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Science, society, stuff…
A blog about, well, science, society and stuff…
Archive for July, 2008
War crimes? What are they Ted?
Posted in July 31st, 2008
by James in Uncategorized
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The painting I’m working on right now.
Posted in July 31st, 2008
Working on this one right now. I took a photo of it last week. I’ve done a little more since then, but you can see what I’m trying to do with it.
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Go see Batman
Posted in July 29th, 2008
Went to see Batman: The Dark Knight. Overall, if you like this kind of thing, then you will not be disappointed. It had great special effects, the story was pretty good, for a Batman story and I don’t think anybody in the cinema was dissapointed with the film. You need to be warned, there is […]
By contrast, this is a grrrrreat ad.
Posted in July 26th, 2008
by James in Advertising
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Vodafone and Poetry? Well it was never going to be pretty.
Posted in July 26th, 2008
by James in Uncategorized
This is the most annoying ad on TV.
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A very cool psychology study on lotteries.
Posted in July 25th, 2008
by James in Uncategorized
I read this today and I thought that the experimental design was brilliant. I love psychological studies and if you do too and want a light look at them, then buy the book “Blink“. Otherwise, read on…
Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to […]
It’s not easy being President in waiting
Posted in July 25th, 2008
by James in Uncategorized
I stumbled across this nasty bit of work today (click on the thumbnail for a read) and it made me think about the difficulties of becoming the US president. It seems that it is not enough to state your politics and defend your politics, but you must also endure some very low blows into the […]
Major finding on Dinosaur diversity from NUI Maynooth
Posted in July 23rd, 2008
My colleague and good friend Dr. Davide Pisani is making waves around the world this morning on foot of the news of his collaboration with scientists in Bristol, Glasgow, Germany and China. He has produced (using our high performance computing resources here in Maynooth) a complete “supertree” of dinosaurs. A supertree is a dendrogram depicting […]
Barack Obama’s Speech of July 15th - worth a read.
Posted in July 22nd, 2008
The following is text of a speech delivered by US Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama as he prepares to visit Iraq and
Afghanistan
A New Strategy for a New World (as prepared for delivery)
Senator Barack Obama
July 15, 2008
Sixty-one years ago, George Marshall announced the plan that would
come to bear his name. Much of Europe lay in ruins. The […]
White horse genetics
Posted in July 21st, 2008
Ever wondered about white horses? Symbols of royalty and dignity and all that kind of thing? Well, wonder no more. Today on Nature Genetics, the genetics of the white horse have been revealed. Here is the press release:
The white horse is an icon for dignity which has had a huge impact on human culture across […]
