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David Ng is Director of the
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Benjamin Cohen teaches at the University of Virginia. He is the author of
Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil and Society in the American Countryside (Yale, 2009). His interest is in those places where science, art, and environmental studies come together.
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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
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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 3:15 PM • 5 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.
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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
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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
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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?
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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."
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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...
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Posted by David Ng at 12:18 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 22, 2007
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...
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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...
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Posted by David Ng at 1:07 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks