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This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Jack Bog's Blog in the Science category. They are listed from newest to oldest. Religion is the previous category. Sports is the next category. Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012: The green, green grass of home

Monday, December 12, 2011: They were part of our religion

Thursday, November 10, 2011: While they're still fun...

Monday, October 10, 2011: Reed nuke connection to psych building interests feds

Monday, September 19, 2011: Somebody might get lucky

Wednesday, August 3, 2011: A courageous voice is stilled

Saturday, March 19, 2011: Copping some rays by the pool

Wednesday, March 16, 2011: Radiation plume to visit Los Angeles first

Thursday, March 10, 2011: Wild night is calling

Tuesday, February 22, 2011: Dark star, I see you in the morning

Tuesday, February 22, 2011: In the spotlight

Saturday, February 19, 2011: That's a wrap

Tuesday, February 1, 2011: Go ahead, laugh at the tinfoil helmet people

Monday, January 31, 2011: Timely

Sunday, January 16, 2011: What's more dangerous?

Thursday, December 2, 2010: How carbon emissions regulation is like tax law

Monday, November 29, 2010: Why I didn't go into science

Monday, November 15, 2010: Tough call

Saturday, November 13, 2010: That beachfront property in Melville, Oregon

Monday, September 27, 2010: A MacArthur Fellow for Oregon State

Tuesday, August 17, 2010: It didn't just disappear

Sunday, August 15, 2010: Space oddity

Wednesday, August 11, 2010: Not what you want to see

Wednesday, May 26, 2010: Just flew in from Alaska...

Sunday, May 23, 2010: Days of miracle and wonder

Tuesday, May 11, 2010: Can you dig it? Well, don't.

Sunday, April 11, 2010: "Houston, we've had a problem"

Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Horror story

Saturday, January 23, 2010: More fun and games at UC Nike

Sunday, January 17, 2010: Bend geothermal project still full steam ahead

Thursday, January 14, 2010: Batteries on paper

Thursday, January 7, 2010: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Sunday, December 20, 2009: The Blazers are sleeping in

Tuesday, November 24, 2009: Blue Oregon

Saturday, November 14, 2009: If you had a pint of moon water...

Saturday, October 31, 2009: DIY and you could DIE

Monday, October 19, 2009: Biofuel, indeed

Monday, October 12, 2009: You think your neighbor's dog is bad?

Saturday, October 3, 2009: Goo goo g'joob, boo hoo

Tuesday, September 15, 2009: Stop the presses

Wednesday, September 2, 2009: Multi-tasking? You're not as sharp as you think.

Monday, August 10, 2009: Upstream Saturday night

Friday, July 31, 2009: It just ain't happenin'

Wednesday, July 22, 2009: Just passing through

Tuesday, July 21, 2009: When Armstrong walked on the moon

Sunday, July 5, 2009: The elk in Times Square

Friday, June 26, 2009: In with the water bill

Thursday, June 11, 2009: OHSU biotech breakthrough -- worthless to Portland

Thursday, June 11, 2009: Breaking news: Bush had a brain

Tuesday, June 2, 2009: New smoke and mirrors on Paulson stadiums deal

Wednesday, May 27, 2009: Latest global warming idea

Monday, April 6, 2009: Weekends in Montmartre, galleries of art

Wednesday, March 25, 2009: Why didn't I think of this?

Saturday, February 7, 2009: Never let it fade away

Saturday, November 22, 2008: So you think *you're* a foodie

Friday, November 21, 2008: Great times for crustaceans

Thursday, November 13, 2008: Turnaround artist

Sunday, November 9, 2008: Well now, everybody, have you heard?

Monday, October 13, 2008: Hold the ginger, please

Sunday, September 28, 2008: Google bait: Collider has secretly opened a black hole

Saturday, September 20, 2008: End of the world delayed

Thursday, September 18, 2008: The vibration is great, but...

Wednesday, September 3, 2008: Mmmmm... "Roundup Ready" alfalfa

Sunday, August 24, 2008: A sandwich with Bruce

Monday, August 4, 2008: More on the anthrax doc

Wednesday, July 30, 2008: What a hypocrite

Tuesday, July 15, 2008: When Hitchcock meets Bush

Monday, July 7, 2008: Sustaina-blunder

Sunday, July 6, 2008: What a tale your thoughts could tell

Monday, June 23, 2008: The ultimate in sustainability

Sunday, June 22, 2008: Another heck of a job

Saturday, June 21, 2008: Pandora's Box

Saturday, June 21, 2008: Any way you slice it

Thursday, June 19, 2008: Gonna dress you up in my love

Wednesday, June 18, 2008: The next eco-battlefield

Monday, June 16, 2008: Naturally

Thursday, June 12, 2008: If only Maxwell Smart had had these

Wednesday, June 11, 2008: Don't nuke me, bro!

