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Star Formation: The Game | DISCOVER Magazine Play the Hand of God and place supernovae to produce star-forming regions in a cloud of gas. My best score is just over 2000. (tags: science astronomy games internet) Questions for Steven Chu – The Science Guy – The Green Issue – Interview – NYTimes.com "Was anyone in… Continue reading links for 2009-04-19

slacktivist: T.F.: By the rivers of Babylon "That’s a change from the view of apocalyptic types from older times. They used to fear people like Napoleon — those who sought to conquer the world through force, riding forth on literal, flesh-and-blood white horses, intent on empire. But to premillennial dispensationalists, would-be imperialists get a pass.… Continue reading links for 2009-04-18

North Of The Border Case File #135: Canadian Bacon    | DVD | A.V. Club "Just as Ned Flanders likes Woody Allen movies except for “that nervous fella that’s always in them,” I like Michael Moore movies and kind of hate Michael Moore himself. " (tags: culture movies review avclub world) Solar power sats get… Continue reading links for 2009-04-17

Bristol Palin and two kinds of virginity | TPMCafe "Prior to the Palin blow-up, the evangelical wing and the traditional upper crust WASP wing of the party had a pretty basic agreement about the value of pure white virgin daughters. Having a few of these hanging around on podiums made politicians look good, and preserving… Continue reading links for 2009-04-16

EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect "If you indeed instituted the calls to flatten out the federal tax distribution, the influence of state and local taxes would leave you with an incredibly regressive tax structure, not a slightly less progressive tax structure. Which is something to keep in mind next time you read a Wall… Continue reading links for 2009-04-15

EDSBS » Archive » CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS COVERS THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME "Like the tyrant who conjured a territory whole from the aether, so have we on this field two imaginary kingdoms wrenched forth from geographic oblivion. Florida, were it not for the intervention of a few real estate scamsters in the ‘20, the discovery of… Continue reading links for 2009-04-14

Backreaction: Women in Physics "I was invited to the upcoming APS meeting in Denver to speak in a session on "Women and Minorities in Gravity: Science and Career Paths." And since I have somewhat of a bad conscience for never having been at never any APS meeting, not to mention never having been of any… Continue reading links for 2009-04-13

When the Martian Winds Blow… : Starts With A Bang "Opportunity is headed towards Endeavour Crater (above), and this power boost may shorten its trip by months. This would be the largest crater ever explored by a rover on Mars, and we may yet get to see it, all because of a gust of wind!"… Continue reading links for 2009-04-12

How hostage negotiations work. – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine "What, exactly, does a hostage negotiator do? Wear down the captors. Negotiating strategies vary depending on the demands, the time of day, the hostage-taker’s sanity, and a million other factors. (For example, you might want to send in a SWAT team right away if… Continue reading links for 2009-04-11

Why was Jesus crucified? – By Larry Hurtado – Slate Magazine "A central statement in traditional Christian creeds is that Jesus was crucified "under Pontius Pilate." But the majority of Christians have only the vaguest sense what the phrase represents, and most non-Christians probably can’t imagine why it’s such an integral part of Christian faith.… Continue reading links for 2009-04-10