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May 14, 2008
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Why it's so hard to get that course you need. Why the heck doesn't the school offer the courses you need more frequently? Here's some insight from the faculty end of course scheduling.
Sciencewomen
ISEF 2008: Cool science and practical applications More selections from projects I'm seeing at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair....
Sciencewomen
ISEF 2008: Impressive science by high school students I'm going to be busy judging all day long, so I've scheduled some posts to show you the sort of projects I'll be looking at today. Actually, I'll only be judging -ology projects, but I'll leave you to decide which...
The World's Fair
John Cage Guest Posts at The World's Fair Should take a shade over 4 1/2 minutes to read.
Uncertain Principles
NYC Trip: American Museum of Natural History I have fond memories of the AMNH from when I was a little kid, but was disappointed by yesterday's visit.
Sciencewomen
ISEF 2008: Full disclosure I didn't sleep very well last night, and I'm going to pretend that was solely because I was bothered by not being 100% honest with my readers...so here goes. Why am I judging at ISEF? And why am I giving...
May 13, 2008
Deep Sea News
Doodle 4 Google Imagine you can redesign Google's logo. What would it be? Perhaps the two o's can be portholes in a submarine that is exploring the 'l' hydrothermal vent? Google tasked K-12 students nationwide to come up with future Google logo's in...
Sciencewomen
ISEF 2008: Day 1 by the numbers Miles walked: At least 5. The Georgia World Congress Center is huge! Random "it's a small world" connections made: 2 Not-entirely-unexpected reunions encountered: 3 Ounces pumped and dumped: 7 (so far) Freakouts had: None since the airport. Times I've...
Of Two Minds
Announcing the 34th annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology Announcing the 34th annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology June 26-29, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Registration is now open; deadline Thursday, June 5 -- 12:00pm EST Note that early registration is suggested, as the reserved...
Of Two Minds
Superstition at the Exploratorium Tempt Fate, and Take a Risk Superstition Obstacle Course Opens Friday, June 13th Are You Scared? June 13 - September 1, 2008 For many people, Friday the 13th suggests bad luck -- but is it really tempting fate or...
Sciencewomen
ISEF 2008: Nobel Laureates Panel A cool feature of ISEF is the science star power. This afternoon the judges were treated to a panel full of science luminaries: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Robert Curl, Rich Roberts, Dudley Herschbach, H. Robert Horvitz, and Leon Lederman. I walked...
Sciencewomen
First Taste of the International Science and Engineering Fair So I've arrived at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta and I'm starting to get my bearings. I've been oriented to judging and have been previewing the projects. There are more than 1500 projects from students...
A Blog Around The Clock
Cell Signaling in PLoS ONE Peter Binfield, the new Managing Editor of PLoS ONE, did some analysis of the content of the journal so far, and realized that the single most frequent Category our authors use is 'Cell Signaling'. And, as he writes in his...
Greg Laden's Blog
How Society Will Accept Rational Science: The Best Way to Frame Global Warming and Evolution There is a point that I've been trying to make for the last few weeks now, off and on, and it is not working. So I'm going to try something new. Please bear with me, and consider the following three scenarios regarding the idea that...
Sciencewomen
Flying solo I'm in the airport about to board my plane. I'd forgotten how wonderful it can be to fly without a child. I'm looking forward to actually getting some work done on the flight rather than just trying to appease and...
The Intersection
Women in Science Carnival I'm pleased to make my first cameo appearance in the Scientiae Carnival, the 'best blogging on women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics!' This month's collection is hosted by FlickaMawa of A Cat Nap and the theme is career paths,...
Greg Laden's Blog
Internet Poll on Dropping Evolution from School Curriculum in Maine Is a semi-organized effort to 'crash' obnoxious internet polls ethically acceptable? Is it boring? Is it stupid? I sometimes ask myself that question. But it's complicated and will take a while to work out. In the mean time, PZ Myers points out this poll regarding...
Neurophilosophy
Annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy & Psychology Michael L. Anderson emailed to inform me about this forthcoming event: Announcing the 34th annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology June 26-29, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Registration is now open; deadline Thursday, June 5 -- 12:00pm...
May 12, 2008
Sciencewomen
ADVANCing along with the big kids: my tentative first foray into BIGGRANTDOM Musings from an ADVANCE PI meeting while still hoping to be an ADVANCE co-PI.
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Death is not an option: end of semester edition. Which do you choose? Behind door #1:...
A Blog Around The Clock
Open Access to Scholarly Publications (video) Open Access to Scholarly Publications (Updated May 10, 2008) from Sean Kass on Vimeo. by Sean Kass (Via)....
Thus Spake Zuska
It's Only An Anecdote But even when you cite the literature, you can still find yourself dismissed.
Thus Spake Zuska
Flextime: It Sets Such A Bad Example! New Boss should be deeply ashamed of being such a retrograde defender of the patriarchy.
denialism blog
2 weeks of General Medicine I'm sorry I've been buried the last couple weeks, as I've just started my general medicine rotation. Today is my post-call day, which means I get to sleep in and then study all day long. The fire hydrant of information...
Sciencewomen
Mother's Day is over-rated. And hard to celebrate. I have to remember to lower my expectations for holidays. When my expectations are low and things go wrong, the expectations are met, and I am satisfied. When things go right, I am surprised and happy. High expectations of things...
“I'm completely certain that participating in high school science fairs is the #1 reason I'm a Ph.D. student in the sciences today.” Emily on ISEF 2008: Nobel Laureates Panel
