Better news from the art world
An artist who used harmless bacteria as part of an exhibit had his day in court.Posted on April 24, 2008 2:05 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and 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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Damn those women, out there ruining science and being lazy and depressed
Via Ed, if you puked on VoxDay's shoes after his column earlier this week in WorldNetDaily: But this is not to say there is not a genuine threat to all three aspects of science today. Unsurprisingly, it comes from the...Posted on March 13, 2008 12:45 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Introducing...
...my grad students. My spring semester course is on infectious causes of chronic disease, looking at the role various infections play in cancer, autoimmune disease, mental illness, and other chronic conditions. Since I've often discussed the importance of having scientists...Posted on February 24, 2008 8:45 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Progeria researchers, anyone?
Help out a HS student/budding scientist!Posted on February 23, 2008 7:30 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sentence in for bacteria-mailing professor
Last fall I wrote about the bizarre case of University of Pittsburgh geneticist Robert Ferrell. Dr. Ferrell, you may recall, had been prosecuted for sharing generally-harmless strains of bacteria with a colleague, SUNY-Buffalo art professor Steven Kurtz. Dr. Kurtz then...Posted on February 21, 2008 7:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Guillermo Gonzalez tenure review goes to the Board of Regents today: updated
It's not certain there will be a decision immediately, though: From the Iowa State Daily: The Iowa Board of Regents will meet Thursday to discuss the tenure denial appeal of Guillermo Gonzalez, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa...Posted on February 7, 2008 1:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Loss of a giant: Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg passed away on Saturday. Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist who shaped the field of bacterial genetics, and served as chair of The Scientist's advisory board since 1986, died on Saturday (February 2). He was 82. Lederberg...Posted on February 5, 2008 4:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Revamping funding via powerpoint and IM?
It's easy to complain about the system of grant review; it's more difficult to propose a workable fix. Is Michael on to something with his suggestion?Posted on November 16, 2007 8:30 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
DonorsChoose: over the halfway mark
A few more challenges in need of funding...Posted on October 17, 2007 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mail harmless bacteria, go to jail
More professors prosecuted on trivialities after bioterrorism charges don't stick.Posted on October 15, 2007 1:30 PM • 72 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Would limiting career publication number revamp scientific publishing?
What would you do if you could publish only 20 papers throughout your career?Posted on October 8, 2007 11:45 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Where's the Discovery Institute when you need a defender of academic freedom?
Teaching Adam and Eve as mythology apparently cost a professor his job...Posted on September 25, 2007 2:55 PM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Prospects "bleak" for young researchers
Reality bites.Posted on September 19, 2007 12:50 PM • 32 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Are science blogs having an impact?
Take a survey and help us find out.Posted on September 17, 2007 8:30 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Open access publishing is putting you at risk!
Yes, that's actually the argument made by the Orwellian group, PRISM ("Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine"):...Posted on August 27, 2007 10:20 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Follow-up on "Math doesn't suck" discussion
Is it sending the wrong message to girls to tell them they can be fashionable and smart?Posted on July 30, 2007 2:10 PM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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