Climate friendly dining
february 2009 by jimray
It turns out that beef, especially grass-fed, is a major contributor to global warming and reducing our consumption of it would have a major impact on reducing carbon emissions.
food
climatechange
tumbl
environment
science
february 2009 by jimray
Vertical farms make local food an urban reality
july 2008 by jimray
Instead of requiring acres of land, a 30-story building could feed 50,000 people. A drop in the bucket for a city like New York, but a fascinating concept all the same.
food
design
architecture
urban
science
tumbl
july 2008 by jimray
Creationists are trying a new approach, this time it's about the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution
june 2008 by jimray
How about a strengths and weakness of Intelligent Design? It allows small minded idiots to continue to ignore science (strength) and is complete bullshit (weakness).
dumb
creationism
education
science
tumbl
june 2008 by jimray
16% of US science teachers are creationists
may 2008 by jimray
That's one in eight. Unbelievable.
creationism
dumb
religion
science
education
tumbl
may 2008 by jimray
The science of barbecue
april 2008 by jimray
I don't need no fancy pants scientist to tell me what's damn good, ok? (Also, this is good)
food
science
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
The atheist apocalpyse
march 2008 by jimray
"We held a calm, rational debate and came to the consensus that we should initiate DOOMSDAY!!"
funny
religion
science
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
Richard Dawkins on the "Expelled" Good Friday fiasco
march 2008 by jimray
On the irony of expelling one of the films more prominently featured scientists from the opening as well as the movie simply being awfully made.
science
creationism
film
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
Science writer and all around great guy Alan Boyle has a great rundown on the science of leap year
february 2008 by jimray
As timekeeping gets more precise, we're going to have to come up with new ways to keep track - every three thousand years or so
science
awesome
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
The encycolopedia of life has launched
february 2008 by jimray
The latest attempt to catalog every species on the planet
science
awesome
tumbl
libraries
february 2008 by jimray
Kottke has a swell interview with "Proust was a Neuroscientist" author Jonah Lehrer
february 2008 by jimray
"After a few hundred pages of melodrama, I began to realize that the novelist had these very modern ideas about how our memory worked. His fiction, in other words, anticipated the very facts I was trying to uncover by studying the isolated neurons of sea
science
writing
writers
interviews
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Guy that published the paper on the five second rule turns his attention to double dipping
january 2008 by jimray
“The way I would put it is, before you have some dip at a party, look around and ask yourself, would I be willing to kiss everyone here? Because you don’t know who might be double dipping, and those who do are sharing their saliva with you.”
via:kottke
food
science
awesome
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Google is hosting terabytes of science data for free, will ship you a RAID array to dump yours
january 2008 by jimray
I love that they're just sending a 3TB array to anyone who has interesting data - never underestimate the bandwidth potential of a van full of hard drives, I guess.
google
science
awesome
tumbl
search
january 2008 by jimray
Scientists want to get into your pants, museum unable to locate crab louse for collection
october 2007 by jimray
I had no idea that the trend away from pubic hair was decimating crabs (as in itchy, not cakes).
science
sex
tumbl
october 2007 by jimray
L-epicerie is the first molecular gastronomy store I've ever seen
october 2007 by jimray
Where to go to get your dehydrated grapefruit powder
via:kottke
food
science
awesome
tumbl
october 2007 by jimray
DIY laser long-distance listening device
august 2007 by jimray
Listen to your neighbors... with LASERS! Finally, a worthwhile use for all those annoying ass laser pointers in the world.
diy
audio
science
awesome
surveillance
tumbl
august 2007 by jimray
Out-of-body experience recreated with VR goggles
august 2007 by jimray
Tricking the brain in to thinking that your body is physically located somewhere other than where it actually is. Wicked cool.
science
awesome
tumbl
brain
august 2007 by jimray
The Uncanny Valley is a hypothesis about why humans can so easily distinguish between other humans and robots
august 2007 by jimray
Also applies to photorealistic computer animation
animation
robots
science
simulation
philosophy
tumbl
august 2007 by jimray
Biologists helping bookstores
july 2007 by jimray
Help reshelve books about philosophy and religion (specifically, intelligent design) from the science section to the religion section
activism
science
religion
creationism
funny
tumbl
via:kottke
july 2007 by jimray
New drug may help relieve some of the stress of bad memories
july 2007 by jimray
Doesn't seem to "delete" bad memories, as the sensationalist headline implies, but disrupts the biochemical pathways in the brain that allow for recall or associate a memory with trauma.
medicine
psychology
science
tumbl
july 2007 by jimray
Bill Nye (the science guy) on the impact of Mr. Wizard
june 2007 by jimray
"If you think about it, your favorite and most influential teachers were or are performers. When they get up in front of the class, they've got something to say, and they present with style, the way a comedian delivers material."
science
death
teaching
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
More Americans belive in creationism than accept evolution
june 2007 by jimray
Here's the nice thing about science and facts, though: it's still true even if you don't believe it.
