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The worst idea this side of “Youre Not Helping”.
Posted by ERV on October 27, 2010 Some of you in the atheisphere remember what happened this past year with ‘Tom Johnson’ and the ‘Youre Not Helping’ blog. Quick recap from Jerry: On October 22 of last year, Chris Mooney put up a post at The Intersection called “Counterproductive attacks on religion–exhibit A.” The “exhibit” was an excerpt from an earlier comment…
Holy crap: Trust
Posted by ERV on October 25, 2010 One of the many reasons why I love being a science blogger, is it lets normal people peek into the lives of scientists and our culture. I joked at a recent OKC Atheists meeting that no one would ever make a reality TV show about my lab work– while it is conceptually awesome, its just…
Vivisectiongate
Posted by ERV on October 13, 2010 Hey. Hey you all remember a while back, when some climate change denialists hacked into someones email, and released all these ‘damning’ statements on how climate change is all a lie. Except, its not. You know how climate change denialists are normally crazy right wing Christian/Libertarian dipshits? Apparently, crazy left wing hippy freaks arent above…
FDA approves first embryonic stem cell clinical trial
Posted by ERV on August 1, 2010 Geron press release: “We are pleased with the FDA’s decision to allow our planned clinical trial of GRNOPC1 in spinal cord injury to proceed,” said Thomas B. Okarma, Ph.D., M.D., Geron’s president and CEO. “Our goals for the application of GRNOPC1 in subacute spinal cord injury are unchanged – to achieve restoration of spinal cord…
“Songs From the Science Frontier” – YOU can help kids get excited about science!
Posted by ERV on July 23, 2010 WARBLEGARBLETHISISSOCOOLYALL! Where to start? You all are aware of the fact we have ‘science education issues’ here in Oklahoma? Well not everyone here is sitting on their hands, shaking their heads, bemoaning what a shame it is. A fellow who lives in Stillwater, Monty Harper, is actually trying to do something about it in a…
Post-exposure filovirus vaccine in the works!
Posted by ERV on July 6, 2010 This sounds like a science-fiction novel, but the following is totally true: In 1967, a group of folks in Marburg Germany doing research with African Grivets, all got sick. Apparently they picked up a new virus from the grivets, and 7 of the 31 infected people died of hemorrhagic fever. This Marburg virus (close relative…
Lessons from ‘Shit My Dad Says’: “You have shamed the entire scientific community. F*cking Einstein, everybody.”
Posted by ERV on June 4, 2010 Sure, its traumatic, but some scientists/MDs could have used a lesson like this when they were younger. I’ve never been very good at math or science. I enjoyed the stories embedded in history and literature but lost interest when it came to periodic functions and the table of elements. So in sixth grade, when each…
Biology and Computer Science: Sister sciences
Posted by ERV on May 26, 2010 Its time once again for my yearly forced vacation. So I have some time to read/respond to some great emails from readers! Dear ERV– I am just a random reader of your blog and several other science blogs. I’m sorry to bother you with this, but your contact me page was written in lolcat so…
Catholic Church responds to Venter: “Hurr durr durrrrrr!”
Posted by ERV on May 21, 2010 I didnt know what to say about Venter & Crew making a bacterial genome from scratch. No such luck from the BASTION of child rape, homophobia, misogyny, and flat out stupidity human morality and ethics, the Catholic Church: Church warns cell scientists not to play God Catholic Church officials said Friday that the recently created…
ARTIFICIAL LIFE WARBLGARBLE!!!
Posted by ERV on May 21, 2010 Okay, Ive been trying to figure out what I can add to the OMFGTHEYMADEABACTERIAFROMSCRATCH hysteria. I cant come up with much more than ‘WARBLEGARBLE!!!!!!!’, but luckily, many others in the blagosphere didnt totally lose their heads and have some great posts up (leave links to your favorites in the comments, I missed some, I know).…