Announcement:
Category: Announcement
We have removed Food Frontiers from SB. We apologize for what some of you viewed as a violation of your immense trust in ScienceBlogs. Although we (and many of you) believe strongly in the need to engage industry in pursuit...
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Posted by Adam Bly at 10:27 AM • 71 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Announcement
Yesterday, ScienceBlogs launched Food Frontiers, a blog sponsored by PepsiCo. This isn't the first time we've hosted sponsored blogs--recent ones included GE, Shell, and Invitrogen--but it is the first time we've received this level of criticism about it. Frankly, we...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 11:27 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Seed
We here at ScienceBlogs are pleased to announce that beginning today, we will be helping to spark the next generation of research communications by introducing new blogs to our network from the world's top scientific institutions. The initial list includes:...
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Posted by Erin Johnson at 10:45 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Events
We are just two short weeks away from this year's World Science Festival, and things are heating up. For those not in the know, the World Science Festival is a one-of-a-kind series of talks, tours, performances, and panels all designed...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 6:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Announcement
As one clever commenter at Effect Measure's farewell post observed, the past tense of Revere is "Revered." And while we're sad to see one of the longest running ScienceBloggers go, Revere's departure is matched with the arrival of The Pump...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 6:23 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Buzz
Chemistry is nothing if not a double-edged sword. The complex interplay of atoms and molecules is the very foundation of life (and better living) but that complexity also means that a even a slight alteration of a safe substance's chemical...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 6:45 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Buzz
When James Hrynyshyn launched The Island of Doubt in five years ago, he directed his efforts at dismantling "pseudoskeptical arguments from those who have trouble accepting reality." This meant covering a variety of subjects, from climate change, to creationism, to...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 2:53 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Announcement
Yesterday, we welcomed Jason Goldman of The Thoughtful Animal to ScienceBlogs. And if you liked his post about desert ants on stilts, you're going to love the blogger who has joined us today: Alex Wild of Myrmecos. Like Goldman, Wild's...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 3:03 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
Start your week off by welcoming the newest member of the to the ScienceBlogs family: Jason Goldman of The Thoughtful Animal. Jason is a doctoral student studying cognition and behavior at the University of Southern California. You may already be...
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Posted by Evan Lerner at 3:30 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: ScienceBlogs
Dear Readers, It is our great pleasure to bring you news of an exciting new partnership, starting today, between ScienceBlogs and National Geographic. ScienceBlogs and National Geographic have at their cores the same ultimate mission: to cultivate widespread interest...
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Posted by Erin Johnson at 8:21 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks