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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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Texas A&M University:

ScienceBlogs Is Really Going Down the Tubes

Because they've let in another Aggie. Matt Springer, who writes ScienceBlogs' newest blog, Built on Facts, is a graduate student in physics at Texas A&M University, my alma mater. His blog is live now, so go check it out....

Posted on August 1, 2008 10:57 AM • 0 Comments •

Texas Republicans Suppress Black Student Voters

Find out why I'm not surprised and why this might be a taste of things to come

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Posted on May 28, 2008 5:05 PM • 9 Comments •

Just Like Old Times....

I'm quoted in a story today in my alma mater's student paper on candidates using social networking sites.

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Posted on February 5, 2008 11:27 AM • 1 Comments •

New Photos on the About Page

Dare I be so presumptuous to suggest that you've checked out the About page on my blog in the last couple of days, you may have noticed a few new photos. The first one was taken last summer in front...

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Posted on January 28, 2008 5:45 PM • 5 Comments •

Elsa Murano to Become New President of Texas A&M University

First female President picked as successor to popular President Robert Gates, although selection process remains controversial.

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Posted on December 9, 2007 8:05 AM • 0 Comments •

Academic Research: Solving Puzzles or Solving Mysteries?

My message to undergraduate researchers.

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Posted on September 12, 2007 6:48 PM • 1 Comments •

The Emerging Role of Blogs in Democratic Politics

My remarks to the Texas Aggie Democrats on September 5, 2007.

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Posted on September 7, 2007 12:22 PM • 1 Comments •

My Upcoming Texas Aggie Democrats Talk on Blogs in Politics

At Texas A&M University this Wednesday, 5 September, at 8:30 pm in Rudder 502.

Posted on September 4, 2007 2:50 AM • 0 Comments •

Conservative Extremists Get a New Voice at Texas A&M University

Texas Governor Rick Perry appoints the chair of the homophobic, anti-diversity, anti-academic freedom, right wing organization the Young Conservatives of Texas as the new student representative on the Texas A&M University Board of Regents.

Posted on February 19, 2007 7:16 PM • 8 Comments •

More on Edible Cotton Seeds

Last month, I wrote a post about a research group at Texas A&M University that reported genetically engineering "edible cotton seeds" by using RNAi technology to stably and specifically knock out production of the gossypol toxin in the seeds of...

Posted on December 18, 2006 7:39 AM • 3 Comments •

They Probably Won't Taste as Good as Cotton Candy...

But, a recent report in PNAS demonstrates that edible cotton seeds could be a real possibility, thanks to new transgenic crop biotechnology.

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Posted on November 29, 2006 7:39 AM • 1 Comments •

Rumsfeld Steps Down, Bush Nominates A&M President Robert Gates

It has just been announced that unpopular Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is "stepping down". This is no doubt a positive step for the Bush Administration, the nation, and the world as a whole, but it comes as too little...

Posted on November 8, 2006 2:22 PM • 12 Comments •

Texas Congressional District 17: Chet Edwards

There's a hot congressional race going on right now deep in the heart of Texas in District 17, which stretches from just north of Houston to just south of Fort Worth and includes my alma mater, Texas A&M University. The...

Posted on November 2, 2006 7:39 AM • 1 Comments •

National Academies Release Climate Change Report

The National Academies today released their report on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years. The verdict? "High confidence that planet is warmest in 400 years; less confidence in temperature reconstructions prior to 1600." The reviews from around the...

Posted on June 22, 2006 8:06 PM • 2 Comments •

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