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You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
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Ministry of Science and Culture:
Kudos to the Al - and the Nobel Committee
By now you've no doubt heard that Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I must confess that this announcement gives me no small degree of schadenfreude when I think...Posted on October 12, 2007 1:19 PM • 0 Comments •
Men [Sick]
Scientist, you see , actually means "men of science".Posted on August 19, 2007 8:36 PM • 14 Comments •
Have Cash, Will Pay For Truthiness
Remember: "unequivocal" really depends on whose perspective you take,Posted on February 5, 2007 7:15 PM • 4 Comments •
Grant Proposal Submission At The Ministry
I think Grants.gov must just be the latest offensive in the war on science from the Ministry of Science and Culture.Posted on January 16, 2007 12:19 PM • 4 Comments •
Global Warming In The Right World
...in the Right world, global warming does not exist.Posted on December 13, 2006 11:15 AM • 13 Comments •
Holiday Gift Guide
The Chronicle of Higher Education published a little tongue-in-cheek holiday gift guide in the December 8 issue. I really liked this item: the Scientific Integrity Calendar, published by the Union of Concerned Scientists and available at their website....Posted on December 11, 2006 4:54 PM • 0 Comments •
New Science Think Tank
Yay! Finally! The good guys - that's us - are finally getting their/our own Discovery Institute! Only ours will actually promote real science and science policy as opposed to God-told-me-so science and science policy. Ed Brayton over at Dispatches From...Posted on November 17, 2006 9:30 AM • 3 Comments •
Defeat Rick Santorum!
I want a representative, responsive, and responsible government. Rick Santorum can only prevent our government from operating in that manner.Posted on November 3, 2006 11:44 AM • 5 Comments •
Evolutionary Biology Resurrected on the Third Day
Last Tuesday's the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that evolutionary biology, you will recall, had been left off a list of eligible science majors for students applying for federal SMART grants. A Department of Education spokeswoman had assured us this...Posted on August 28, 2006 10:34 AM • 2 Comments •
Evolutionary Biology Lost in "Clerical Consolidation"
Posted on August 23, 2006 11:30 AM • 3 Comments •