via:kottke
religion
politics
dumb
republicans
science
evolution
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
Bush's surgeon general nominee thinks gay people can be "cured"
june 2007 by jimray
Said your naughty bits are like "pipe fittings" - asshat
homosexuality
dumb
republicans
religion
science
government
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
Sam Brownback has a surprisingly coherent, if fundamentally flawed, op-ed in the NYTimes about his belief in evolution
may 2007 by jimray
Ultimately, though, he wants the scientific theory of evolution to square up with his personal religious beliefs, which ain't how science works, Sam, no matter how much you may want it to.
via:kottke
evolution
creationism
religion
science
nytimes
republicans
may 2007 by jimray
The psychology of banner ads
may 2007 by jimray
Repeated exposure to a brand, even subliminally, engenders positive feelings about that brand.
psychology
advertising
design
science
webdev
media
may 2007 by jimray
Who doesn't believe in evolution?
may 2007 by jimray
Chris Matthews asked a throwaway question at the Republican debate last night, Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee all answered affirmative. See, unlike virgin births or flying spaghetti monsters, evolution doesn't give a god damn if you believe.
dumb
republicans
politics
religion
science
evolution
creationism
tumbl
may 2007 by jimray
Predictions of the Year 2000 from the Ladies Home Journal in 1900
april 2007 by jimray
Some of these are brilliantly prescient, some are sadly off the mark ("There Will Be No Street Cars in Our Large Cities. All hurry traffic will be below or high above ground when brought within city limits.")
via:magnetbox
culture
future
science
social
april 2007 by jimray
Understanding Stovetop Cookware
march 2007 by jimray
Some day, I will read this. And perhaps even understand it.
2read
food
science
march 2007 by jimray
The big question
march 2007 by jimray
"We asked 100 writers and thinkers to answer the following question: Left and right defined the 20th century. What's next?"
via:colin
politics
philosophy
writers
science
future
march 2007 by jimray
Patenting Life
february 2007 by jimray
Michael Chricton's impressively lucid critique of gene patents. After all that global warming inanity, good to see him making sense again.
genetics
legal
patents
medicine
science
february 2007 by jimray
Richard Dawkins is on MySpace?!!
january 2007 by jimray
Going after the kids, I guess...
wtf
religion
science
myspace
january 2007 by jimray
WorldNetDaily: A devil food is turning our kids into homosexuals
december 2006 by jimray
It's like a parody of a parody. The sheer level of paranoia is truly astounding, not to mention just plain factually absurd
sex
homosexuality
religion
science
wtf
dumb
december 2006 by jimray
Outer space exposure
december 2006 by jimray
When you get thrown out the airlock, you've got about a minute and a half, maybe two, to get back in
space
science
health
scifi
december 2006 by jimray
Wired News: So. Many. Letters
december 2006 by jimray
Wired got so many responses to the athiesm piece, they're starting a blog to post every letter
via:revgeorge
wired
magazines
religion
science
politics
december 2006 by jimray
Autoerotic fatalities with power hydraulics
november 2006 by jimray
"We report two cases in which men used the hydraulic shovels on tractors to suspend themselves for masochistic sexual stimulation." I sorta love that this lives at a .gov domain
sex
wtf
via:maciej
science
psychology
november 2006 by jimray
Blue-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women
october 2006 by jimray
“Blue-eyed men may have unconsciously learned to value a physical trait that can facilitate recognition of own kin” Know if your baby's mama's been cheatin'!
science
funny
genetics
october 2006 by jimray
NASA - Strange Moonlight
october 2006 by jimray
Moonlight makes you see all wacky
via:margann
science
space
october 2006 by jimray
Can Bush and Science Meet in the Middle?
august 2006 by jimray
The whole premise of this is bullshit. Science is already in the middle. Why the is Newsweek printing this political spin from a Bush speechwriter in their health section?
science
dumb
media
august 2006 by jimray
Look Around You - 2 - Water
august 2006 by jimray
Brilliant parody of educational children videos. So. Good. (Thants, Tom!)
funny
video
via:tomharpel
science
brilliant
august 2006 by jimray
Most Americans don't think evolution is true
august 2006 by jimray
"Thirty-four countries were polled, and guess what? We score 33rd - edging out Turkey for last place."
wtf
culture
politics
religion
science
via:daringfireball
evolution
creationism
seriouslywtf
august 2006 by jimray
ReallyReady.org: A Project of the Federation of American Scientists
august 2006 by jimray
A response to the brokenness of ready.gov
via:zefrank
community
design
government
health
science
security
usability
august 2006 by jimray
Are Smart People Grumpier?
august 2006 by jimray
"Neuroticism didn't appear linked to intelligence test scores at any age."
psychology
science
medicine
august 2006 by jimray
Damn Interesting » Earth's Artificial Ring: Project West Ford
august 2006 by jimray
In the late 50's, the US tried to blanket the earth atmosphere with tiny copper needles to create a redundant ionosphere for shortwave radio communications, in case the Russians cut our terrestrial cables. Crazy.
