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Question: What are the best pickup lines for scientists and science-savvy folk?... I'll go narrow-church: low mutational load baby, look beyond the proximate and focus on the ultimate....
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This week: What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally.... Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. Cinematically it is an early masterpiece, but,...
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What makes a good teacher permlink
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What makes a good teacher? That's what SEED is asking this week. Here's my top 10.......
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Ask a Science Blogger - wandering permlink
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This week they ask: Assuming that time and money were not obstacles, what area of scientific research, outside of your own discipline, would you most like to explore? Why? Cosmology. Transcendence....
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Brain drain - the size of the cup matters permlink
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Chad's response to this week's Ask a Science Blogger pointed to two issues which I think need some clarification. First, that brain drain might be good for the species in that it distributes the "wealth" of human capital around. This...
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"Brain drain" follow up - put great minds to use! permlink
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Is it me, or did Janet explode by the old 300 world barrier? :) In any case, she brings up some good issues in her expansive post, and there is one thing I want to follow up in regards to...
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Ask a Science Blogger: Brain "drain" permlink
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This weeks "Ask a Science Blogger" is: "Do you think there is a brain drain going on (i.e. foreign scientists not coming to work and study in the U.S. like they used to, because of new immigration rules and the...
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Ask a Science Blogger - "Justify my funding" permlink
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This week's "Ask a Science Blogger" is: Since they're funded by taxpayer dollars (through the NIH, NSF, and so on), should scientists have to justify their research agendas to the public, rather than just grant-making bodies?...
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Ask a Science Blogger, know how to know! permlink
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This weeks "Ask a Science Blogger" question is: "If you could shake the public and make them understand one scientific idea, what would it be?" I assume others will answer this also, so I want to get this out first:...
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