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Morning Science Quote

It's late, but still morning in my time zone: Agnosticism is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the vigorous application of a single principle. Positively the principle may be expressed as, in matter of intellect, follow your reas ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jul 2 2009 - 10:57am

Tangential Science: Super Tuna Is The Worst Superhero Name Ever

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. 1. The Japanese have responded to the persistent outrage of Greenpeace over their whaling efforts by seeking to enrage the anti-GMO contingent as well.   Up next; a new line ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 24 2012 - 12:12am

New Global Best-Seller

New Global Best-Seller "The Terrorist Hunters" is a new book by Andy Hayman, C.B.E., Q.P.M., former Assistant Commisioner of Scotland Yard, and one-time head of the Yard's head of Special Operations.  It is set to become a global best-selle ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 2 2009 - 7:06pm

On Geek Love

I'm out of town today, so I'm doing a break from my usual work.  Instead, I thought I'd share these tales of geek love.  First up is a nice fluff piece by Ashley Nelson, 4 Reasons Why Women Dig Geeks. Only 4 reasons (you may ask)? There must ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jul 3 2009 - 8:38am

Self-interest versus Selfishness

What seems to be the problem in recognizing these words as being separate concepts?  Everytime I look there's another abuse of the word "selfish" when "self-interest" is intended.  Ranging from Ayn Rand's The Virtue of Selfis ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jul 3 2009 - 8:16pm

Problems With Economic Theory

Let me start by saying that I am not an economist. I’ve always been somewhat put off by the topic and felt that it was largely based on supposition and little science. After observing the antics in this country (the U.S.) over the past few months, I’ve bec ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jul 6 2009 - 7:42pm

Economic Theory- Lower Taxes, Raise Revenue

This priceless little pearl of wisdom comes from a graph called the Laffer Curve. It is based on the premise that there is a critical point of government taxation where taxes become counter-productive and therefore reduce the flow of revenue into federal c ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jul 7 2009 - 8:33pm

Happy 7 through 12 today!

Today, July 8th, a fun little phenomenon happens- the numbers 7 through 12 all line up thanks to our Western calendar and time. At 10:11 am and 12 seconds today, it will be: July 8, 2009, 10:11:12- or 07/08/09, 10:11:12. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 8 2009 - 8:59am

Twitter For Business? It Is If You Start A Company Doing Webinars About Using Twitter For Business

Twitter, the newest social networking sensation, can generate sales leads for your business faster than other social network, even with a slashed budget, says David White, Founder and Chief Executive of Weboptimiser and he says he can tell you how your com ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2009 - 1:58pm

Morning Science Quote

My interest in science was always essentially limited to the study of principles, which best explains my conduct in its entirety. That I have published so little is attributable to the same circumstance, for the burning desire to grasp principles has caus ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jul 9 2009 - 6:04am