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Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
"The Ecology of Crunch and Squish," Vol. XIII at McSweeney's
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- David Ng is Director of the AMBL at the University of British Columbia - fancy speak for a science teacher. Follow Dave on twitter @dnghub.
- Vince LiCata is a faculty member in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Louisiana State University (LSU). His laboratory studies protein-ligand interactions, protein folding, and biothermodynamics. He also writes plays that have been produced in a number of different US cities, and, oddly enough, in Thailand.
- Benjamin Cohen was a co-founder and is now Blogger Laureate at The World's Fair. He teaches at the University of Virginia and is the author of Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil and Society in the American Countryside (Yale, 2009). Now you can find him at brcohen.net.
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"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it." A.S. Byatt
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Batman as scientist
SCIENCE SHOWDOWN!
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The Simpsons, naturally
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Nature interview with Simpsons Executive Producer. and so much more
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July 26, 2007
Monsanto Patents Rejected
Category: Industrial Agriculture
A remarkable story from the Public Patent Foundation about harassing, intimidating, suing American farmers.
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Introducing Kate Lee, World's Fair Intern, Good Ole Computational Modeler
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Among others, busy identifying mint, wood sorrel, and purslane growing in sidewalk cracks
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Introducing Jacqui Monaghan, World's Fair Intern, Plant-Geneticist-in-the-Making
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Five lists of five things that may or may not interest you about me.
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Introducing Laura Arneson, World's Fair Intern, Immunologist
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Is the scientific community is forgetting to educate the adult population?
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July 25, 2007
Politics of Wilderness, Policies of Collaboration: Part III
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Roadless rules, glacier lilies, baseball, and someone named Ruth Onthank.
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July 24, 2007
Michigan v. Michigan State: An Early Season Match-Up
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Just how competitive is organic farming compared to petroleum-based farming?
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More Wild Things: Part II of Interview with Wilderness author Kevin Marsh
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
The Forest Service, Dept. of Ag., and other scientists in the making of American Wilderness
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July 23, 2007
Scientific Knowledge vs. Mystery
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Because twice-two-makes-five is sometimes a most charming little thing.
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