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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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We Want a Presidential Debate on Science!

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.

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Posted on December 10, 2007 2:05 PM • 2 Comments •

Another Unqualified Bush Appointee at NASA

They must have a stockroom full of these guys!

Posted on January 11, 2007 11:08 AM • 2 Comments •

The Structure of the Living Cell

Oxford's Iain Campbell discusses the past and future of structural biology.

Posted on October 17, 2006 10:20 AM • 4 Comments •

Pluto: The (Really) Broader Social Context

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,...

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Posted on August 29, 2006 7:41 AM • 4 Comments •

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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Posted on August 21, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •

Fantastical Fridays: The End of the Hard Sciences?

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...

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Posted on August 18, 2006 8:10 AM • 3 Comments •

Fantastical Fridays: Organic People Chemistry

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...

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