Saturday, June 7, 2008: What terrifies me most about nuclear power plants

Wednesday, June 4, 2008: In corpore sano

Wednesday, June 4, 2008: Aloha

Friday, May 30, 2008: Small shoes to fill

Thursday, May 29, 2008: Norwegians would

Thursday, May 29, 2008: Here comes the mother of all eco-wars

Sunday, May 25, 2008: Forget about the right-wing pastors

Thursday, May 22, 2008: Another problem with biofuels

Friday, May 16, 2008: You thought drinking the Willamette was bad

Thursday, May 15, 2008: Who needs a Convention Center hotel?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Creative solution to the energy crisis

Monday, May 12, 2008: Made our day, anyway

Monday, April 28, 2008: Why I'm not governor of Oregon

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: Biofuel breakthrough?

Saturday, April 5, 2008: Well now, everybody's heard about the bird

Tuesday, March 11, 2008: Surprise! Biofuel producers pollute

Monday, February 25, 2008: Biotech job goes begging in Portland

Sunday, January 27, 2008: Our ticket out of the Middle East

Tuesday, January 22, 2008: OHSU money woes: "It's all Jordaan Clarke's fault"

Thursday, December 20, 2007: About time

Thursday, December 20, 2007: I'm going to my next neighborhood association meeting

Thursday, December 20, 2007: EPA to states: Back off on CO2

Tuesday, December 18, 2007: Outsmarting technology

Sunday, December 16, 2007: Forget terrorists

Monday, December 10, 2007: The drumbeat gets louder

Monday, December 10, 2007: Save power

Saturday, December 8, 2007: The monkeys are smarter

Saturday, December 8, 2007: The hitch with wave energy

Wednesday, December 5, 2007: Rods that won't be ramblin'

Monday, November 26, 2007: Fervent prayer

Tuesday, November 13, 2007: Sorry, you didn't waste enough money

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: Did anybody else see this in the sky?

Monday, October 29, 2007: Boom times in southern Oregon

Sunday, October 28, 2007: Meteorite auction is a dud

Thursday, October 18, 2007: You know hoo

Thursday, October 11, 2007: Our sick nation

Thursday, October 11, 2007: World class

Wednesday, October 10, 2007: More on the meteorite

Saturday, September 22, 2007: Over the swamps to Gotham

Monday, September 17, 2007: Get a piece of the rock

Sunday, September 9, 2007: Never on the invitation list

Sunday, September 9, 2007: The original inconvenient truth

Tuesday, August 28, 2007: Did you catch any of the lunar eclipse?

Friday, August 24, 2007: Nuke creeps never sleep

Sunday, August 12, 2007: Here am I floating in my tin can

Thursday, August 9, 2007: Weird political science

Monday, August 6, 2007: Get off your bike and drive a car

Thursday, June 28, 2007: Who needs biodiesel?

Tuesday, June 5, 2007: I'm skeptical

Wednesday, April 25, 2007: Earl the Pearl: "Green" the tax code

Thursday, March 8, 2007: The scent of an "A"

Tuesday, February 13, 2007: Take a flunk

Thursday, January 25, 2007: Your underwear is causing global warming

Thursday, November 16, 2006: The more gruesome, the better

Monday, October 30, 2006: Neighborhood updates

Thursday, October 5, 2006: Up in the air

Wednesday, September 27, 2006: Moving right along

Thursday, September 14, 2006: Don't eat the evidence

Thursday, September 14, 2006: Screw loose in space

Tuesday, July 25, 2006: Inconvenient truths? We've got a million of 'em

Wednesday, July 12, 2006: Manhattan Stonehenge

Saturday, May 28, 2005: Follow your heart

Thursday, May 5, 2005: Uh oh

Saturday, April 30, 2005: Get on up, big bird

Thursday, April 7, 2005: Frightening thoughts

Tuesday, November 30, 2004: Local nerd makes good

Monday, June 28, 2004: How to eliminate a hornet's nest

Wednesday, May 5, 2004: By the beautiful sea

Wednesday, January 21, 2004: Hopeless planet

Friday, January 16, 2004: Let's not and say we did

Tuesday, December 16, 2003: Don't blame PowerPoint

Sunday, November 2, 2003: Dear public editors:

Friday, October 24, 2003: Look up tonight

Monday, August 25, 2003: Now it can be heard

Friday, February 28, 2003: Around 22/7

Tuesday, February 25, 2003: Beach blues

Friday, December 27, 2002: Clonaid Said to Claim Creation of First Human Clone-- News story

Friday, November 29, 2002: In the mailbox

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 15
At this date last year: 6
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269