June 2012
157 posts
Archaeological News: The groundbreaking female... →
archaeologicalnews:
It took more than 700 years, but in 1939 archaeologist Dorothy Garrod became the first female professor at Oxbridge – nearly a decade before women were even allowed to take degrees at Cambridge University. ALICE HUTTON reports on the opening of the first permanent exhibition honouring one of…
Misinterpretations of the scientific process →
jtotheizzoe:
Science is a collection of facts.
Science is complete.
There is a single Scientific Method that all scientists follow.
The process of science is purely analytic and does not involve creativity.
And many, many more here: A wonderful resource of what science is, and what science isn’t from Berkeley. Also see this collection of definitions of science from Brain Pickings.
Archaeological News: World's Oldest Cave Art... →
archaeologicalnews:
Prehistoric dots and crimson hand stencils on Spanish cave walls are now the world’s oldest known cave art, according to new dating results—perhaps the best evidence yet that Neanderthals were Earth’s first cave painters.
If that’s the case, the discovery narrows the cultural distance…
Selection Progress: Understanding the Heart, Soul... →
medicalstate:
In addition to the hard-science and math questions that have for decades defined this rite of passage into the medical profession, nearly half of the new MCAT will focus on squishier topics in two new sections: one covering social and behavioral sciences and another on critical analysis and reading that will require students to analyze passages covering areas like ethics and...
Archaeological News: Amateur archaeologists... →
archaeologicalnews:
Archaeology enthusiasts on an afternoon tour of part of the South Wales coastline have discovered what is believed to be the footprint of a dinosaur which roamed the earth more than 200 million years ago.
The group, led by Karl-James Langford, founder of Archaeology Cymru, were studying the…
this isn't happiness.: LIST OF PARAPHILIAS /... →
nevver:
Abasiophilia: love of (or sexual attraction to) people who use leg braces or other orthopaedic appliances Acousticophilia: sexual arousal from certain sounds Acrotomophilia: love of (or sexual attraction to) amputees Agalmatophilia: sexual attraction to statues or mannequins or immobility
So THAT’s what you call them!
Fifth-grader banned from giving speech on marriage... →
gaywrites:
At a school in Queens, New York, a fifth-grader named Kameron Slade won a class speech contest that earned him the right to compete in a school-wide speech competition. But when the principal found out his speech was about same-sex marriage, he told Kameron to change his topic or be kicked out of the competition.
Here’s an excerpt from his speech (which can be seen in full here),...
“We fall like feathers
oh, but we can fly like wings
if we’re together.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
Archaeological News: As crisis bites, illegal digs... →
archaeologicalnews:
Prompted by Greece’s severe economic crisis, a growing number of treasure hunters are scouring the country in search of antiquities and other treasures.
The trend, which is more evident in the country’s northwestern Macedonia region, is not only driven by economic necessity but also by the…
The Tangential: What I’ve Learned About Music in... →
thetangential:
When I was a teenager, I listed all the tapes I owned and numbered all the tracks, from one to whatever thousand. I’d then roll a ten-sided die to generate random numbers in that range, and would use those numbers to make randomly shuffled mixtapes. I thought I might be driving a flying car by…
Regina Spektor and the Rolling Stones…
“neither of us really
knew who we were back then.”
– Daniel Romo, from “just so you know…” (via the-final-sentence)
Archaeological News: Largest group of fossil... →
archaeologicalnews:
(Phys.org) — The world’s largest known sample of fossil humans has been classified as the species Homo heidelbergensis but in fact are early Neanderthals, according to a study by Prof Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum.
This puts the species Homo heidelbergensis back at the…
“She felt herself teetering on the edge of possibilities.”
– Avi, Beyond the Western Sea (thanks, nocowardsoul)
Archaeological News: Account of doctor who treated... →
archaeologicalnews:
A long-lost report by Dr Charles Leale details the efforts to help the mortally wounded president, and was written just hours after his death.
The reports details how Leale found Lincoln paralysed, comatose and leaning against his wife.
The Army surgeon, who sat 40 feet from Lincoln…
