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02/02/12--06:02: 16 Year Old Girl Scouts Fighting for Deforestation-Free Cookies Up for Major United Nations Award | Union of Concerned Scientists (chan 1523686)

16 Year Old Girl Scouts Fighting for Deforestation-Free Cookies Up for Major United Nations Award | Union of Concerned Scientists:

stopkillingourworld:

I thought the Girl Scouts ditched palm oil already, I know it was previously in the news.  Anyway, let’s get it done this time… sign the petition. 




02/05/12--01:47: Photo (chan 1523686)






02/05/12--02:41: musicalmelody: celloproblems: did-you-kno: Another study... (chan 1523686)





musicalmelody:

celloproblems:

did-you-kno:

Another study suggests studying music enhances the intellect.

Source 1, 2

I LOVE MATH. 




02/05/12--02:46: "Magari si vivesse solo di inizi. Di eccitazioni da prima volta, quando tutto ti sorprende e nulla ti..." (chan 1523686)

“Magari si vivesse solo di inizi. Di eccitazioni da prima volta, quando tutto ti sorprende e nulla ti appartiene ancora.”

- Niccolò Fabi. (via misseternalunsatisfied)

Perché? E’ una scelta!


02/05/12--03:02: Photo (chan 1523686)








02/05/12--03:03: oliphillips: Urban Nature 2011 by Naoko Ito (chan 1523686)







oliphillips:

Urban Nature 2011

by Naoko Ito




02/05/12--04:12: Photo (chan 1523686)






02/05/12--04:50: hockey-teeth: Darwinism at its finest. (chan 1523686)





hockey-teeth:

Darwinism at its finest.




02/06/12--06:02: mopos: Attention (chan 1523686)





mopos:

Attention




02/08/12--02:03: 3nding: Geniale. (chan 1523686)





3nding:

Geniale.




02/08/12--05:55: Was die Kälte mit dem letzten Sommer zu tun hat (chan 1523686)

Was die Kälte mit dem letzten Sommer zu tun hat:

Warum gibt es trotz Klimaerwärmung so frostige Phasen wie jetzt? Sibirische Kälte kommt aus dem Osten, aber auch im Westen liegt eine Quelle.




02/09/12--03:54: allcreatures: When she’s thirsty, Sally fills her water bottle... (chan 1523686)





allcreatures:

When she’s thirsty, Sally fills her water bottle by herself and carries it around at the Denver Zoo. The 44-year-old orangutan has recovered from major, “nerve-wracking” uterus surgery last year, surgeons say.

Photo: Cyrus McCrimmon / Associated Press (via SFGate: Day in Pictures)




02/17/12--09:28: Algorithm Measures Human Pecking Order - The way people copy each other's linguistic style reveals their pecking order. (chan 1523686)

Algorithm Measures Human Pecking Order - The way people copy each other's linguistic style reveals their pecking order.:

“We show that in group discussions, power differentials between participants are subtly revealed by how much one individual immediately echoes the linguistic style of the person they are responding to,” say Kleinberg and co.




02/17/12--09:40: Photo (chan 1523686)






02/17/12--14:24: Bach Cello Suites visualized (chan 1523686)





Bach Cello Suites visualized




02/17/12--14:25: Deutschland muss Franzosen wärmen - Frankreich fürchtet Versorgungsmängel durch Kälte (chan 1523686)

Deutschland muss Franzosen wärmen - Frankreich fürchtet Versorgungsmängel durch Kälte :

nucleare:

Es ist kalt in Deutschland, bitterkalt. Mehrere Zeitungen melden jetzt, dass der Strom knapp wird. Die Netzbetreiber in Deutschland mussten erneut ihre Reserven anzapfen. Die Versorgung sei jedoch gesichert, sagen die Energieversorger. Dramatischer ist die Lage in Frankreich. Dort läuft so einiges anders als in Deutschland.

I problemini che stanno avendo i francesi col freddo ed il riscaldamento elettrico (con centrali e linee fatiscenti): elettricità razionata, in varie zone sono congelati, rischiano il blackout, i costi salgono e comprano energia dai tedeschi.




02/17/12--15:51: Van Gogh for the colorblind (chan 1523686)

Van Gogh for the colorblind


02/19/12--06:10: Anyone who believes he could organize thousands of scientists into a conspiracy has never attended a single faculty meeting. (chan 1523686)

Anyone who believes he could organize thousands of scientists into a conspiracy has never attended a single faculty meeting.:

….Finally, a powerful line of evidence that this is a purely political controversy, rather than a scientific debate, is that the membership lists of the creationists and the climate deniers are highly overlapping. Both anti-scientific dogmas are fed to their overlapping audiences through right-wing media such as Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh. Just take a look at the “intelligent-design” creationism website for the Discovery Institute. Most of the daily news items lately have nothing to do with creationism at all, but are focused on climate denial and other right-wing causes. …




02/19/12--06:45: what alan watts just helped me to realize. (chan 1523686)

hollygolly:

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02/19/12--07:59: Perché le zebre sono a strisce? (chan 1523686)

Perché le zebre sono a strisce?