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Friday Science Stack
Author: BobR
Date: 11/18/2011 13:46:13
With all of the news coverage of Occupy Wall St., I am beginning to feel a bit of OWS-overload. Sure, it's a big important movement that may change life as we know it, but there are other things going on in the world (and outside our world) that are interesting, and variety is the spice of life. So - as part of an occasional ongoing series, I present today's Friday Science Stack.
This may seem an odd choice for what is essentially a political blog. Republicans, however, have politicized science. That animosity towards science can be from a religious viewpoint, or an economic one, or a mind/body-control aspect, but they certainly have certain areas of science in their crosshairs.
One of those areas involves stem cells. Painting a fabricated picture of embryos created solely to be "killed" (referring to unused fertilized eggs in clinics as "snow babies"), Republicans ensured that the U.S. government would not fund research that utilized embryonic stem cells, thus ceding this important research to other countries. One California-based biotech firm decided to proceed anyway, funding the research themselves. After working for a year to study repair of spinal cord injuries, though, they have halted their research to focus on more revenue-producing projects:
This is what we get when we let religion dictate governmental policy (see Republicans vis-a-vis abortion, contraception, and rape).
Republicans are also loathe to embrace climate change and global warming, because their oil company benefactors are afraid of the consequences. Thus, any attempts to control it are met with knee-jerk resistance. If you think the weather has been bad lately, get ready - it's going to get worse:
This isn't just going to be bad for the tropics either. Another group predicted that New York needs to prepare for serious climate change:
So what can we do? Education is the first step. Most people understand the idea of global warming, but climate change is harder to explain. For that, we need good teachers, and teachers that inspire people. Northrop-Grumman is trying to help by giving teachers a ride on the Vomit Comet:
Maybe some of them will even go on to be astronauts and be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, like John Glenn and the crew of Apollo 11. We can only hope.
This may seem an odd choice for what is essentially a political blog. Republicans, however, have politicized science. That animosity towards science can be from a religious viewpoint, or an economic one, or a mind/body-control aspect, but they certainly have certain areas of science in their crosshairs.
One of those areas involves stem cells. Painting a fabricated picture of embryos created solely to be "killed" (referring to unused fertilized eggs in clinics as "snow babies"), Republicans ensured that the U.S. government would not fund research that utilized embryonic stem cells, thus ceding this important research to other countries. One California-based biotech firm decided to proceed anyway, funding the research themselves. After working for a year to study repair of spinal cord injuries, though, they have halted their research to focus on more revenue-producing projects:
The first-ever trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat paralysis has been halted due to high costs and the company will focus instead on new cancer treatments, Geron said Tuesday.
The California-based biotech firm, which had bypassed federal funding to get its pioneering but controversial trial off the ground in October 2010, said it was also cutting 66 full-time jobs, or 38 percent of its workforce.
This is what we get when we let religion dictate governmental policy (see Republicans vis-a-vis abortion, contraception, and rape).
Republicans are also loathe to embrace climate change and global warming, because their oil company benefactors are afraid of the consequences. Thus, any attempts to control it are met with knee-jerk resistance. If you think the weather has been bad lately, get ready - it's going to get worse:
The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a new special report on global warming and extreme weather after meeting in Kampala, Uganda. This is the first time the group of scientists has focused on the dangers of extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods, droughts and storms. Those are more dangerous than gradual increases in the world's average temperature.
[..]
The report said "a changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of extreme weather and climate events, and can result in unprecedented extreme weather and climate events." And it said that some — but not all — of these extreme events are caused by the increase of man-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
This isn't just going to be bad for the tropics either. Another group predicted that New York needs to prepare for serious climate change:
The study predicts average annual temperatures in New York state will rise by 4 to 9 degrees by 2080 and precipitation will rise by 5 to 15 percent, with most of it in the winter. It predicts that along the seacoast and tidal portion of the Hudson River, the sea level will rise by 1 to 5 inches by the 2020s and 8 to 23 inches by the 2080s. If melting of polar ice caps is factored in, sea level is projected to rise 37 to 55 inches by the 2080s, the report says.
Among the specific regional effects predicted in the report are:
- Native brook trout and Atlantic salmon will decline, but bass will flourish in warmer waters.
