August 2007 : The World's Fair

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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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Lauryn Hill, Marvin Gaye and the discipline of science

Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building

First up, an apology for the lack of posting of late. As the school term approaches, things have been more hectic than ever, and so... well... you how it is with prioritizing and all. Nevertheless, once next week rolls around,...

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Posted by David Ng at 12:58 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

August 29, 2007

Ghosts in (and out of) the Machines

Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building

Why does it matter if human knowledge of the world is incomplete? Final thoughts on Adorno's remainder.

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Recycling Toxic Materials and E-Waste Policy: Part III

Category: Author Meets Bloggers

Flame retardants, plasticizers, heavy metals, and carbon black...truly globalized toxics

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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:30 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

August 28, 2007

Global E-Scraps and International Politics: Part II

Category: Author Meets Bloggers

Thomas Friedman is wrong, though the electronics industry is global in every possible respect.

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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

August 27, 2007

A Live Experiment Right Here

Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building

We won't invite scrutiny by calling it "scientific," but check it out anyway

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High Tech Trash: A Discussion with Author Lizzie Grossman

Category: Author Meets Bloggers

Environmental and health impacts of the entire life cycle of high tech electronics...because how many gadgets and how many new gadgets do we really need?

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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:45 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

August 24, 2007

New Research on Gender and Humor

Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive

Study finds a mere 12.782% of Shouts and Murmurs writers have been women. There's blogger reporting for you.

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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 5:14 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

August 22, 2007

Does this mean I get to have my own movie? [True Encounters in my Research Career - the comic]

Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff

Just saw a piece I wrote got published in the Canadian magazine, The Walrus. What's especially cool about this one, is that it has been presented in comic form, which is first for me. This is another great example...

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