This isn’t a breakthrough or anything, but I’m impressed that two-year-olds know how to conjugate verbs. That is, my daughter doesn’t just use words she hears. She actually changes those words in order to use them in ways that she hasn’t heard. And I know she does this because she makes mistakes on the irregular […]
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Zombie? Attack
Scientists have discovered that an attack by zombies would have serious implications on society. For real.
Homeopathy
Dara O’Briain and his feelings on homeopathy and pseudo-science. [link from boingboing.net] In a different clip, he argues against the idea that God created humans exactly as we currently are. His best argument against that idea is that we occasionally bite the insides of our own mouths. “I was so eager to eat that plate […]
Sexual Harassment: No Sexual or Harassment Needed
Ukraine and WWII in Sand
Has everyone already seen this? Found via aldaily.com
Citing Kindle
I recently wondered how to properly cite a tweet. Today I read, on The Chicago Manual of Style’s New Questions and Answers page, a question about citing something from Kindle. The world is changing. [While we’re on the Q and A page, check out the sort of snitty response at the very bottom. I avoid […]
Music
Go here. Click some boxes. Enjoy.
Malaria Vaccine Delivery
The latest possible method to deliver a sort of vaccine? Mosquitoes.
Edward Gulliver Noah
A little late posting this, but as of July 15th, I have a son to add to my collection of family members. Some pics (they’re not all of Ed).
Hopefully People Will Stop Complaining
Some people can’t get over the word “hopefully.” They want it to only mean, “in a hopeful manner,” and not to mean, “I am hopeful that”. Thus, the following paragraph from here: — Everyone uses “hopefully” as a shortcut for “I hope.” It is not. Yes, the dictionary allows it, but that’s just bending to […]