September 30, 2008
DebateWatch Day 2
Category: Culture
Apparently some readers, sciblings, and C-SPAN agree it might be fun.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:10 AM • 6 Comments
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September 30, 2008
Category: Culture
Apparently some readers, sciblings, and C-SPAN agree it might be fun.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:10 AM • 6 Comments
Category: Culture
Over at Bora's place you'll find lots and lots of videos from our day at the North Carolina Zoo. The overlords at Seed outfitted us with these cool little Flip camcorders which were a lot of fun to play with....
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:36 AM • 1 Comments
September 29, 2008
Category: Culture
I just received this warning by email: 'The house voted against the bailout. Hello Great Depression part II.' What do readers think?...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 3:01 PM • 18 Comments
Category: Culture
I've got more experience in Washington than the governor and arguably better ideas on energy, foreign policy, the economy, and homeland security.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:24 AM • 23 Comments
September 28, 2008
Category: Energy
On September 25th, Nature magazine published 'Choosing A Future,' telling us more about where each presidential candidate stands on science related topics. And despite the humorous and uncanny similarities of the front and back covers, this is a very serious...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:15 AM • 3 Comments
September 26, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Yesterday 61 Nobel Laureates* released a letter endorsing Barack Obama for President: An Open Letter to the American People This year's presidential election is among the most significant in our nation's history. The country urgently needs a visionary leader who...
Posted by the interSeCtion at 12:00 PM • 7 Comments
Category: Politics and Science
I mean it's cool the Arizona Senator seems to care about the well being of fish all of a sudden, but uh seriously, what's with McCain and oil? I mean 'Drill Baby Drill' isn't exactly a convincing campaign slogan. [Thanks...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:55 AM • 1 Comments
September 25, 2008
Category: Culture
Nature Magazine (September 25, 2008)...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 3:33 PM • 5 Comments
It should be no surprise to readers that birds are among my very favorite critters. Aside from occasional blogger Sparticus Maximus The Great, I also reside with a pair of recessive pied budgies named Nemo and Che (who are real...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:20 AM • 3 Comments
Category: Culture
So uh, anyone else besides Letterman and I wondering why Sarah Palin can't take over? Because that's sort of, you know, the whole VP role... Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain made a surprise announcement that he was suspending his...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 12:11 AM • 3 Comments
September 24, 2008
Category: Culture
My latest Science Progress column just went up: It's about the controversies surrounding CERN's Large Hadron Collider, which many people crazily think is going to open up black holes, turn us all into strangelet particles, etc. There's no basis for...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 3:12 PM • 1 Comments
Category: Culture
Sure, it's only an advertisement, but when 'bounty hunter' makes the list before 'research scientist' (except with regard to forensics, likely due to cable tv), it seems to me science can use a bit of a PR boost, no? Then...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:56 AM • 11 Comments
September 23, 2008
Category: Marine Science
in the Gulf Of Mexico......
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 4:40 PM • 3 Comments
Category: Energy
Over at NexGen, this week's question asks about the likelihood of embracing tidal power: a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity. Basically, we're talking wind turbines located where there's strong tidal flow. Sounds clean, and...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:24 AM • 2 Comments
Category: Media and Science
Science blogging. A couple years ago, I could never have imagined I'd try it, let alone share a site here at Sb. It's definitely changed the trajectory of my interests and pursuits, and it's an evolving medium that's proven extremely...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:50 AM • 4 Comments
September 22, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
From the New York Times to the LA Times, Obama's and McCain's answers to the 14 top science questions are getting great coverage, but the biggest question remains: Who's better for U.S. science? Now's your chance to weigh in on...
Posted by the interSeCtion at 11:34 AM • 3 Comments
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