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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.

Brain-Friendly Giftables

• Books
• Games
• Building sets
• Measuring devices

Having a family and an academic career

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

Sb/DonorsChoose Drive

Recent Posts

• Friday Sprog Blogging: spectroscope.
• The appropriate cyborg for the job.
• A conference paper I didn't see coming.
• Question for the commentariat about the goal of science education.
• Commitments, rational arguments, and other people.
• Friday Sprog Blogging: building cells.
• In which I try to outwit the gastropods
• Non-rational lines, empathy, and animal research.
• Location, location, location: ethical considerations in where to run a clinical trial.
• Snail eradication (day 38).

Recent Comments

• Leanne on Vaccine refuseniks are free-riders.
• Char on Another conundrum: whether to engage with the Huffington Post.
• Eric on Anesthesiology and addiction.
• chris on Anesthesiology and addiction.
• Hap on Friday Sprog Blogging: spectroscope.
• Uncle Fishy on Friday Sprog Blogging: spectroscope.
• Super Sally on Friday Sprog Blogging: spectroscope.
• mijnheer on Non-rational lines, empathy, and animal research.
• Eliza on Question for the commentariat about the goal of science education.
• Max on Friday Sprog Blogging: building cells.

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• Tribe of Science
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Where I'm coming from

• Adventures in Ethics and Science vault
• Quick tour through the vault

Chemistry

• Betablokker
• Carbon-Based Curiosities
• ChemBark
• Chemical Musings
• ChemJerk
• The Culture of Chemistry
• Everyday Scientist
• Fresh Wallaby Juice
• In the Pipeline
• Lab Cat
• Sceptical Chymist
• Spectroscope
• whistling in the wind

Physics, Astronomy

• Absinthe
• Asymptotia
• Cocktail Party Physics
• Cosmic Variance
• Qulog
• Second Sight
• Tales from the learning curve

Biology

• the dubious biologist
• Epigenetics News
• Eye on DNA
• Genetics and Health
• I Love Science, Really
• a k8, a cat, a mission
• Migrations
• Open Reading Frame
• The Panda's Thumb
• The Pluripotentate
• Pondering Pikaia
• Sandwalk
• Science Matters
• Sinking the Iceberg
• A Somewhat Old, But Capacious Handbag
• Syaffolee

Paleontology

• Ask Doctor Vector
• Dinochick Blogs
• The Ethical Palaeontologist

Ecology

• bootstrap analysis
• Invasive Species Weblog

Math, Logic, Statistics

• Learning Curves
• Log Base 2
• Truth Tables

Psychology, Neuroscience

• Dr. Petra Boynton
• The Neurophile
• scientifically minded

Geoscience

• Life in graduate school
• Lounge of the Lab Lemming
• no/se/nada commentary

Engineering, Computer Science

• Dr. Mom
• Dr. Shellie
• FemaleCSGradStudent
• nanopolitan 2.0
• Rants of a feminist engineer
• See Jane Compute

Information, Technology

• Anne 2.0
• Christina's LIS Rant
• Confessions of a Science Librarian

Medicos

• Hope for Pandora
• White Coat Underground

Slaving in the lab

• always listen to your pig-puppet
• Disgruntled Julie: A PhD in Progress
• A Natural Scientist
• What the hell is wrong with you?

Science meets real life

• Bee Policy
• The Executioner's Thong
• Fairer Science
• FemaleScienceProfessor
• Kristin's Random Adventures
• nanopolitan
• PhysioProf
• post doc ergo propter doc
• Prometheus
• Sorting Out Science
• Thesis - With Children
• YoungFemaleScientist

Science and skepticism

• Buridan's Ass
• Cubik's Rube
• Pooflingers Anonymous
• Skeptico
• The Uncredible Hallq

Science meets art, literature, culture

• eastern blot
• Electron Blue
• inkycircus
• Meme Therapy
• The Neural Gourmet
• petri dish
• Velcro City Tourist Board

Science and ethics

• bioethics weblog
• MindFull
• sciethics
• Women's Bioethics Blog

History of Science

• The Inverse Square Blog
• The Missing Link

Philosophy Blogs

• Antimeta
• Big Monkey, Helpy Chalk
• Epideixis
• Footnotes on Epicycles
• hpb etc.
• Knowledge and Experience
• Incoherent Rants of a Madman
• Inconsistent Thoughts
• Leiter Reports
• LogBlog
• Mormon Metaphysics
• Philosophers' Playground
• Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Philosophy, et cetera
• Philosophy from the Left Coast
• phronesisaical
• Scottish Nous
• Siris
• The Splintered Mind
• Thinking Ethics
• Thom Brooks
• Thoughts Arguments and Rants
• What is it like to be a blog?

Other Academic Blogs

• Academic Coach
• academicsecret
• battle of the ants
• The Big Picture?
• The Clutter Museum
• Cyberspace Rendezvous
• Feminist Law Professors
• The G Bitch Spot
• Geeky Mom
• A Gentleman's C
• In Favor of Thinking
• InterLace
• Lawrence Dillon | an infinite number of curves
• Liberal Debutante
• New Kid on the Hallway
• No Fancy Name
• Opinio Juris
• Playing School, Irreverently
• Scrivenings
• Slant Truth
• WorkBook
• Weblogs in Higher Education
• Who doesn't love roses
• writing as jo(e)

Non-Academic Blogs I Like

• auspiciousdragon.net
• Cosmic Watercooler
• I Speak of Dreams
• Penn
• Quo Vado?
• Three Bulls!

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