- Great Lakes water levels will fall.
- Apple varieties such as McIntosh and Empire will fare poorly, but vineyards will benefit.
- Milk production will decrease.
- Coastal wetlands will be inundated and saltwater will extend farther up the Hudson River.
- Adirondack and Catskill spruce-fir forests will disappear.
- Invasive insects, weeds and other pests will increase.
- Electrical demand will increase in warm months.
So what can we do? Education is the first step. Most people understand the idea of global warming, but climate change is harder to explain. For that, we need good teachers, and teachers that inspire people. Northrop-Grumman is trying to help by giving teachers a ride on the Vomit Comet:
The 30 classroom professionals donned blue "astronaut" jumpsuits to defy gravity in the skies above California, in a project designed to help them capture the imagination of young science students.
[..]
During the flight — in which a specially-decked out plane does a series of parabolic climbs and dives, the only way to experience weightlessness without going into space — the body is subject to 1.8 G forces.
[..]
Promoting science as a vocation is the main aim of the flight program, run by the Northrop Grumman Foundation, which has organized the zero-gravity flights for some 1,300 teachers over six years.
"We started this program as a way to give teachers a boost in the classroom. Really give young people the opportunity to see that science can be fun, that it can be cool," said Sandra J. Evers-Manly, president of the Foundation.
"We know that fewer and fewer young people are engaged in maths and science… Young people learn through the eyes of their teachers," she added.
Maybe some of them will even go on to be astronauts and be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, like John Glenn and the crew of Apollo 11. We can only hope.
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Comment by 
BobR on 11/18/2011 13:47:24
BobR on 11/18/2011 13:47:24
One story I wanted to include, but didn't fit the narrative of the blog was this: Faster than light particle experiment has been duplicated
Comment by 
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:05:03
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:05:03
Morning 
Comment by 
Raine on 11/18/2011 14:07:38
Good morning!
You know, I find it fascinating that so many people joke about global warming and we are seeing the damage happening right before our eyes.
Raine on 11/18/2011 14:07:38
Good morning! You know, I find it fascinating that so many people joke about global warming and we are seeing the damage happening right before our eyes.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 14:15:56
Raine on 11/18/2011 14:15:56
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:18:54
I got chills
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:18:54
Quote by Raine:The brooklyn bridge, last night....
I got chills
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:20:55
you know the movie THe Day After TOmorrow? THey used a lot of reports and climate people for sources - its freaking me out to see a lot of what was in that movie happening
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:20:55
Quote by Raine:
You know, I find it fascinating that so many people joke about global warming and we are seeing the damage happening right before our eyes.
you know the movie THe Day After TOmorrow? THey used a lot of reports and climate people for sources - its freaking me out to see a lot of what was in that movie happening
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 14:22:18
That movie scared the crap out of me --
Raine on 11/18/2011 14:22:18
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
You know, I find it fascinating that so many people joke about global warming and we are seeing the damage happening right before our eyes.
you know the movie THe Day After TOmorrow? THey used a lot of reports and climate people for sources - its freaking me out to see a lot of what was in that movie happening
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:23:35
same here, most people don't know that its based in a good amount of actual science
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 14:23:35
Quote by Raine:That movie scared the crap out of me --Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
You know, I find it fascinating that so many people joke about global warming and we are seeing the damage happening right before our eyes.
you know the movie THe Day After TOmorrow? THey used a lot of reports and climate people for sources - its freaking me out to see a lot of what was in that movie happening
same here, most people don't know that its based in a good amount of actual science
Comment by 
TriSec on 11/18/2011 14:39:05
TriSec on 11/18/2011 14:39:05
Morning, comrades!
It's been a busy week here in TriSec land....and with one of my attemps "moving forward", I now feel at liberty to reveal that I interviewed at Fallon Community Health Plan yesterday (Worcester, MA) and they are now starting to check references.
Admittedly, it's not my first choice, and it will come down to money; I'm trading in an 11 mile commute on 40. This is the one where there is a strong possibility that we'd move "out west" in a year or so if it all works out. I'm still waiting to hear on the jobs that are just 4 miles away. (Interview a week ago now.)
