All manner of human creativity on display
David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.
Benjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff.
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August 31, 2007
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,...
Posted by David Ng at 12:58 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 29, 2007
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.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 1:40 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Flame retardants, plasticizers, heavy metals, and carbon black...truly globalized toxics
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:30 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 28, 2007
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Thomas Friedman is wrong, though the electronics industry is global in every possible respect.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2007
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
We won't invite scrutiny by calling it "scientific," but check it out anyway
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:12 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:45 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2007
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.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 5:14 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 22, 2007
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...
Posted by David Ng at 12:55 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Industrial Agriculture
When it comes to food choices, Yogurt and dairy seem easiest. Plus, aesthetics matter too.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2007
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Money, taste, nutrition, time, convenience, source...a discussion about food philosophies.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:07 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 20, 2007
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
It begins: "It has been observed at least since the time of Aristotle that people cannot tickle themselves, but the reason remains elusive." What we have here is a research paper (by CHRISTINE R. HARRIS and NICHOLAS CHRISTENFELD) that looks...
Posted by David Ng at 11:29 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
And the introduction of our newest sponsor, "Men Determining Depth of Well"
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 6:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 15, 2007
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
And what will all these farmer's markets get us?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Part 1 | 2 | 3 - - - A: University College hospital,Ibadan, B: Entrance to College of Medicine Monday morning, the first day of the workshop, and the adrenaline was already pumping. Today, we would have the opportunity to...
Posted by David Ng at 8:06 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 14, 2007
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
(By Jacqui Monaghan) I am not ashamed to admit that I have a crush on Martha Stewart. I mean, come on: with those luscious locks, knitted ponchos, freshly baked cookies, and that home in the Hamptons, what's not to love?...
Posted by David Ng at 12:35 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Sustainable possibilities in agriculture, energy, waste and manufacturing, infrastructure, and finance...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 13, 2007
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Activism, credibility, and disagreements over methods, conceptual frameworks, and/or problem areas to be investigated...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 12, 2007
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Documents show that Dow Chemical has been pressing India to disassociate the firm from the 1984 tragedy
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:40 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 10, 2007
Category: Industrial Agriculture
What reasons beyond fuel use/CO2 emissions when making better food choices?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:30 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Fear of the unknown; or, whence Adorno, Sartre, Christo, Rumsfeld, and Plato all fit in one post
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 9, 2007
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Getting leading-edge scientific work to small farms or undermining knowledge transfer models
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 12:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Talk about both, today at noon
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:35 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 8, 2007
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Part 1 | 2 | 3 - - - From left to right: Nash, Michelle, David P., and me Sad goodbyes notwithstanding, the trip first concerned itself with a 12,700km journey, from Vancouver to London, London to Lagos, and then...
Posted by David Ng at 2:32 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Trials of Strength and the Colony Collapse Disorder of Honeybees
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:24 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 7, 2007
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
So having just returned from a two week stint in Nigeria, I'm going to spend the next little while writing about the experience itself (I had planned to do this whilst there, but internet access was, at best, sporadic, and...
Posted by David Ng at 3:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
This week's alternative sponsor for the blog. Inquire within....
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 4, 2007
Category: Industrial Agriculture
People seem generally interested in books and discussions about food, but less interested in books and discussions about how food is made. Of course, this is changing in recent years, perhaps because the visibility of sustainable practices, GMOs, and other...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 2:07 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 2, 2007
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Overtures to certainty in science and engineering paired with uncertainty in fiction.
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Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
Reasons to have sex, reasons not to...a most thorough taxonomy of sexual motivation.
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