{"id":349,"date":"2016-12-30T04:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2025-03-31T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:02:27","slug":"humor-gravitas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/humor-gravitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor &amp; Gravitas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article id=\"post-165\" class=\"post-165 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Humor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dilbert.com\/fast\/\">Dilbert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/doonesbury\">Doonesbury<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\">Calvin &amp; Hobbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\">Nonsequitur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/blog\/Comics\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Some political cartoons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyshow.cc.com\/full-episodes\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LastWeekTonight\">Last Week Tonight @ youtube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/\">The Onion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venganza.org\/\">Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/\">xkcd<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/careers\/2016\/01\/how-read-scientific-paper\">How to read a scientific paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Florida<\/strong> (humor? gravitas? you decide)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/07\/26\/5_reasons_why_florida_is_the_weirdest_state_ever_partner\/\">5 \u201ctheories\u201d about Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/FloridaMan\/\">Florida Man<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/floridawoman\">Florida Woman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/strange\/floriduh-blog\/\">Floriduh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gravitas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/us\/\">WorldoMeter US covid-19 data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uscovid-19map.org\/\">US covid-19 animated spread map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/mortality-rates-united-states\/#2014\">US mortality, by cause and county, 1980-2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/list\/?ruling=pants-fire\">Latest &#8220;pants-on-fire&#8221; quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/upshot\/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html\">US wins!&#8230; in gun deaths per capita<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/map\">Who\u2019s Your Politician?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensecrets.org\/index.php\">Who\u2019s Funding Your Politician?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/\">Congressional Budget Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/\">Governmental Accountability Office<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntsg.umt.edu\/5-stages-of-climate-grief\">5 stages of climate grief (by Stephen Running)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5scez5dqtAc\">John Oliver&#8217;s take on Trump vs. the Paris Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/06\/01\/climate\/us-biggest-carbon-polluter-in-history-will-it-walk-away-from-the-paris-climate-deal.html\">US compared to all others in C emissions&#8230; yeah, &#8216;Murica 1st<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/briefing\/21722629-oceans-face-dire-threats-better-regulated-fisheries-would-help-getting-serious-about\">Ocean fisheries are overharvested<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2017\/03\/another-warm-month-in-the-arctic\/\">Arctic sea ice hits new February low<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/features\/evaluating-highest-temperature-extremes-in-the-antarctic\">Record high temp in Antarctic circle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/nov\/29\/great-barrier-reef-scientists-confirm-largest-die-off-of-corals-recorded\">Great Barrier Reef is \u201cbleaching&#8221; fast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/jul\/06\/donald-trump-climate-change-florida-resort\">Coming coastal costs of climate change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2016\/oct\/17\/climate-change-could-drive-122m-more-people-into-extreme-poverty-by-2030-un-united-nations-report\">Human consequences of climate change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1732\/\">A timeline of Earth\u2019s temperature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/sep\/07\/investigation-ordered-russia-daldykan-river-turns-red-norilsk\">Oh boy, let\u2019s go fishing there<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-27905743\">Hippos invade Colombia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/science-isnt-broken\/\">Science isn\u2019t broken (but it is hard)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/01\/11\/science\/anthropocene-epoch-definition.html\">We rival glaciation &amp; asteroids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development-professionals-network\/gallery\/2015\/apr\/01\/over-population-over-consumption-in-pictures\">Our \u201cfootprint\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/02\/19\/us\/2015-year-in-weather-temperature-precipitation.html\">How hot was your city in 2015?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/sep\/15\/tuna-and-mackerel-populations-suffer-catastrophic-74-decline-research-shows\">Marine fisheries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1OKFttb\">NYT video: green sea turtles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gallery\/2015\/oct\/01\/lake-toxic-foam-bangalore-india-in-pictures\">Foaming lakes in Bangalore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/greenliving\/carboncalculator\/index.htm\">Personal CO<sub>2<\/sub> calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steadystate.org\/\">Steady State Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\">IPCC\u2019s 5-year summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\"><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humor Dilbert Doonesbury Calvin &amp; 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