Mike Dunford is a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studies evolution. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
October 31, 2006
Staffers for Virginia Senator George Allen attacked a blogger today at a campaign event, and are now trying to lie their way out of it. Here's their version of the events: As the Senator was trying to exit the room...
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Here are a few articles that I would have loved to have blogged about today - if I only had the time. In no particular order: Via Afarensis, we learn that the American Museum of Natural History in New York...
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October 30, 2006
It's no secret that the current administration is not a big fan of the Endangered Species Act. Since Bush took office, only 56 species have been added to the list (for comparison, during both the Clinton and G.H.W. Bush administrations,...
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October 27, 2006
It's Friday. Time to throw iTunes into random play, and see what comes up. This week, there isn't much of a theme going....
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October 25, 2006
The Cheerful Oncologist just tossed up a post on one of the Laws of Medicine. Sitting here, on my third beer of the night, I can't help but wonder if he knows how lucky he is to be working in...
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October 23, 2006
This weekend, an issue that came up in a post by Kevin Beck over at Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge really got me thinking. Kevin was amusing himself by shredding one of the denizens at Stop the ACLU, who was...
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October 19, 2006
Rick Santorum's political base has been shrinking rapidly. His approval numbers are in the sewer, and he's down by double-digits in the polls. Santorum's campaign skills, however, are well respected. He knows how to motivate his base, and how to...
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October 16, 2006
If you watched the news at all yesterday, you probably know that we had a little bit of a shake-up out here yesterday morning. I live on the island of Oahu, which is a fair distance from the epicenter of...
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October 14, 2006
My post on the Lancet article has attracted a fair amount of comment, both in the comments here and on other blogs. On the whole, those who have addressed my criticisms have disagreed with them. I've read the criticisms and...
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October 13, 2006
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you're probably familiar with the ongoing series of posts I've been using to get readers and commenters to help me improve my teaching skills. If you're new here, welcome, and if...
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October 12, 2006
Tim Lambert, Mike the Mad Biologist, and Mark Chu-Carroll have weighed in on the study already (in Tim's case several times), and they think that the estimate and methods were pretty good. Ordinarily, I'd be reluctant to disagree with them, but in this case I think there are some legitimate concerns with the study. Some are methodological concerns, others relate to the tone of the paper.
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October 6, 2006
Over at Discovering Biology in a Digital World, Sandy thanks me for, "unintentionally starting a public teaching journal." That was a very nice way to describe what's been going on here in the comment threads for the posts where I've...
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It's been a few weeks since I've done a Friday Random Ten, but I got up early and felt like listening to a little music today. As per the rules of the game, I selected my entire iTunes library and...
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October 5, 2006
My two recent posts on teaching seem to have stirred up more discussion than I first expected. Opinions are still mixed between those who favor an approach that relies more heavily on actively teaching material and those who favor pushing...
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October 2, 2006
I needed to buy a few things for the house and yard yesterday, so I packed the kids into the car and headed off to the store. What I saw when I got there didn't make me feel very jolly,...
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