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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. She also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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August 31, 2006
Category: Policy
... Poverty and poor health are intertwined, experts say So, yeah, the headline is a no-brainer, but the article is worth reading and makes many good points--and notes that fewer and fewer of us can say that "poverty doesn't affect...
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Category: Blog carnivals
While I'm plugging carnivals today, I'd be remiss not to mention the latest Skeptics' Circle over at Immunoblogging. Joseph is back, at least temporarily, after a zombie-induced hiatus, so check it out and say hello....
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Category: Science education
I have an article up over at Skepchick on Science for kids. These are just a few things I did as a kid, or do with my kids, but feel free to chime in with other suggestions....
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Category: Blog carnivals
A new Tangled Bank is up over at Epigenetics News. Check it out for the best science blogging of the past two weeks....
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August 30, 2006
Yesterday's New York Times had an excellent story on the discovery of the human papilloma virus as the cause of cervical cancer, and ultimately, the development of a vaccine against it. It's also a good lesson in how, while...
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Category: Intelligent design/creationism
Mark Perakh reviews yet another chapter of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design. In this particular chapter, Wells argues that "Lysenkoism is now rearing its ugly head in the US, as Darwinists use their government positions to...
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August 29, 2006
Category: Blog carnivals
Check out this week's best medical blogging at Protect the Airway....
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Category: Intelligent design/creationism
As has been mentioned elsewhere on ScienceBlogs, Ohio creationst Deborah Owens Fink is facing a challenge for her seat on Ohio's school board this coming November 7th. Fink has been one of those who, when I've contacted the Board...
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Category: Intelligent design/creationism
In the ongoing collection of rebuttals to the new Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, check out Andrea's review of Wells' chapter on molecular biology....
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August 28, 2006
Category: Policy
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. coturnix and others are collecting strories from around the blogosphere on the aftermath in New Orleans and elsewhere; the cleanup effort (still ongoing, barely begun in some areas);...
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