Month: August 2018

@NYTimes obits: 205 males, 98 females

Today, August 30, there were 3 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Previously (catching up!), Aug 26, there were 1 male and 0 female featured obituaries in the NYT. Aug 27, there were 6 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  Since I started tracking it here, that is 205 males featured and 98 females featured.  #IfYouSeeSomethingSaySomething

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)

@NYTimes obits: 195 males, 96 females

Today, August 29, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Previously (catching up!), Aug 28, there were 1 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  Since I started tracking it here, that is 195 males featured and 96 females featured.  #IfYouSeeSomethingSaySomething

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)

@sciencemag 02018/08/17 highlights

An important look at the dynamics between climate change and population, addressing a number of misconceptions, in Global warming policy: Is population left out in the cold?

An interesting look at Abrupt cloud clearing of marine stratocumulus in the subtropical southeast Atlantic attributed potentially to atmospheric gravity waves (AGW).  Interesting if increased atmospheric energy may mean more AGW and a positive feedback climate loop.

@NYTimes obits: 192 males, 93 females

Today, August 25, there were 2 male and 0 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Since I started tracking it here, that is 192 males featured and 93 females featured.  #IfYouSeeSomethingSaySomething

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)

@NYTimes obits: 190 males, 93 females

Today, August 24, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Previously (catching up!), Aug 23, there were 3 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 22, there were 4 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 21, there were 4 male and 0 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 20, there were 1 male and 3 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 19, there were 3 male and 0 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  Since I started tracking it here, that is 190 males featured and 93 females featured.  #IfYouSeeSomethingSaySomething

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)

@NYTimes obits: 173 males, 85 females

Today, August 18, there were 2 male and 0 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Previously (catching up!), Aug 17, there were 4 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 16, there were 3 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 15, there were 0 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 14, there were 3 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 13, there were 3 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  Since I started tracking it here, that is 173 males featured and 85 females featured.  #IfYouSeeSomethingSaySomething

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)

@sciencemag 02018/08/03 highlights

A place in the Sun is a perfect update on the state of helioscience and the observatories and probes being used and planned to study the sun.  Perfect timing for Parker Solar Probe launch.

A dust-enshrouded tidal disruption event with a resolved radio jet in a galaxy merger is a reminder of the amazing observation black hole astrophysics that we as a species can be proud to be enabling.  Amazing!

Ultrastable laser interferometry for earthquake detection with terrestrial and submarine cables reports on some incredible geophysics with applications for monitoring our planet.  @raspishake

Although water on Mars is over-reported – this is liquid water!  And the cool similarity to geophysical techniques used to identify liquid water beneath Antarctica now being used to find liquid water on Mars is cool.  So the report Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars was a fun read.

 

@sciencemag 02018/07/20 highlights

Space, still the final frontier is a good editorial by Dan Baker and Amal Chandran – looking at the changing environment in space but the continued challenges.

Hackers easily fool artificial intelligences describes the current state (a big mess!) in adversarial machine learning.

Confronting and unhealthy ecosystem is a book review of The Secret Life of Science looking at the ecosystem of doing science (a bit meta – Scientists looking at how we do science).  It raises some important questions about the sustainability (workforce-wise) of how we do science.

Human influence on the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature is a great summary of a look to quantify the anthropogenic component of the current climate change.  A worthwhile and important challenge.

I always love to see and keep up with subglacial hydrology, so Friction at the bed does not control fast glacier flow is a good read and a look at Greenland.

@NYTimes obits: 158 males, 78 females

Today, August 12, there were 2 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Previously (catching up!), Aug 11, there were 2 male and 0 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 10, there were 5 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 9, there were 3 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 8, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 7, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 6, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 5, there were 2 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On Aug 3, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  Since I started tracking it here, that is 158 males featured and 78 females featured.  #IfYouSeeSomethingSaySomething

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)

@NYTimes obits: 136 males, 66 females

Today, July 31, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the New York Times. Previously (catching up, on vacation!), July 28, there were 2 male and 2 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  On July 27, there were 1 male and 1 female featured obituaries in the NYT.  Since I started tracking it here, that is 136 males featured and 66 females featured.

(I started tracking the obits here on May 14, but I’ve missed days when on travel. On vacation, these are the DC and Seattle versions of the NYT – I don’t know if the obits published vary by region.)