Think writing here is tough? Gawker Media fired someone they only hired a few months ago. Fired? From blogging? I'd rather work for free, thanks.

Dovetailing nicely with the autism spat on Seth's article, Wired tells us that scientists are reconsidering what they think they know.

Paweł Szczęsny, one of those rare eastern European names that actually is more difficult to spell than to pronounce, at Freelancing Science (I do that too, but I call it "working for peanuts") made note of two articles on being a great scientist. Morgan Giddings, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Biomedical Engineering st UNC Chapel Hill, wrote On the Process of Becoming a Great Scientist and Paul Graham wrote The Power of the Marginal. Both excellent pieces.

From The Guardian in the UK. Professor Ken Miller tells James Randerson at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston why it's time to reclaim the word "design" from the intelligent design movement.

Sometimes enviromental responsibility goes too far.   Washable menstrual pads may be that threshold.

Pretty colors though. 

General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz is standing by his statement that global warming is a 'crock.' He says this has nothing at all to do with GM's commitment to environmentally terrific cars. The blogosphere, naturally, has gone apeshit that the guy has an opinion they don't like. What would be interesting to know is if they believe his commitment to environmental cars despite his personal lack of belief in global warming the same way they insist that, say, teachers who are anti-Bush or anti-religion don't let that impact their classroom education.