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| 02/22/06:
“A’Fishin’
for the Whale” A Whole Different Song |
Many of us remember “The
bonny ship, the Diamond goes a’fishin’ for
the whale”, from the era of folk music. Many traditional
folk songs deal with whaling. The harvesting of whales
during the 18th and 19th centuries did much to open
up the entire world to new ideas and new cultures and
create the global economy the world enjoys today. Whale
oil and other related products. MORE>> |
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02/15/06:
Government and Science, Who's in Charge? |
| There have always been scandals in the scientific
world from Piltdown man through cold fusion, through the
meteoritic rise and even more spectacular fall of Woo-Suk
Hwang, the Korean stem cell researcher who faked his data.
Much rides on production of papers in science and there
are great pressures to perform, just as there are in other
professions. Scientists are not immune to bad behavior.
But some recent news suggests that there are other players
in the ‘bad behavior’ game MORE>> |
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| 02/08/06:
Australian, Matthew Chapman Challenges Antartica Race |
| History has been made with the first ultramarathon
and first 100-miler to be held on the Antarctica continent.
In January, Racing The Planet introduced yet another first
by staging the first Antartica Race. There are now four
races each year sponsored by Racing The Planet. Plus a
new training camp. MORE>> |
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The
Last Desert |
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| 02/01/06:
Tea with the Mad Hatter, Look....up in the Sky and The
Last Desert Update |
Alice had been looking over his [the Mad
Hatter] shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!'
she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn't
tell what o'clock it is!'
`Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does your watch
tell you what year it is?'
`Of course not,' Alice replied MORE>> |
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Got Mercury? |
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