September 30, 2008
Category: Misc
One great aspect of the Internet is the amount of information that is to be found out there. Here are some links about the current financial crisis. First up, a discussion between Bill Moyers and Kevin Phillips from the site:...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:23 PM • 3 Comments •
September 25, 2008
Category: Science & Society
Umm ... Seriously, the latest issue of Nature has a special section on the US presidential election, including another Q&A with the candidates: Barack Obama accepted Nature's invitation to answer 18 science-related questions in writing; John McCain's campaign declined. Obama's...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:03 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
Elias A. Zerhouni, is stepping down as head of the National Institutes of Health. I heard about the announcement last night at the NERD meeting. Many were happy. Many blog commentators have added their two cents. Here are mine: 1)...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 2:59 PM • 5 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Category: Lab Life
A new bill that threatens OA.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 5:09 PM • 0 Comments •
September 17, 2008
Category: Misc
My posting frequency may go down as I will be off to Toronto for a little while. There I'll be meeting up with Larry Moran and checking out what it means to be a Torontonian. (Larry, it looks like I'll...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 5:57 PM • 1 Comments •
September 15, 2008
Category: Pure Biology
Congrats to Ambros, Ruvkin and Baulcombe.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:31 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Election '08
Here we are going to look at the best available figures for offshore drilling, specifically the areas that are currently off-limits. That's what the fight is about. First, how much oil we consume and how much we "produce": The bottom...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:40 PM • 5 Comments •
September 13, 2008
Category: Election '08
Well since the current US election has taken over my blog, I've done a couple of things. First, I've created a new category Election '08 where you can find all my rants on this year's federal elections. Second, I've joined...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:59 PM • 3 Comments •
September 12, 2008
Category: Lab Life
WOW! This website is order of magnitude better then Pubmed. I am totally converted!
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:58 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Election '08
A closer look at his voting record.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:49 AM • 2 Comments •
September 11, 2008
Category: Election '08
How does religiosity correlate with values?
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 2:22 PM • 7 Comments •
September 10, 2008
Category: Election '08
Today's fact: the more religious you are the more likely you are to get a divorce. The message: stop trying to legislate morality.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 12:04 PM • 10 Comments •
September 8, 2008
Category: Election '08
Sorry folks, my new apartment is not yet hooked up to the web and on top of that I was down in NYC last week. As a result no new posts. And no facts ... but as soon as I...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 5:58 PM • 0 Comments •
September 2, 2008
Category: Election '08
In today's "let's talk about the facts" entry I'll point the way to JuniorProf's entry.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:24 AM • 9 Comments •