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Evolutionen, tror du på den? Amerikanarna gör till stor del det inte
A study of attitudes in 34 countries published in Science in 2006 shows that the United States ranks last in popular acceptance of evolution except for Turkey. Almost 40 percent of Americans in this study flatly rejected evolution, whereas the comparable numbers in European countries and Japan ranged from 7 to 15 percent. (Via Straightdope)
Var rekryterar vita huset?
The number one academic recruiting ground for the White House interns is Patrick Henry College.
“Jesus Christ literally will come to earth again in the Second Advent.”
(Via Mike the mad biologist)
Jävla flygplatssäkerhets helvete. Måste vara svårt att motivera sig att gå till jobbet på morgonen om man vet man ska verkställa alla dessa otroligt meningslösa regler…
You think this is silly, and it is, but a week ago my mother caused a small commotion at a checkpoint at Boston-Logan after screeners discovered a large container of homemade tomato sauce in her bag. What with the preponderance of spaghetti grenades and lasagna bombs, we can all be proud of their vigilance. And, as a liquid, tomato sauce is in clear violation of the Transportation Security Administration’s carry-on statutes. But this time, there was a wrinkle: The sauce was frozen.
No longer in its liquid state, the sauce had the guards in a scramble. According to my mother’s account, a supervisor was called over to help assess the situation. He spent several moments stroking his chin. “He struck me as the type of person who spent most of his life traveling with the circus,” says Mom, who never pulls a punch, “and was only vaguely familiar with the concept of refrigeration.” Nonetheless, drawing from his experiences in grade-school chemistry and at the TSA academy, he sized things up. “It’s not a liquid right now,” he observantly noted. “But it will be soon.” (Via Schneier)