George and Big Toe Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Big Toe joined me Thursday morning at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which has been in Albuquerque all week. He in particular wanted to see George Hotz, who I’d featured in the morning newspaper: George Hotz’s words exploded, as if there were three sentences in …
An example of framing in the statement out today from the national academies of 13 nations: Major investments and successful technological and institutional innovation will be needed to achieve better energy efficiency, low- or zero-carbon energy sources and carbon-removing schemes. A clear area for increased investment is energy conservation and efficiency. This has immediate and …
This must seem silly to folks who don’t have access to potable water at all, but those folks probably aren’t reading my blog. Here in the first world, we care about how our water tastes, and the folks in San Diego, California, are trying to figure out how to best market desalinated seawater, so they …
I’ve upgraded the software running Planet Fleck. I was running a quite old version of Jeff Waugh’s wonderful Planet, and it wasn’t handling some of the feeds very well. That’s why James’ blog, for instance, looked like gibberish, as did the new Nature climate blog. But I wasn’t motivated enough to fix it (I hate …
Stuff I wrote elsewhere – on the zeitgeist of the world’s youth, including biofuels from wasted bananas and coconut sap: The event offers a peek into the spirit of some of the world’s brightest youths. The young scientists frequently pick topics dear to their hearts and pursue them with a passion. They search for solutions to …
I’m at the Intel International Science Fair this week. Smart kids, great fun, blogging it here. Also, check out the ScienceBlogs crew, which is liveblogging the event here.
Big Toe Helps on Moving Day Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. paper of the day: Mendoza et al. in Climatic Change look at Maya droughts over the last several centuries weather: Hottest day so far this year in Albuquerque at 84F (29C), warm enough for a lovely chat on the back porch at a party last …
The whole framing thing is much more clear in my mind in the nuclear realm, maybe simply because I’ve spent a lot more of my journalistic career there. Over at the work blog, a Saturday morning musing on a current case in which a new project, the Department of Energy’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, is …
Benny Peiser sent around a circular yesterday to his CCNet list about a potentially interesting project: CALL FOR PAPERS: THE IPCC: STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND POLITICS During the last decade, climate experts and government officials from more than 100 countries have unanimously agreed the key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC’s …
A very smart friend suggests that people seeking information on the Internet don’t necessarily want the right answer, but rather an easily accessible answer. I was reminded of his comments by this from Matthew Nisbet: In the digital age, information is found based on availability rather than accuracy. If different interest groups start blogs that …