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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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February 23, 2007
Category: Intelligent design/creationism
Via From Right 2 Left, I see that U of Iowa physics professor. Fred Skiff, will be speaking on intelligent design next week: At the next "Finding God at Iowa" Lunch Forum, Fred Skiff, University of Iowa professor of physics...
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February 22, 2007
Category: Academia
As I mentioned, I spent the latter part of last week and the weekend in San Francisco at the annual AAAS meeting. Unlike most meetings I attend, this one wasn't a research-heavy meeting, so instead I went to hear...
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February 21, 2007
Category: AIDS/HIV
...I'm sure they'll be happy to see that Gambia's president is curing AIDS: From the pockets of his billowing white robe, Gambia's president pulls out a plastic container, closes his eyes in prayer and rubs a green herbal paste onto...
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February 20, 2007
One must keep a sense of humor...
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February 16, 2007
Category: Housekeeping
So, I'm here in San Francisco at AAAS, and have had the pleasure of hanging out with Janet (who I met previously), John, and Jeremy (who I'd not). I'll hopefully have a post up tomorrow on the session I just...
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February 14, 2007
Category: Blog carnivals
Find the best science writing of the fortnight over at Lab Cat....
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Category: Humor
...some vintage posters raising awareness about the other VD: venereal disease. (Click on them to go to the original site). A few more highlights below the fold......
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February 13, 2007
Over at Am I a woman scientist? I ran across this post discussing crying in the workplace. I'd never given much consideration to the issue previously, but there are several thought-provoking posts and articles on the topic. First, let...
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Category: Blog carnivals
Check out this week's medical blogging roundup over at Chronic Babe, and bring your sweet tooth....
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February 12, 2007
Category: Ecology
A few other "don't miss" posts.
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