We Need A Presidential Debate On Science!
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Science and engineering policy is a women's issue, too.
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December 11, 2007
December 10, 2007
Don't Even Think of Parking There!
Category: Making Disability Visible
Earlier this month, my siblings and I were out on a daylong excursion with my mother. It was lunchtime, and we decided to go to local restaurant for our meal. We pulled into the plaza parking lot and my...
Posted by Zuska at 9:59 PM • 18 Comments •
Are You Getting Your Daily Coyote?
Category: Miscellaneous
Fellow Scienceblogger Steve Higgins over at Omnibrain introduced me to the Daily Coyote. I have fallen in love. And I bet you will, too....
Posted by Zuska at 9:41 PM • 1 Comments •
December 7, 2007
Scientific Nail Polish
Category: Burns My Shorts
I have no time for a real entry, but if you haven't yet had your daily quota of sexist nonsense, check out these two links. Melissa McEwan parses the gender segregation at the Discovery Channel Store. (Thanks to Bora for...
Posted by Zuska at 4:36 PM • 1 Comments •
December 3, 2007
Are Men Necessary? "Ask a Science Blogger" Wants To Know!
Category: Ask a Science Blogger
Ask a Scienceblogger asks: " What's the deal with "virgin birth" (parthenogenesis)?" Many people, when they hear "virgin birth", think of the Virgin Mary. But all good Catholics know that Mary, Queen of Heaven, is not a true example...
Posted by Zuska at 9:00 AM • 30 Comments •
December 2, 2007
Apologia for Unpublished Comments
Category: Miscellaneous
I finally had a chance to check in and I discovered three comments languishing in the junk folder, waiting for me to promote them to publication. A few were weeks old. I'm really sorry about that. I'm involved in a...
Posted by Zuska at 8:23 PM • 6 Comments •