And in other news....have you heard about Burma today? That's major. Pity the American electorate no longer elects presidents based on foreign policy; there's been an extensive string of victories out of the White House of late.
It's been a busy week here in TriSec land....and with one of my attemps "moving forward", I now feel at liberty to reveal that I interviewed at Fallon Community Health Plan yesterday (Worcester, MA) and they are now starting to check references.
Admittedly, it's not my first choice, and it will come down to money; I'm trading in an 11 mile commute on 40. This is the one where there is a strong possibility that we'd move "out west" in a year or so if it all works out. I'm still waiting to hear on the jobs that are just 4 miles away. (Interview a week ago now.)
And in other news....have you heard about Burma today? That's major. Pity the American electorate no longer elects presidents based on foreign policy; there's been an extensive string of victories out of the White House of late.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 14:55:30
Raine on 11/18/2011 14:55:30
So about this Herman Cain thing -- getting Secret Service protection:
There is a certain Irony that the man appears to want to privatize everything and yet, he will accept the government handout called:
the Secret Service.
I've no doubt that he has received death threats, what I wonder is if it is from the sector of people he is hoping will vote for him:
The TEA PARTY.
There is a certain Irony that the man appears to want to privatize everything and yet, he will accept the government handout called:
the Secret Service.
I've no doubt that he has received death threats, what I wonder is if it is from the sector of people he is hoping will vote for him:
The TEA PARTY.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 14:58:53
Sounds like all good news!
Raine on 11/18/2011 14:58:53
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!
It's been a busy week here in TriSec land....and with one of my attemps "moving forward", I now feel at liberty to reveal that I interviewed at Fallon Community Health Plan yesterday (Worcester, MA) and they are now starting to check references.
Admittedly, it's not my first choice, and it will come down to money; I'm trading in an 11 mile commute on 40. This is the one where there is a strong possibility that we'd move "out west" in a year or so if it all works out. I'm still waiting to hear on the jobs that are just 4 miles away. (Interview a week ago now.)
And in other news....have you heard about Burma today? That's major. Pity the American electorate no longer elects presidents based on foreign policy; there's been an extensive string of victories out of the White House of late.
Sounds like all good news!
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:05:54
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:05:54
Well-- My friend JAnel just posted this on FB: (with a picture)
Controversial camping. About 50 cops surrounding McPherson Square this morning.
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:09:07
uh oh, that doesn't sound good
while the city council supports OccupyDC the parks are federal jusidiction
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:09:07
Quote by Raine:
Well-- My friend JAnel just posted this on FB: (with a picture)Controversial camping. About 50 cops surrounding McPherson Square this morning.
uh oh, that doesn't sound good
while the city council supports OccupyDC the parks are federal jusidiction
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:10:22
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:10:22
Karl Frisch just announced he was in for THom today
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:11:37
I just saw that, and I am pissed that I am gonna miss it.
We plan to be on the road this afternoon. (going to see the Fam this weekend for an early T-day feast.)
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:11:37
Quote by wickedpam:
Karl Frisch just announced he was in for THom today
We plan to be on the road this afternoon. (going to see the Fam this weekend for an early T-day feast.)
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:12:37
I think I am going to check out the twitter feed for DC.
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:12:37
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
Well-- My friend JAnel just posted this on FB: (with a picture)Controversial camping. About 50 cops surrounding McPherson Square this morning.
uh oh, that doesn't sound good
while the city council supports OccupyDC the parks are federal jusidiction
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:16:38
if you get the iheartradio app you should be able to stream it through your phone but it will eat your data limit unless you use wifi
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:16:38
Quote by Raine:I just saw that, and I am pissed that I am gonna miss it.Quote by wickedpam:
Karl Frisch just announced he was in for THom today
We plan to be on the road this afternoon. (going to see the Fam this weekend for an early T-day feast.)
if you get the iheartradio app you should be able to stream it through your phone but it will eat your data limit unless you use wifi
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:18:49
Yeah -- But the speakers suck on my phone.
