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Archives for July, 2007
Beer in Zero Gravity
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 31, 2007 Last Friday, NASA released a report on astronaut health care that revealed two incidents of on-the-job alcohol abuse. Even though NASA rules forbid drinking alcohol while in orbit, a New Scientist article published online on Tuesday suggests that a few astronauts have done it (including Buzz Aldrin, who sipped communion wine from a chalice after…
Capturing the Small
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 25, 2007 For 34 years, Nikon has sponsored the “Small World” photomicrography competition to showcase, as they put it, “the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope.”
Rat Like Me
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 25, 2007 We city dwellers tend to shudder at the sight of the beady-eyed, black rat. Its kind invades our subways, trash cans, and water systems and may carry dangerous diseases.
An Interview with Sheril Kirshenbaum of The Intersection
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 22, 2007 This time around we’re talking to marine biologist, band chick and political junkie Sheril Kirshenbaum, Chris Mooney’s new co-blogger at The Intersection. What’s your name? Sheril Rose Kirshenbaum
Welcome, Angry Toxicologist
Posted by Book Club on July 19, 2007 Please welcome the newest addition to ScienceBlogs, Angry Toxicologist. As the Toxicologist says in an introductory post, I am a Ph.D. scientist in the public health sector with a good amount of toxicology and regulatory knowledge. I’m not going to be dishing about projects I am privy to, but I am much freer to make…
Galaxy Zoo
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 17, 2007 Mapping the universe wouldn’t be possible without technological marvels like the Hubble Telescope. But a new census of one million galaxies also requires the talents of the human eye. Last week, astronomers from the University of Oxford, the University of Portsmouth and Johns Hopkins University launched the Galaxy Zoo project, a website that showcases stunning…
Making the Cover of Seed
Posted by Book Club on July 13, 2007 In this video by Seed video producer Jacob Klein, Seed‘s art director, Adam Billyeald, narrates the creation of the cover art for the August 2007 issue of Seed—from special E. coli-covered stamps and an agar-filled petri dish. The cover art hails author and ScienceBlogger Carl Zimmer‘s feature article, “The Meaning of Life.”
An Interview With Dr. Signout
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 11, 2007 This time we sat down with the ever-elusive Dr. Signout, of Signout. What’s your name? Ooooh. Sorry, can’t tell you that.
New to ScienceBlogs: Neurophilosophy
Posted by Book Club on July 6, 2007 On July 1, ScienceBlogs welcomed a new addition: Neurophilosophy, by Moheb Costandi. Science writer, Englishman, and former student of developmental neurobiology (and future student of neuroscience) Costandi covers all matters brain-related, with special attention to good stories from history. Recent posts at Neurophilosophy discuss Dostoevsky’s epilepsy and the extraordinary case of Phineas Gage, whose nearly-fatal…
An Interview with Chris Mooney
Posted by Virginia Hughes on July 4, 2007 This time around, Page 3.14 interviews the ever-moving Chris Mooney, Seed Washington Correspondent and blogger at The Intersection and Speaking Science 2.0. Mooney’s new book about hurricanes and global warming, Storm World, hit bookstore shelves on Sunday. What’s your name? Christopher Cole Mooney. Aka Chris Mooney.
