On Saturday we were part of colgaffneyis contingent at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. mia_mcdavid had just woven a 15 yard length of tartan, a custom commission for our friend AC. Here is Mia, wrapped up in her work.
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Explained at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Via Bad Astronomy.
At Calamities of Nature, via Bad Astronomy
Subprime borrowing and innumeracy
….those who fell behind on their mortgages were noticeably less numerate than those who kept up with their payments in the same overall circumstances. The least numerate fell behind about 25% of the time. For those who did best on the test, the number of payments they missed was almost 12%. A fifth of the least numerate group had been in foreclosure, but only 7% of those who were more numerically adept had.
Climate news from .The Economist
A New Clue to Explain Existence
Fermilab scientists find evidence for significant matter-antimatter asymmetry
As an Illinois expatriate, I am pleased that Fermilab was able to find this. Soon most of the fundamental particle physics discoveries will be coming from the LHC.
From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march. Why are so many people refusing to accept what the evidence is telling them?
In this special feature we look at the phenomenon in depth. What is denial? What attracts people to it? How does it start, and how does it spread? And finally, how should we respond to it?
Via Skepchick
Irish Class, Monday, May 17, 2010
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