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scientificactivistprofile.gif An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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Science and Politics Create the Perfect Storm in Chris Mooney's Storm World

From the earliest days of hurricane science to the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season, Mooney's Storm World covers the scientific controversies that have fueled today's wild political and scientific debate over the link between hurricanes and global warming.

More Impressions of the Atlas of Creation

Who needs facts when you've got such a damn good-looking book?

A Book, Stunning in Both Its Beauty and Its Ignorance

Our lab received a copy of the Atlas of Creation too!

Chris Mooney in Houston, Texas

This one is for my readers in Texas, particularly those in the greater Houston area. Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and blogger at The Intersection, will be in Houston this week to promote his new book...

New Science Blogging Anthology Now Available

Bora Zivkovic of A Blog Around the Clock announced this morning that the first ever anthology of science blogging, The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs 2006 is now available for purchase. At the website of the publisher,...

Updatin'

I've added a list of recommended books and worthy science-related causes.

The Power of Coal Is as Evident as Ever in Jeff Goodell's Big Coal

In Big Coal, Jeff Goodell offers an insightful and chilling exposé of the coal industry that leaves the reader shocked by our continued reliance on coal but at a loss for what to do about it.

The Republican War on Science Paperback Released Today

I don't have my copy yet of the latest edition of Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science, but I've been told that it's on its way. And, believe me, I'll bump it up to the top of my reading...

Where Do Babies Come From? Find the Answer and More in Coming to Life

Nobel Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development is an understated primer that lays out the current state of the art of developmental biology, shocking the reader with just how much we know about how each one of us came to take our unique but fundamentally similar shapes.

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