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November 26, 2008
In the October DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge, ScienceBlogs readers donated over $18,000 to benefit classrooms around the country that lack adequate science funding. Now, we are offering an opportunity to continue the giving--purchase a Seed magazine subscription at a special discounted...
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November 25, 2008
Last week, scientists positively identified the bones of Nicolaus Copernicus, the astronomer credited with scientifically formulating the idea that the universe is heliocentric and prompting the 16th century scientific revolution. To be sure that the bones were actually those of...
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Technology The evolution of iPods. From Flickr, by D'Arcy Norman...
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November 24, 2008
Over the next four weeks, ScienceBlogs will explore some of the most controversial and increasingly relevant issues in biotechnology on a new blog, What's New in Life Science Research. The blog is sponsored by Invitrogen and will feature writings on...
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Brain & Behavior An African gray parrot. From Flickr, by The G-tastic 7...
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November 22, 2008
Medicine & Health Krayzie pillz? From Flickr, by Dvortygirl...
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November 21, 2008
Politics President and Vice President Elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden on election night. From Flickr, by Barack Obama...
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From the well-preserved remains of a woolly mammoth that was buried by Siberian winters about 18,545 years ago, scientists were able to extract viable DNA and sequence the majority of an extinct species' genome for the first time. The mammoth's...
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Education & Careers "Inspecting an optical circuit after the wafer dicing saw step. Many labor tasks - from retail to security to manufacturing - seemed to go for triple redundancy." From Flickr, by jurvetson...
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November 20, 2008
The FDA may soon join forces with personal genomics companies like 23andMe and CIMR in order to draw associations between genotypes and adverse drug reactions. ScienceBlogger Revere from Genetic Future posted that before such a collaborationis considered, genomics companies must...
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Humanities & Social Sciences "This image was designed and uploaded as an illustration for the flickr censorship campaign that happened globally in June 2007."From Flickr, by Mr.Enjoy...
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November 19, 2008
When hundreds of thousands of soldiers returned from the Gulf War in 1991, epidemiologists like Revere from Effect Measure insisted that the neurological and other symptoms afflicting a large number of the veterans was not due to stress—as many U.S....
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Environment Environment channel photo. A corn field under a blue sky coated with clouds of the cumulo nimbus. From Flickr, by Kables...
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November 18, 2008
Physical Science Physical Science channel photo. An image from the Hubble Space Telescope of Fomalhaut b, the first planet outside of the Sun's solar system viewed from Earth. From Flickr, by bobster1985...
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November 17, 2008
Technology Technology channel photo. Nam June Paik's "Electronic Superhighway" at the National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian - Washington DC. From Flickr, by frozenchipmunk...
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With the announcement of Barack Obama's plan to deliver a weekly YouTube address, speculations are arising of how the new administration will make use of "facebook age" technologies to communicate with the public. ScienceBlogger Coturnix from A Blog Around the...
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November 14, 2008
Using the Hubble Telescope, scientists have successfully viewed a planet revolving around a different star than our beloved Sun for the first time. The planet has been dubbed Fomalhaut b and revolves around the star Fomalhaut, the brightest star in...
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November 13, 2008
Welcome to another Channel Update. In this post, you will find the large versions of the Medicine & Health and Brain & Behavior channel photos, and also the contextualized versions of the reader reactions from the aforementioned channels. Medicine &...
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November 3, 2008
Greetings ScienceBlogs readers. In this post: The large versions of the photos on the Education & Careers and Politics channels, and a recap of the channel quotes. Education & Careers Education & Careers channel photo. An enthusiastic submarine driver pops...
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