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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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Discuss "Unscientific America" Saturday at Firedoglake Book Salon.

Category: Announcements

For those of you who have been following the various online reviews of and reactions to Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum's book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, you may be interested in the Firedoglake Book Salon discussion...

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I chat with Paw-talk about ethics and animal research.

Category: Blogospheric science

In case you're interested, Paw-talk, a website aimed at humans with pets, invited me over to chat about philosophy, ethics, science, and the use of animals in research. You can find that interview here. It's also worth noting that the...

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A reminder.

Category: Blogospheric science

"Hey, buddy! My eyes are up here!"...

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3QD 2009 science blogging prize nominees posted, voting round open.

Category: Announcements

Remember those prizes 3 Quarks Daily is offering for the best science blogging of the past year? Well, the nominees are now up, including four of my posts:...

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Science Saturday: Alternative Medicine Edition at Bloggingheads.

Category: Ethical research

This week at Bloggingheads.tv, PalMD and I have a chat about science, ethics, and alternative medicine. Plus, we have a little disagreement about what constitutes paternalism. Go watch!...

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Celebrating the Year of Science.

Category: Blogospheric science

I've been derelict in my duty to inform you that 2009 has been declared the Year of Science, which is, of course, just an excuse to celebrate science-y goodness every day. Each month has a theme and a variety...

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Seen elsewhere in the intertubes.

Category: Blogospheric science

While the ScienceBlogs upgrade was underway, a shiny new Bloggingheads diavlog was posted, featuring yours truly and PalMD. Mostly we talked about medical ethics, with some time spent on ethical issues around research with human subjects....

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Blogging, philanthropy, and commerce. (Oh my!)

I realize that I forgot to mention here that I've been writing posts on the Invitrogen-sponsored group blog What's New in Life Science Research. The blog is hosting discussions about stem cells, cloning, biodefense, and genetically modified organisms. (The cloning...

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Sprog commerce.

The Free-Ride offspring have put the wheels in motion to achieve financial independence from their parental units. They intend to make their fortune on T-shirt sales. Poor deluded kids! Anyway, they would like you to know that you can score...

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In case you're desperate for something to read ...

I have a couple posts brewing, but they will be delayed by my pile of scut work. Meanwhile, I have a new post at WAAGNFNP with my thoughts about why the (unionized) faculty in my university system took such a...

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