St. Petersburg Times - Someone with a flair for make-overs - Queer Eye for the Science Guy? - needs to step in fast and save this old wonk from extinction. Florida Voter 5. Mark down these dates: Jan. 29. The presidential primary. Big stuff for Republicans, mostly symbolic Read More

Chicago Sun-Times - Many would argue she was the catalyst for the explosion of forensic-science TV shows and books. In 1984, Cornwell, then an aspiring writer, got an appointment with Fierro to ask questions about what a medical examiner does. Fierro became the Read More

Times of India - When Laura Gernell heard about a place where people gave away perfectly good things to strangers - no money changing Health/Science Read More

Miami Herald - Ty Conklin’s breath poured out of his mask in the cold air at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The steam rose from the sweat-filled head of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goalie in the warmth of the visitors locker room underneath the stadium that was a day away from Read More

Boston Globe - The Boston Foundation grant will also be used by the conservancy to bring cultural events and community activities to New Charles River Basin Park, a new recreation area near the Museum of Science, and to care for ailing trees along the Charles. Sacha Read More

Boston Globe - to the NASA release with a statement praising US skies as the safest in the world and describing NASA’s study “as not designed to capture real-time, verifiable data.” Representative Bart Gordon, Democrat of Tennessee, chairman of the House Science and Read More

Bloomberg - comfortably ahead, and they’ve been trying for 10 months to find a way to convince a sizable portion of the Republican or Democratic electorate that they are the right person,” said Arthur Sanders, chairman of the Department of Political Science and Read More

New York Times - Cattle ranching and jaguar conservation do not need to be mutually exclusive, said Alan Rabinowitz, executive director of the science and exploration program at the Wildlife Conservation Society , based in the Bronx. Cattle open up the landscape Read More

Chicago Tribune - Norman Nie, who was 63 years old when SPSS filed its proxy materials in late March, co-founded SPSS, and he served as the company’s chief executive officer from 1975 until 1992. A longtime political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Read More

2. I am noticing more and more people celebrating Christmas away from “home” in any sense: resorts, cruises, etc. Christmas started off being a festival of the churches and streets, then in 19th century America was moved into the homes, and now is being moved into entertainment venues. I guess since we now produce so little in the home–at Christmas buying all our candy and cookies and fruitcake and gifts–it is no surprise if we choose to purchase a holiday experience.

3. The weather this year gave more Americans a White Christmas. (Bring on the Al Gore jokes.) One cold winter does not disprove Global Warming. Watch the averages over the years, especially the average lows. Of course the earth’s temperature has fluctuated throughout the history of the planet. That is not the issue. The issue is: is human activity affecting planetary temperatures along with natural factors? I am not aware of any scientist who questions the model–Carbon Dioxide helps to retain heat in the atmosphere. And, I do not know anyone who credibly doubts that humans have poured increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere since industrialization started. So, have we put enough CO2 into the air to affect temperatures? That is the question. And since this is our only planet, let’s be careful with it and err on the side of caution. In a century or so, saying “oops” could be a very bad thing.

4. I watched several Christmas specials this year, including some I had not seen before such as the movies The Polar Express and Elf. “You’ve got to believe!” In what? The “spirit of Christmas”? What is that? When Christmas is separated from the Christian Holy Day of Christ’s birth, then what is there to be merry about?

I’ve a passion for News and keep looking for information on it. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ’science museum’ in Google and found this:

Once the heart of the Arts and Crafts movement in Los Angeles and a bohemian artists’ colony, Garvanza is today one of Northeast LA’s hidden treasures seeking to retain its turn of the century identity while creating a liveable neighborhood for the twenty-first century

I tried several more searches on ’science museum’ but after some time I got lazy, gave up and posted this entry to ‘Science and Future’. Still, I think it was an interesting time.