astronomy
history
military
radio
science
space
coldwar
via:anildash
august 2006 by jimray
A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA
february 2006 by jimray
George Deutsch is leaving NASA, probably for some cush job helping some right wing asshole get elected in middle America somewhere
dumbass
media
politics
science
february 2006 by jimray
BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University
february 2006 by jimray
Kid who told actual scientists to add psuedo-religious statements to their reports didn't actually graduate from college.
dumbass
politics
science
february 2006 by jimray
Outrage at attacks on NASA science
february 2006 by jimray
It seems that some punkass 24 year old kid from Texas A&M is now dictating NASA's science policy. This is sheer lunacy.
science
politics
dumb
evil
climatechange
religion
february 2006 by jimray
Intelligent-design policy rescinded
january 2006 by jimray
Sanity is slowly creeping back in
creationism
science
education
politics
january 2006 by jimray
Mark Maynard - the dover evolution case and the ann arbor connection
december 2005 by jimray
The wingnut law firm that's trying to sneak religion into science
science
religion
creationism
politics
december 2005 by jimray
Judge rules against 'intelligent design'
december 2005 by jimray
"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the "intelligent design" explanation for the origin of life cannot be taught in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district." Finally, some goddamn sense in this freaking country.
religion
science
creationism
politics
december 2005 by jimray
Discovery disproves simple concept of memory as 'storage space'
december 2005 by jimray
"Even if you could get more RAM for your brain, the extra storage probably wouldn't make it easier for you to find where you left your car keys."
biology
brain
psychology
science
memory
2read
december 2005 by jimray
NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey
november 2005 by jimray
Absolutely brilliant, touching radio piece
science
npr
november 2005 by jimray
Televangelist warns of evolution doomsday - Science - MSNBC.com
november 2005 by jimray
“I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected him from your city.” Pat Robertson is officially an asshole.
religion
creationism
dumb
politics
science
evolution
november 2005 by jimray
Stanley Kubrik's interviews with some of brightest minds of the 20th century to be released as a book
october 2005 by jimray
He conducted the interviews in 1966 for an opening montage for "2001" that had to be cut later
film
kubrick
science
scifi
via:daringfireball
october 2005 by jimray
The only debate on Intelligent Design that is worthy of its subject
october 2005 by jimray
Bloody brilliant. Also, I love that one of the suggested del.icio.us tags for this one is "baseball"
brilliant
creationism
science
religion
politics
october 2005 by jimray
Pastafarian pit preacher
october 2005 by jimray
That's pretty awesome. And who knew that Gary Birdson had a Wikipedia entry?
religion
science
satire
awesome
unc
october 2005 by jimray
B.C. Tours Home
september 2005 by jimray
These are the wingnuts that tour smoothbrain, unthinking fundies around to museums. Here's a deal, assholes, you keep your nonsense out of my museums and I'll promise not to use critical judgement in your churches.
dumb
religion
creationism
science
september 2005 by jimray
Faithbuilders-Four Killer Questions
september 2005 by jimray
"If Genesis 1 is not true AS IT IS WRITTEN, then how can we trust anything else in Scripture that we base our faith on?" Exactly.
religion
creationism
science
september 2005 by jimray
Challenged by Creationists, Museums Answer Back
september 2005 by jimray
Wingnut fundamentalists are taking museums by storm and overwhelming volunteers with idiotic questions about outdated mythology. W!T!F! America!
dumb
creationism
science
religion
september 2005 by jimray
U.S. losing ground on embryonic stem cell research
september 2005 by jimray
One of my best pals from college wrote this!
science
politics
september 2005 by jimray
The Ten Stupidest Utopias!
september 2005 by jimray
Good to see "postwar American suburbs" and the Internets on there
culture
history
politics
society
science
september 2005 by jimray
WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music
september 2005 by jimray
You can get 'em as ringtones, which is kinda cool, I guess
music
science
math
september 2005 by jimray
Guardian Unlimited | Life | One side can be wrong
september 2005 by jimray
Richard Dawkins on the whole intelligent design fiasco. "When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly half way between. It is possible for one side simply to be wrong."
creationism
evolution
politics
religion
science
september 2005 by jimray
But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There?
august 2005 by jimray
The New York Times does the spaghetti monster
culture
evolution
creationism
media
politics
religion
science
august 2005 by jimray
What Makes People Gay?
august 2005 by jimray
Fascinating article on the origins of homosexuality
genetics
homosexuality
psychology
science
politics
sex
august 2005 by jimray
Equal Time - No tax-exempt status for churches that refuse to distribute pro-evolution propaganda!
august 2005 by jimray
Christopher Hitchens on the unfairness of intelligent design. Or, as the bumper sticker says "I won't think in your church if you won't pray in my school."
religion
politics
evolution
science
creationism
august 2005 by jimray
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