Study: Conservatives’ trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s

Well, this was already obvious from the direction that political discourse has taken in the last decade or so. 

A quote from the article:

“Today, conservatives perceive the scientific community as more focused on regulatory matters such as stopping industry from producing too much carbon dioxide. Conservatives often oppose government regulation, and they increasingly perceive science as on the side of regulation, especially as scientific evidence is used more frequently in the work of government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and in public debates over issues such as climate change.”

Article link.

I'm not sure this is worthy of this blog, but I like the idea of a $26, 1 lb, two foot long hot dog:

See: ESPN News Story

In surprise news, oil isn't good for coral beds.

The first sentence of this article from AP says it all:

After months of laboratory work, scientists say they can definitively finger oil from BP's blown-out well as the culprit for the slow death of a once brightly colored deep-sea coral community in the Gulf of Mexico that is now brown and dull.

Well duh.  Proof that greater than 200 million gallons of spilled oil devastated the ecosystem?  Who.  Knew.

Report: Oil spill culprit for heavy toll on coral