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November 8, 2009
Sciencewomen
What I'm working on I'm not going to apologize about lack of posting over the last month or so, and I'm not going to make any promises for the future. That said, here's what I'm up to for InaDWriMo this month. Here's what I...
November 7, 2009
Greg Laden's Blog
Islamic Creationism in the News From the NCSE:...
Tomorrow's Table
And so, driven on ceaselessly toward new shores I am traveling now far away from home towards a large lake in Zurich. What a perfect time to receive this poem from Jan Visser. Le Lac (written in 1820 by Alphonse de Lamartine) Ainsi, toujours poussés vers de nouveaux...
The Primate Diaries
Happy Carl Sagan Day! His birthday is actually on Monday, but today marks the first annual event initiated by Broward College in Florida. In honor of the event, here is Carl Sagan's final interview prior to his death. Amazing isn't it that the science...
November 6, 2009
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Friday Sprog Blogging: checking in on last week's experiments. A bit of follow-up on the two experiments we described last week: First off, the water cycle model....
Greg Laden's Blog
Eugenie Scott Tackles Modified Origin Book From the NCSE:...
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Best Science Books 2009: Amazon Amazon has come out with their Editor's Picks for 2009. There are three categories that have books that are relevant to us here. ScienceThe Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard...
DrugMonkey
Repost: Preferential Funding for First Submissions of NIH Grants I have a post I'm working on that references a topic I've been talking about on the blog for a long time. I was about to quote extensively from this one but I figured I'd just better repost the whole...
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Friday Sprog Blogging: getting information you can trust. When someone tells you something about science, how can you tell if that person knows what they're talking about?
Eruptions
On the media (or press) Science used to be fascinating to the general public ... where did we go wrong and how do we fix it?
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Ongoing witch-hunt against Oklahoma scientists Poll crash to defend a scientists honor.
Sciencewomen
What would you do? A few days ago I arrived at my office in the morning and was greeted with an unpleasant surprise...someone had scratched a cross into the bulletin board just outside my office door. (Apologies for the terrible cell-phone picture.) While I'm...
The World's Fair
The Challenge of Eating Sustainably: College Edition Is It Possible to Eat Sustainably at the University of Virginia? Four students try going vegetarian, going organic, eating under "The Six Dollar Limit", and going local.
Sciencewomen
SciWo's Storytime: Sally and the Purple Socks Taking a break from the science-y books and from the donor requests, this week Minnow and I want to share one of our new favorite books. This is the first book that we've checked out of the library that Minnow...
November 5, 2009
A Blog Around The Clock
The Open Laboratory 2009 - the submissions so far Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 470 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify Here's an LBJ to challenge you .. but you're getting better at recognizing these birds, aren't you?
A Blog Around The Clock
Science Cafe Raleigh: Boom 'n' Doom: Volcanoes, North Carolina and North Carolina Volcanoes Boom 'n' Doom: Volcanoes, North Carolina and North Carolina Volcanoes November 18th; Acro Café on the fourth floor of the Museum of Natural Sciences 8:30-10:00 am with discussion beginning at 9:00 followed by Q&A Volcanic activity half a world away...
Culture Dish
Get a Free Copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa) to Consider for Course Adoption, While Supplies Last Calling all academics: If you'd like a free advanced copy of my book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, to consider it for course adoption, get thee to Random House's academic blog and request a copy quick, while supplies last (which probably won't be long at the rate things are going).
Pharyngula
Our secret power…EXPOSED! Professor Thomas Tang of Middle Tennessee State University has broken the code of silence and revealed one of the vast powers which are conferred upon us when we land an academic job. It's true, professors can send you to hell....
November 4, 2009
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
The Flawless Logic of Little Isis (One Year at ScienceBlogs) Today is my blogoversary of joining ScienceBlogs. w00t! It's been, well, quite a year. Last week I was anticipating the big commemorative event, complete with fan fare, the sacrifice of some animals (but not JB Handley's horse), a full day...
A Blog Around The Clock
Science Cafe Raleigh: Dog Genome: Teaching Scientists New Tricks Dog Genome: Teaching Scientists New Tricks November 17th; 6:30-8:30 pm with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A The Irregardless Café, 901 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh 919.833.8898 This year, roughly 66,000 people will be diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, while another...
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Library people at Science Online 2010 (updated) Following along in the tradition of Bora's introductions of the various attendees for the upcoming Science Online 2010 conference, I thought I'd list all the library people that are attended. I'm not going to try and introduce each of the...
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
An Open Letter and Wednesday Morning Jams... ...to everyone's favorite Dark Lord of the Sith. Dearest Darth Vader, I noticed this morning that the gloves that you were wearing on Saturday night are in the back seat of my car. If you'd like them back, holler at...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify Today's mystery bird is courtesy of a talented and generous photographer!
Framing Science
AU Documentary Film Professor Helps PBS Put a Human Face on Climate Change A spotlight on the Center for Environmental Filmmaking
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“It amazes me that many people want to use explanations for creation that are thousands of years old. We should be using our our own people and technology to explain phenomena in our time.” Ken Creten on Teaching Creationism in Schools
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Hurricanes
As the 2009 hurricane season picks up speed after a remarkably mild beginning, we look to the ScienceBlogs archives for the science behind the storms.
The Island of DoubtJuly 25, 2006
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