In which Charlie Callas does a sabercat impression
Laelaps
I loved all the Gary Owens & Eric Boardman dinosaur documentaries (see here, here, and here) when I...
Thumbs Up for Gene Enhancers
the buzz in the blogosphere
Gene enhancers, segments of DNA that don't code for a protein but affect the functioning of active genes nearby on the chromosome, are one type of the so-called "junk" DNA in every organism's genome. A new paper in Science explains how one rapidly evolved enhancer might be key to the differences between humans and chimpanzees—including the development of opposable thumbs.
My picks from ScienceDaily
09.05.2008 · Coturnix
... psychiatric, neurological and eye conditions. Yale Researchers Find 'Junk DNA' May Have Triggered Key Evolutionary Changes In Human Thumb And Foot: Out of the 3 billion genetic letters that spell out the human genome, Yale scientists have found...
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I do not see the advantage of trying to inject faith into science to reconcile scientific discovery and revelation.
Laelaps · Not again... · September 5, 2008
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- Adventures in Ethics and Science: Data paparazzi.
- Greg Laden's Blog : Do the Saint Paul Police Need to Get a Lawyer? (And Grow some Testicles?)
- Genetic Future : Live long and prosper: first, make sure you have the right genes
- Greg Laden's Blog : Hell hath no fury like Joe Biden. Or so we hope.
- Not Exactly Rocket Science : Did a gene enhancer humanise our thumbs?
- John McCain is a flip-flopping opportunist PZ Myers
- My interweb poll-fu is defeated! PZ Myers
- Football Jonah Lehrer
- You can't make this stuff up Tim Lambert
- On IE 8 Razib
Life Science
Photo of the Day #333: Flamingo
Laelaps
A flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) on a nest, photographed at the Philadelphia Zoo....
Admixture, ancestry and its ascertainment among Puerto Ricans
Gene Expression
Earlier this week I posted a link to new research on the genomics of Mexican populations and the...
Wildlife of Serbia
A Blog Around The Clock
Wild-Serbia.com looks like an excellent site: Wild-Serbia.com represents the largest on-line wildlife photo collection from Serbia. All photos...
Physical Science
Sunday Function
Built on Facts
Here be dragons, but the dragons of math are more friendly than most...
Ike -> Cuba
Greg Laden's Blog
Remember how Hanna messed up western Cuba? It now looks like Ike is going to mess up the...
Arriving Home in a Hurricane?
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
I've had my fun, now it's time to pay the piper, as they say
Data paparazzi.
Adventures in Ethics and Science
How public are data in a conference presentation? And what happens if someone else gives them more exposure?
Environment
The secret climate change war
Deltoid
Naomi Oreskes and Jonathan Renouf have a fascinating article in the Sunday Times about the secret climate change...
Proud Ecuador
Pharyngula
When we were in Ecuador, much of the local political discussion was around their efforts to write a...
Ecuador Constitution Would Grant Inalienable Rights To Nature
A Blog Around The Clock
L.A.Times: No other country has gone as far as Ecuador in proposing to give trees their day in...
Sea level rise from IPCC '90
Stoat
This starts from Pielke Jr commenteing at RC that the 1990 IPCC grossly overestimated sea level rise to...
Humanities/Social Science
Rodney Stark's idiotic history
Evolving Thoughts
Thony Christie, a regular commenter on this blog, is also a historian of science, and he sent...
West 42nd Street/Times Square Subway Art 2 [Detail 3]
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Another lovely glass mosaic mural artwork from NYC's subway system for you to enjoy, courtesy of me!
Hackers & Painters and The Charterhouse of Parma
Stoat
These were part of my reading matter for the summer. They contrast somewhat; the former is by Paul...
London Update: Note This, My Intertube Pals
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
It IS possible to get free wifi and access to an outlet while drinking great ales in a...
Celebrate One Million Comments!
Meet the ScienceBloggers to celebrate 1,000,000 comments on ScienceBlogs!
Why do you blog, and how does blogging help with your research?
Education & Careers
London Update: Some Thoughts Upon my Return to America
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
I hope I return with ideas, inspiration and enthusiasm about science blog writing from this conference to share...
Journalism schools behind the times
A Blog Around The Clock
Alana Taylor is in J-school at NYU and is not happy with the way she gets unprepared and...
Carnivalia
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
A blog carnival and something else that you might enjoy.
Mystery Object from London's Natural History Museum -- Identified
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
In addition to all of your answers, a geologist kindly answers my question about the identity of this...
Politics
Stevens Discovers the 4th Amendment
Dispatches from the Culture Wars
This is amusingly ironic. Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is trying to get perfectly legal wiretaps thrown...
At the WPost, More Focus on the Miserly Public
Framing Science
The need to adapt science communication efforts to the realities of the media and the public...
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Palin comparison, VI
Effect Measure
Palin and religion and four more years of the last eight years.
Your weekend reading on Media and Politics
A Blog Around The Clock
Too long, thus under the fold - enjoy, think, bookmark for later, use:...
Medicine & Health
Racist Medicine
erv
If youre a long time reader of SciBlogs, you probably remember when James Watson was on the advisory...
Please hope for Annika
Sciencewomen
My small friend Annika is in the PICU in Chicago, on a ventilator and delirious. Anni is 7,...
The way to a surgeons heart...
Respectful Insolence
...is through his plush guts, as Liz Ditz tells me: I particularly like the plush pancreas, even though...
NIEHS Needs Toxicological Consultant
Terra Sigillata
A federal small business opportunity as an example of a non-academic career path.
Brain & Behavior
Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly dog training
Greg Laden's Blog
Sex In The Classroom
The Intersection
A 2001 Unicef report said that the United States teenage birthrate was higher than any other member of...
The right side of fair play
Not Exactly Rocket Science
A stranger walks up to you and a friend and offers to give you both £100. As...
AVPR1a ain't all that
Gene Expression
Language Log has an excellent critique of the media stories around AVPR1a and its effect on male behavior....
Technology
On IE 8
Gene Expression
It sucks. I downloaded it and tried it out. I made the sacrifice so you don't have to....
Advice To Young Bloggers
A Blog Around The Clock
TGIF Video: Italian Spiderman
Deep Sea News
You can't say farewell to Summer 2008 without a loving look back at... the Italian Spiderman. The viral...
