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Category: Animal Research
Earlier this week on Adventures in Ethics and Science, Dr. Free-Ride reported that a UCLA researcher faces renewed harassment from animal rights activists for talking about his work. Dr. Dario Ringach and his family have been the subject of invasive...
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Posted by Wesley Dodson at 1:19 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Communication
On Framing Science, Matthew C. Nisbet anticipates putting "an end to anonymous commenting" on his blog. Matt writes that people are "more willing and likely to be uncivil" when they don't have to face "social sanctions from others." Other ScienceBloggers...
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Posted by Wesley Dodson at 1:26 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Buzz
Labor Day marks the traditional transition into fall. It also boasts some of the busiest days for moviegoers, and ScienceBloggers have early reviews of two of the season's films. The Primate Diaries takes a critical look at Peter Jackson's blockbuster...
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Posted by Erin Johnson at 12:52 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Commentary
In a recent New York Times article, Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe, the National Cancer Institute and parent institution NIH were taken to task for their biased funding of low-risk studies, which lead to what...
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Posted by Erin Johnson at 4:43 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Commentary
Monday, January 26, ScienceBlogger Chris Mooney will be a guest on The Colbert Report, hosted by the one and only Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central...
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Posted by Arikia Millikan at 9:31 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Commentary
In his inaugural address January 20, President Obama made a promise to America to "restore science to its rightful place." At Seed Media Group, we are firmly committed to President Obama's vision and will work to make it a...
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Posted by Arikia Millikan at 7:37 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Rehashing of a classic from the archives: Hilarious bits from the comment thread of Sciencewoman's post, How NOT to Give a Scientific Talk.
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Posted by Arikia Millikan at 10:40 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The advent of the science blogger is changing the way people talk about science. But along with new modes of communication and new rhetoric come new questions and opinions about how this evolution is affecting the scientific process. ScienceBlogger Coturnix...
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Posted by Arikia Millikan at 11:03 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today on ScienceBlogs.com, you will notice a new feature on the site. Instead of The Buzz, we have an embedded video from Bloggingheads.tv. This feature will appear every Saturday and can be viewed subsequently here on Page 3.14, the editorial...
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Posted by Arikia Millikan at 6:27 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Seed editor-in-chief Adam Bly condemns the firing of the Canadian science adviser.
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Posted by Virginia Hughes at 8:28 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks