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David Ng is Director of the
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- 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.
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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
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September 28, 2007
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
O.K. I have a few minutes to scribble some stuff here, so here goes. I've had a chance to tour Harbin a little more the last little while, and the one thing I can state is that it is a...
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Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
"[I just want to] speak more freely," says anti-global warming enthusiast Patrick Michaels
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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 7:56 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 27, 2007
Category: Nature, as in parts, bits, molecular and stuff
(I didn't actually see this sign, which I got via Shelley, but I put it up because my talk later today will actually break rule number 3.) Well, I've been in China for the better part of three days...
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September 22, 2007
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
I thought this blog post was pretty refreshing and kind of a nice way to look at things. It starts: When people hear that I spend two hours each way commuting to UBC from Surrey every day, the most common...
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September 21, 2007
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Well, I'm off to north China next week, although unlike Nigeria, it sounds like I'll be wired in and still able to contribute to the blog. Specifically, I'm heading to the Northeast Forestry University in Harbin to give a few...
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Posted by David Ng at 11:54 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 20, 2007
September 18, 2007
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
One of the first things that a newborn experiences is not necessarily the warmth and scent of the mother's embrace, but rather a series of pokes and pricks to ascertain health and mental alertness. It therefore seems to me...
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Posted by David Ng at 10:55 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 14, 2007
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Epilogue: Hauntings -- to follow mystery, monsters, and ghosts of man-made meat
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September 13, 2007
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about good old 0.7%. This is the hallmark figure suggested by Pearson as a target for foreign aid to developing nations. In other words, the main idea is that wealthy nations do something nice...
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Posted by David Ng at 3:18 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 12, 2007
Category: About writing generally
Specifically, this pretty one: Very nicely done biography of Charles Darwin, presented in the children's book genre, that also happens to be pretty enough for the coffee table (more info about the book here). Basically, the SCQ is hoping to...
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