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Posted on 2023/03/20 by artnexus

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Darwin — a hot potato?

Posted on 2009/11/10 by artnexus

Somebody pinch me, please — surely, I must be dreaming. According to the British Telegraph, a recent film about Charles Darwin (Creation, chosen to open the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September) didn’t find an American distributor because — … Continue reading →

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My neighbor, the supervolcano

Posted on 2009/10/21 by artnexus

A short while ago, I moved from Abiquiu to Arroyo del Agua near Coyote, an area which long-time locals call northern New Mexico’s most beautiful spot. Almost 7,000 feet high, it is surrounded by the Santa Fe National Forest and … Continue reading →

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The beauty of numbers

Posted on 2009/03/11 by artnexus

I find number sequences and series fascinating, for example the Fibonacci sequence. There is beauty and elegance just in the way the numbers relate to each other, but when they’re expressed geometrically, this particular sequence gives rise to a spiral … Continue reading →

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Inspiring awe and humility

Posted on 2008/12/28 by artnexus

Boston.com’s section The Big Picture has a lovely collection of images from the Hubble Space Telescope, presented in the form of an Advent Calendar by Alan Taylor, editor of the photo blog. Don’t miss the whole collection, but here are … Continue reading →

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Wet facts

Posted on 2008/03/01 by artnexus

Amount of water embodied in (required to produce) a slice of bread (liters): 40 An apple: 70 A hamburger: 2,400 Amount embodied in a glass of wine: 1 A glass of beer: 75 A cup of coffee: 140 A glass … Continue reading →

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Monsanto non-food

Posted on 2007/08/08 by artnexus

I received a forwarded message today with the following news item: ” UNITED KINGDOM. From now on, staff at the British headquarters of biotech giant Monsanto will be eating only non-genetically modified products on their lunch breaks. Foods containing genetically … Continue reading →

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It’s official: climate change is a fact.

Posted on 2007/04/06 by artnexus

The latest IPCC assessment report on global climate change has been released in Brussels on April 6. According to SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL, the 27 member states of the European Union have already agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent … Continue reading →

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Ways to avoid a climate catastrophe

Posted on 2007/04/03 by artnexus

“This graph shows the increase in the concentration of methane in the earth’s atmosphere over the last 10,000 years (panel inset shows the increase since 1750) based on the study of ice cores. Different colors represent different studies. Radiative forcing … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia is anti-Christian and anti-American. HUHHH???

Posted on 2007/03/06 by artnexus

Yes, this is what Conservapedia claims — an encyclopedia for right-wing fundamentalists and anti-evolutionists which, according to their home page, “you can trust”. And, as SPIEGEL ONLINE reports, this isn’t the only site that sets the record straight about when … Continue reading →

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