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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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Blogospheric science:

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.

Category: Announcements

With this post, I say goodbye to ScienceBlogs....

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Save us from the armchair philosopher with a blog.

Category: Blogospheric science

In what is surely a contender for the photo next to the "business as usual in the blogosphere" entry in the Wiktionary, a (male) blogger has posted a list of the sexiest (all-but-one female) scientists (using photos of those scientists...

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Friday Sprog Blogging: trust and the internet.

Category: Blogospheric science

Regular readers will recall that this is not the first time the Free-Ride family has discussed skepticism and trust. Dr. Free-Ride: You two are both exploring the internet more lately, and you know that one of the things people use...

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Welcome to inescapable conflict of interest.

Category: Blogospheric science

Today ScienceBlogs launched a new sponsored blog, Food Frontiers. The sponsor is PepsiCo. Here's the description of what the blog is going to be about from its inaugural post by Sb overlord Evan Lerner:...

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2010 blog-reader census.

Category: Blogospheric science

What are you doing reading this blog?

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Drag your lazy ass back to the lab! Don't you know postdocs are a dime a dozen?

Category: Academia

Via Abi, I learn that Chemistry Blog has posted an interesting letter from a PI to his postdoc dated July 27, 1996. The letter, on official Caltech Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering letterhead, suggests that not all the stories...

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IGERT meeting: the Digital Science panel.

Category: Academia

As mentioned in an earlier post, I was recently part of a panel on Digital Science at the NSF IGERT 2010 Project Meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting itself brought together PIs, trainees, and project coordinators who are involved in...

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If search strings were writing assignments ...

Category: Blogospheric science

From time to time I have a look at the search strings that have brought readers to this blog. Looking at some of the recent queries, I can't help but wonder what kind of blog this would be if these...

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The blogger's hypothetical imperatives.

Category: Academia

In the midst of the ongoing conversation about managing career and housework and who knows what else (happening here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and likely some places I've missed), ScientistMother wondered about one of the blogospheric voices...

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Friday frivolity: what's that in my office?

Category: Academia

This week I had one of those rare moments between work projects to pause and take a look around. I mean that literally -- I actually took a look around in my office and noticed that I have accumulated some...

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