Chris is back with some more splendid LEGO ornaments for 2015!

Chris is back with some more splendid LEGO ornaments for 2015!

Originally shared by Chris McVeigh

The Cooper is my next-generation barrel ornament! (Yes, I'm referring to a next-generation ornament. We're through the looking glass here, people!)

It features a streamlined six-sided design around an all-new core. It's easy to build, easy to customize, and comparatively lightweight.

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Click through.

Click through. It's a breakdown of the various natural and man-made "causes" of the Earth's temperature rise and shows, quite convincingly (because it's based on data, after all) that the only plausible explanation for the rise is human activity via carbon emissions.

Originally shared by Keith Wilson

Breaking it down, factor by factor.
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/

More public opinion data from Pew Research Center​

More public opinion data from Pew Research Center​

Originally shared by Pew Research Center

Faith and public opinion on climate change http://pewrsr.ch/1PtPL0P

On climate change, the U.S. is not the only country with big partisan divides http://pewrsr.ch/1Q9FIQc

Originally shared by Pew Research Center

On climate change, the U.S. is not the only country with big partisan divides http://pewrsr.ch/1Q9FIQc

What is it with undergrads asking me where other professors are?

What is it with undergrads asking me where other professors are?

Student: Excuse me, but do you know where Prof. ______ is?

Me: Is his door open?

Student: No, I don't think he's there.

Me: My guess is that he is elsewhere.

My PhD is actually in snark.

{The letter goes on to state, "The advancement of science depends on investigators having the freedom to carry out...

{The letter goes on to state, "The advancement of science depends on investigators having the freedom to carry out research objectively and without the fear of threats or intimidation whether or not their results are expedient or popular" (emphasis theirs). The best way to find out whether scientific results are valid, the AMS suggests, isn't to dig through e-mails; it's to wait for the scientific process to play out through the peer-reviewed literature.}
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/american-meteorological-society-to-congress-ease-off-noaa-scientists

'Wormhole' treatment, using ASUS​​' Photo Collage app for Android.)

'Wormhole' treatment, using ASUS​​' Photo Collage app for Android.)