The children of lesbian parents outscore their peers on academic and social tests, according to results from the longest-running study of same-sex families. The researchers behind the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study say the results should change attitudes to adoption of children by gay and lesbian couples, which is prohibited in some parts of the … Read more
Autonomy isn’t independence. Indonesian nationalists deny all ethnic and religious claims for separatism in the vast archipelago that makes up their country. But in Papua, people feel exploited, and threatened with cultural, and demographic, annihilation. Link
Happy times! “Krach the Robot” in “How-To-Do for Me-&-You”! Link
Da freuen wir uns aber. “Krach der Roboter” in “How-To-Do for Me-&-You”! Link
Karl Marx was a thinker of crisis. But in what sense was he a theorist of crisis? In what sense did he propound something that might legitimately be called a ‘crisis theory’? The question may seem an odd one. After all, although there is no one text by Marx specifically dedicated to the topic, it … Read more
Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have unveiled a new class of reverse-osmosis membranes for desalination that resist the clogging which typically occurs when seawater, brackish water and waste water are purified. The highly permeable, surface-structured membrane can easily be incorporated into today’s commercial production system, the researchers say, … Read more
By Richard B. Hoppe: Todd Wood, a young earth creationist at Bryan College, provides summary data on YEC organizations’ finances over the 2003-2008 period. There are several interesting things about those data. First, as Wood points out, AIG’s share of the creationist dollar grew over that period, from 61.6% ($9M) of the market in 2003 … Read more
Compiled by Colin Fries, NASA History Division. Use of music to awaken astronauts on space missions dates back at least to the Apollo Program, when astronauts returning from the Moon were serenaded by their colleagues in mission control with lyrics from popular songs that seemed appropriate to the occasion. The Apollo 15 crew, whose spacecraft … Read more
Himmel hilf. Die neue monochrom # 26-34 schwebt über mir und strahlt wie der schwarze Monolith aus 2001, stumme Herausforderung zu einer Odyssee über die Untiefen überschlauer Oberseminararbeiten, mit einer Schiffsladung voller akademischer oder akademisierter, tendenziell poplinker, gelegentlich ‘antideutscher’ Schwurbeleien über fast Alles. Der 1000-Seiter strotzt vor Lang- und Kurzweil und überzwerchen Witzen im redlichen … Read more
Two new papers based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. While non-biological chemistry offers one possible explanation, some scientists believe these chemical signatures bolster the argument for a primitive, exotic form of life or precursor to life on Titan’s surface. According to one … Read more