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:18:49
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I just saw that, and I am pissed that I am gonna miss it.Quote by wickedpam:
Karl Frisch just announced he was in for THom today
We plan to be on the road this afternoon. (going to see the Fam this weekend for an early T-day feast.)
if you get the iheartradio app you should be able to stream it through your phone but it will eat your data limit unless you use wifi
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:19:30
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:19:30
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:20:09
nothing at the K street FB page either
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:20:09
Quote by Raine:
Nothing on the #OccupyDC twitter steam indicates problems at McPherson square.
nothing at the K street FB page either
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:23:43
I thought you got a new phone?
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:23:43
Quote by Raine:Yeah -- But the speakers suck on my phone.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I just saw that, and I am pissed that I am gonna miss it.Quote by wickedpam:
Karl Frisch just announced he was in for THom today
We plan to be on the road this afternoon. (going to see the Fam this weekend for an early T-day feast.)
if you get the iheartradio app you should be able to stream it through your phone but it will eat your data limit unless you use wifi
I thought you got a new phone?
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:35:07
Plug the phone into the radio in the truck?
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:35:07
Quote by Raine:Yeah -- But the speakers suck on my phone.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I just saw that, and I am pissed that I am gonna miss it.Quote by wickedpam:
Karl Frisch just announced he was in for THom today
We plan to be on the road this afternoon. (going to see the Fam this weekend for an early T-day feast.)
if you get the iheartradio app you should be able to stream it through your phone but it will eat your data limit unless you use wifi
Plug the phone into the radio in the truck?
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:37:17
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:37:17
Morning all.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:38:39
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:38:39
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:40:24
I have an Android too - how to do get it to play through your speakers Mondo?
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:40:24
Plug the phone into the radio in the truck?
Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
I have an Android too - how to do get it to play through your speakers Mondo?
Comment by 
Scoopster on 11/18/2011 15:41:01
Scoopster on 11/18/2011 15:41:01
Mornin' all.. 
What's that you say? It's Fridee?
ugh i just can't get excited right now. I'm sleepy.
What's that you say? It's Fridee?
ugh i just can't get excited right now. I'm sleepy.
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:42:18
The phone has a ear jack yes? There is a radio in the truck with a cassette deck? ou can get an adapter that fits in the cassette deck and plugs into the phone. Then you can listen to streaming audio in the car.
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:42:18
Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
The phone has a ear jack yes? There is a radio in the truck with a cassette deck? ou can get an adapter that fits in the cassette deck and plugs into the phone. Then you can listen to streaming audio in the car.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:43:08
ooo. I didn't think about that.
Thanks!
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:43:08
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
The phone has a ear jack yes? There is a radio in the truck with a cassette deck? ou can get an adapter that fits in the cassette deck and plugs into the phone. Then you can listen to streaming audio in the car.
ooo. I didn't think about that.
Thanks!
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:45:10
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:45:10
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all..
What's that you say? It's Fridee?
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 15:45:55
oh. Wait.
It's a CD player.
Raine on 11/18/2011 15:45:55
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
The phone has a ear jack yes? There is a radio in the truck with a cassette deck? ou can get an adapter that fits in the cassette deck and plugs into the phone. Then you can listen to streaming audio in the car.
ooo. I didn't think about that.
Thanks!
It's a CD player.
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:46:21
Radio Shack should have them. It is how I listen to the mighty WOZ in my car.
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:46:21
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
The phone has a ear jack yes? There is a radio in the truck with a cassette deck? ou can get an adapter that fits in the cassette deck and plugs into the phone. Then you can listen to streaming audio in the car.
ooo. I didn't think about that.
Thanks!
Radio Shack should have them. It is how I listen to the mighty WOZ in my car.
Comment by BobR on 11/18/2011 15:46:47
I think getting your phone to play through Mondo's speakers would be quite a trick.
BobR on 11/18/2011 15:46:47
Quote by wickedpam:Plug the phone into the radio in the truck?Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
I have an Android too - how to do get it to play through your speakers Mondo?
I think getting your phone to play through Mondo's speakers would be quite a trick.
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:47:45
Oh bummer. Next question how old is the radio? Is it a after market or is the one that came with the truck?
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:47:45
Quote by Raine:oh. Wait.Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
The phone has a ear jack yes? There is a radio in the truck with a cassette deck? ou can get an adapter that fits in the cassette deck and plugs into the phone. Then you can listen to streaming audio in the car.
ooo. I didn't think about that.
Thanks!
It's a CD player.
