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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November 30, 2007
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
On matters of research agenda-setting, policy making, and government in scientific medical research, circa 1977
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 3:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 28, 2007
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
A take on the kinds of adulterated food the late 20th c. brought us. Oh how tame Upton Sinclair seems now.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:45 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 26, 2007
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
We can't leave Iraq because it's going (a) well or (b) badly
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 3:04 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Book Building
An extraordinary chance / to remember for a moment / a conversation held with the lamp switched off
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 11:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Book Building
What do the other bloggers and readers here think of Gould, his work, his contributions, and his legacy? How does he fare in these parts?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 25, 2007
Category: The Book Building
"The period between the end of _______ and the end of ______ is one of the most important in American history and, these days, one of the most neglected."
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 6:50 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 23, 2007
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
The SCQ has rounded up most of the scientific eponyms created as a result of a meme call. Take a gander, and let me know if you want to play as well. This particular page can hopefully expand over...
Posted by David Ng at 12:18 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 22, 2007
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
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Posted by David Ng at 11:19 AM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
This is for all you folks in Vancouver who happen to have some time to kill tomorrow (Friday) at lunch. The UBC Terry Project is having James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith give a talk. These are the authors of...
Posted by David Ng at 10:53 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 21, 2007
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Well, one of the big news items these days, is the "re-adjustment" of HIV infection statistics coming out of UNAIDS. Apparently, the numbers that have been used over the last couple of years have been too high and that the...
Posted by David Ng at 1:07 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 20, 2007
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
This post over at the Terry website is nice, and poses an interesting question. Tonight, as I walked home past the hospital and the lights and the young teenage couple standing under the walkway and the older couple sitting on...
Posted by David Ng at 12:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 19, 2007
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
From The Scientist (via the FILTER)...
Posted by David Ng at 4:56 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
A few weeks ago, the New Yorker ran an excellent piece called "Unconventional Crude" which focused on Canada's tar sands. It was written by Elizabeth Kolbert, who got a lot of attention a year or so ago with a...
Posted by David Ng at 9:24 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 16, 2007
Category: The Website Building
So why enter one in particular. The SCQ makes a case for their iPod and truth experiment giveaway. It starts: It seems obvious to most people that iPods are a ubiquitous part of culture. But for folks like myself who...
Posted by David Ng at 1:13 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 15, 2007
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Good old McSweeney's scores again. Free Range: Animals raised with a free-range lifestyle have plenty of room to stretch out and eat bugs. This is particularly important for chickens, which need at least two square feet of space at all...
Posted by David Ng at 11:37 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 14, 2007
Category: About writing generally
We had such great fun with the "I rank number 1!" meme, that I thought it would be worth the effort to try another. This one might even guarantee you a spot in immortality - especially if your contribution manages...
Posted by David Ng at 1:22 PM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 13, 2007
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Today the SCQ published what can only be described as a necessary appendum to the IPCC reports. The title above is but one of many papers sited, and the others are presented below (and below the fold). Of course,...
Posted by David Ng at 4:34 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Website Building
So, I just went to a Science Journalism conference recently. And one of the sessions, in particular, that resulted in a heated argument, was whether the internet and the whole Web2.0 was a good thing. Particularly from the angle...
Posted by David Ng at 11:54 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 10, 2007
Category: The Film Building
I have to say that I really enjoyed this presentation by Sir Ken Robinson. Well worth the twenty minutes. Curious about comments too from you educators out there. Ben, do you think this guy is a contender for our advisory...
Posted by David Ng at 10:39 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 7, 2007
Category: Movie discussion
Gender, technology, and a new documentary about their historical intersections...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:51 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
What we need: "generosity of spirit, cosmopolitan openness to other perspectives, awareness of how every place matters as much as every other place."
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 6, 2007
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Maybe you. Part II of our discussion with author Aaron Sachs about the Roots of American Environmentalism.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 5, 2007
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
A discussion about science and environmental history with historian Aaron Sachs, the next in our author-meets-blogger series.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 2, 2007
Category: The Website Building
Another goofy web experiment at the Science Creative Quarterly....
Posted by David Ng at 12:25 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
If I can do it (with the limited skills that I have) then so can others. So the request this time is: can you write us a science song? Let me know if you've got one, and I'll try...
Posted by David Ng at 12:15 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was hoping to play around with my brother's guitars, and to see if I could figure out the recording logistics of using software like Apple's Garageband. As well, I said I...
Posted by David Ng at 8:43 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 1, 2007
Category: About writing generally
I just wanted to highlight this excellent post by a student who use to work with me on the Terry project. Basically, Shagufta begins: Political science is not the only way to understand the world. It seems like a simple...
Posted by David Ng at 11:29 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
