Why We Need More Evidence-Based Medicine
Category: philosophy of science
Human medicine is rife with unempirical interventions.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:47 AM • 7 Comments •
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We Want a Presidential Debate on Science!
Category: Election 2008
From evolution to stem cells, from declining NIH grant success rates to accelerating global warming, the next president is going to face a broad range of issues directly related to science.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 2:05 PM • 2 Comments •
Another Unqualified Bush Appointee at NASA
Category: NASA
They must have a stockroom full of these guys!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:08 AM • 2 Comments •
The Structure of the Living Cell
Category: structural biology
Oxford's Iain Campbell discusses the past and future of structural biology.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:20 AM • 4 Comments •
Pluto: The (Really) Broader Social Context
Category: philosophy of science
For such a small planet (or non-planet now), Pluto sure has been making waves the last couple of weeks. I haven't really weighed in and instead deferred to the experts. I'm not going to really say much now either, but,...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:41 AM • 4 Comments •
Where Do Babies Come From? Find the Answer and More in Coming to Life
Category: book reviews
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.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Fantastical Fridays: The End of the Hard Sciences?
Category: Fantastical Fridays
It has been known officially since 2002 that the sciences are hard, and, as much as we scientists love it when our friends and family tell us how smart and wonderful we must be since they could never understand what...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:10 AM • 3 Comments •
Fantastical Fridays: Organic People Chemistry
Category: Fantastical Fridays
Lurking beneath the surface here at ScienceBlogs is a force that compels people to do extremely gimmicky things on Fridays. Since I know that I'm no better than anyone else, I've decided to join in on the fun. Therefore, I...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:55 AM • 11 Comments •