Oh bummer. Next question how old is the radio? Is it a after market or is the one that came with the truck?
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:49:14
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:49:14
Bobber, does the CD/Radio in the truck have a jack for a MP3 player on it?
Comment by Scoopster on 11/18/2011 15:49:24
YUS!
Scoopster on 11/18/2011 15:49:24
Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all..
What's that you say? It's Fridee?
YUS!
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:50:05
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:50:05
The reason I ask is this, if there is a jack, The Shack sells a cable.
Comment by wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:54:13
wickedpam on 11/18/2011 15:54:13
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Plug the phone into the radio in the truck?Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
I have an Android too - how to do get it to play through your speakers Mondo?
I think getting your phone to play through Mondo's speakers would be quite a trick.
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:56:05
If we could do it Bobber, we could count much geek coup!
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:56:05
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Plug the phone into the radio in the truck?Quote by Raine:
I have an Android phone. what am I missing? :dense:
I have an Android too - how to do get it to play through your speakers Mondo?
I think getting your phone to play through Mondo's speakers would be quite a trick.
If we could do it Bobber, we could count much geek coup!
Comment by TriSec on 11/18/2011 15:57:54
TriSec on 11/18/2011 15:57:54
Mmm...I have one of those little FM transmitters that plugs into my iPod....works OK most of the time.
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:58:44
That is another alternative.
Mondobubba on 11/18/2011 15:58:44
Quote by TriSec:
Mmm...I have one of those little FM transmitters that plugs into my iPod....works OK most of the time.
That is another alternative.
Comment by BobR on 11/18/2011 16:05:02
it does not. Truck is circa 2003
BobR on 11/18/2011 16:05:02
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, does the CD/Radio in the truck have a jack for a MP3 player on it?
it does not. Truck is circa 2003
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 16:05:06
original radio/stereo
Truck is a 2003 model.
Raine on 11/18/2011 16:05:06
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, does the CD/Radio in the truck have a jack for a MP3 player on it?
Truck is a 2003 model.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 16:06:43
YEah, I see what you are saying, I don;t think we have the jack.
oh well. I'll still listen. Bob can sing to himself...
Raine on 11/18/2011 16:06:43
Quote by Mondobubba:
The reason I ask is this, if there is a jack, The Shack sells a cable.
YEah, I see what you are saying, I don;t think we have the jack.
oh well. I'll still listen. Bob can sing to himself...
Comment by Scoopster on 11/18/2011 16:07:14
Scoopster on 11/18/2011 16:07:14
I've been thinking about selling off my highly annoying iTouch and replacing it with a Galaxy Player 5 - nice big screen, built-in FM tuner, SD card expandable memory..
Or I could get a Kindle Fire and jailbreak it..
Or I could get a Kindle Fire and jailbreak it..
Comment by BobR on 11/18/2011 16:07:38
Ours also has a tape player, so I could get a "cassette adapter"
BobR on 11/18/2011 16:07:38
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
The reason I ask is this, if there is a jack, The Shack sells a cable.
YEah, I see what you are saying, I don;t think we have the jack.
oh well. I'll still listen. Bob can sing to himself...
Ours also has a tape player, so I could get a "cassette adapter"
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 16:19:15
IT does?
now I feel like a fool.
Raine on 11/18/2011 16:19:15
Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
The reason I ask is this, if there is a jack, The Shack sells a cable.
YEah, I see what you are saying, I don;t think we have the jack.
oh well. I'll still listen. Bob can sing to himself...
Ours also has a tape player, so I could get a "cassette adapter"
now I feel like a fool.
Comment by Raine on 11/18/2011 16:43:12
The page is no longer found.
But, apropos of the science stack, I wanted to post another version of the story. and YES. It is awesome.
Raine on 11/18/2011 16:43:12
Quote by BobR:
One story I wanted to include, but didn't fit the narrative of the blog was this: Faster than light particle experiment has been duplicated
But, apropos of the science stack, I wanted to post another version of the story. and YES. It is awesome.
Comment by Scoopster on 11/18/2011 16:44:11
Scoopster on 11/18/2011 16:44:11
Oops.. nvm on the Kindle Fire. Doesn't link to PC, low storage memory & no expansion. 