January 31, 2006
Topic Categories: Blog Awards • Shameless Self-promotion
The 2005 Koufax Awards have released another list of nominees. This time, the category is "Best Individual Post". So as of today, there are three Koufax Award category lists of nominees for you to read as you decide who you will eventually vote for; Best New Blog, Most Deserving of Wider Recognition and Best Individual Post.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 4:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: OnLine Quiz • Personal • Silliness
Another silly internet quiz. It's a good conversation starter, but after that, well .. you're on your own.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 11:50 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Art • Birds • Personal • Shameless Self-promotion
This bird is a detail from a larger painting by my friend, the very talented artist, Tony Henneberg. He sent this to me last year as a birthday card. Because Tony is currently wandering through the jungles of Suriname, where he will be for approximately six weeks, I am sharing this card with you since he cannot send me another one for this year's birthday. But he returns in February, so maybe he'll send me another card then.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 10:03 AM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 30, 2006
Topic Categories: Book Review • Godlessness
by David Mills. You can't identify an atheist simply by looking at them and in fact, your group of friends probably includes at least one atheist in their number. Even though belief in some sort of supernatural being is the dominant philosophy in the Western World, atheism still persists. Why? This book specifically addresses these questions, and many more.
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January 29, 2006
Topic Categories: Personal • Poetry
Mt. Rainier, Washington State. Photograph by Pastoret....
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January 28, 2006
Topic Categories: Meme
I was tagged with a meme by my good friend, Philaelaethes, author of Bouphonia. Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Phila is the man who single-handedly puts together the world-famous Friday Nudi Blogs, which recently began...
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 7:22 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 27, 2006
Topic Categories: OnLine Quiz
According to the Movies.com Which Movie Star Are You Like? quiz, you're .. .. most like George Clooney Everyone loves you, and you're only getting better (and better-looking!) with age. You're a generous, loyal and fun-loving friend, and you...
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 9:02 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Birds in the News
Birds are interesting and important to our daily lives, as demonstrated by this weekly link harvest of international news stories about birds. Birds in the News features stunning photography and presents links to stories that are grouped in a variety of catagories. My favorite category is "Birds in Science".
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 12:39 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 26, 2006
Topic Categories: Art • Personal
The Cry (or The Scream) By Edvard Munch (1893) (click on image for a larger version in its own window) Many people think this painting depicts a man experiencing an existential crisis, but I disagree. I think it depicts...
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:51 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Books • LabLit • Science
A new genre of science writing that is based in present day reality, instead of the future, or on distant planets.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 11:53 AM • 21 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
January 25, 2006
Topic Categories: NYC life • Personal
A friend saw this story and asked what is happening with my own little power bill drama. Since several others of you have also asked, I thought I'd let you all know that I checked my bill status online yesterday,...
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 6:57 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Blog Awards • Shameless Self-promotion
I am pleased to see some people visiting this site because Scientific Life was listed as a finalist in the Koufax Awards' "Most Deserving of Wider Recognition" category. Even though I put a notification on my original site regarding my...
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:49 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 24, 2006
Topic Categories: Random Announcement • Shameless Self-promotion
I posted my first message here on the 12th of this month and after only 12 days, 10,000 people have visited my site (thanks for the links, PZ)! I am excited! I can hardly wait for 100,000! Thanks for...
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 7:04 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Development • Evolution • Nature • Zoology
Okay guys, if you had a choice between having a big brain or big .. er, testes .. which would you choose?
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January 23, 2006
Topic Categories: Blog Awards • Contests • Personal • Shameless Self-promotion
This blog was nominated for several Bloggie Awards, but unfortunately, is not a finalist for any of the Bloggie categories.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 7:16 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Birding • Birds • Endangered Species • IBWO • Nature • Zoology
More about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker from Jerome Jackson.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 7:43 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
GrrlScientist is a female evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist and writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning her PhD. In NYC, she was a postdoctoral fellow for two years, reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist has written a science blog since 4 August 2004 (the early years are archived 
