2012-03-29 16:55:20
- I have but one question by FrankC 2012-03-31 17:10:24
When "science" started being used as a political weapon. by TB 2012-03-29 16:32:51
- No, its when "religion" started being used as a political weapon. by ER 2012-03-29 16:57:43

Occupy Movement hanging out, slowly drying. by TB April 1, 2012 8:00 am

How do we know the Occupy Movement were Democratic Party stooges? (I think if I had posted the above it would ... by bowser 2012-04-01 08:39:06
- Last October Democratic leaders were embracing the movement and using it to make political points. by TB 2012-04-01 09:30:55
  - Conservatives embrace the Armed Forces and use them to make political points. That doesn't mean the military is a ... by bowser 2012-04-01 10:27:00

I figure those lights were aliens buying Mega-Millions tickets by FrankC March 30, 2012 3:13 pm

I got mine! by TB 2012-03-30 15:23:38
- Woot! by TB 2012-03-31 07:54:37
  - That is very close. But you'd have had to share it with 3 other winners, so what the heck. by bowser 2012-04-01 07:50:38

Strange "cloud" on Mars by TB March 24, 2012 3:42 pm

Mars' mystery cloud explained. "It's most likely a condensate cloud/haze, H2O in composition," Bruce Cantor, senior staff scientist at Malin Space ... by bowser 2012-03-31 22:32:19
I was very excited by this, especially when Jaeschke said in the comments section of his site, "They [NASA] sent ... by Ainz 2012-03-30 03:00:27
- That is interesting. It might have had such a mundane cause as to not appear newsworthy. A meteor ... by bowser 2012-03-30 13:13:06
  - Maybe the orbiter drivers are just too busy collecting data? (at that location) A fresh impact would be fun to look ... by Ainz 2012-03-30 14:26:42
    - I don't know about you, but I'm going to keep an eye open for giant cylinders crashing into the ground. by TB 2012-03-30 14:53:14
Seems to have the characteristics including latency of a meteor impact. by bowser 2012-03-25 00:19:56
Don't we have an orbiter around Mars that could send us some imagery to get a better look at this? by ER 2012-03-24 17:42:11
- How about three of them? MRO, Mars Express and Odyssey. They'll get down to the bottom of this. Oooops! Bad Marianas Trench pun. by Jeff-Wash 2012-03-25 21:16:17
- That's what I'm thinking. This could very well be a result of crappy pictures and blurriness and whatnot (Just ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-24 18:04:56
  - Strange clouds, as well as mists, sand storms, and other meteorological phenomena are not uncommon on Mars. There's a particularly ... by ER 2012-03-24 19:04:27

Why conservatives don't trust scientists by TB March 30, 2012 5:27 pm

I saw this Thursday on PsyPost and it bugged me a little bit. It specifically stated that conservative trust in ... by FrankC 2012-03-30 23:50:46
A distinction without a meaning. People gauge "scientist" by the "science" he or she does. Conservatives have beliefs into which ... by bowser 2012-03-30 21:56:14
- Global warming is an incontrovertible fact. I believe this fact. Any reasonable person will believe in evolution over creationism. I believe ... by FrankC 2012-03-31 01:52:15
  - It gets a little tricky though, doesn't it? by TB 2012-03-31 08:24:58
    - Exactly by FrankC 2012-03-31 16:46:52

I'm ashamed of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. by Jeff-Wash March 31, 2012 12:32 pm

I don't know anyone who is particularly proud of them. Jackson, in particular, would offer to solve problems arising ... by bowser 2012-03-31 16:01:41

Richard Branson loses race to deepest part of ocean... by TB March 30, 2012 5:16 pm

Sort of like the Moon, I guess. The race wasn't about getting there, but getting back. by bowser 2012-03-31 07:26:54

Greatest traffic stop ever by TB March 30, 2012 4:29 pm

So, whatever happened to Keith Olbermann? by TB March 30, 2012 2:51 pm

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