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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
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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
brcohen.net.
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April 29, 2008
Category: The STS Compages
Where viewer and viewed are fused into an indivisible whole. More on Errol Morris, with Richard Powers back to help again.
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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 28, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
I wrote about this over at Terry, but will reprint here as well This is interesting, if not a bit alarming. Essentially, this story follows a trail of individuals that even Kevin Bacon would be proud of. The cast includes:...
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Posted by David Ng at 11:32 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Industrial Agriculture
PETA and the seduction of meat; moral and pragmatic questions center on the future of the fake chicken.
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Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 24, 2008
Category: Mountaintop Coal Removal
Mountaintop Removal hits the front page, emphasizing direct connections to consumers and consumption in the process.
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April 18, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Today at the SCQ, there's an awesome piece that imagines Charles Darwin being brought back to life for next year's bicentennial celebration. As well, the piece is written in the context of him checking out the proposed (and, hopefully by...
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Posted by David Ng at 10:59 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 17, 2008
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
About a month ago, I was lucky enough to partake in a speaker event, where noted economist Paul Collier gave a great talk. Who is Paul Collier? Two titles to throw at you: Professor of Economics, in the Oxford University...
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April 14, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Presumably, art and sciences interact a little like this? The Science Creative Literacy Symposia is a new fieldtrip program offered at the University of British Columbia, and is designed to provide an engaging outreach experience for students at the...
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April 9, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Recently, I picked up a copy of the latest 3x3 Annual (No. 4 to be exact), and was perusing through the great artwork that it compiles. Here the entries (about 250 pages worth) are essentially on display via a competition...
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Posted by David Ng at 11:58 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 7, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Strangely, this is about India's Pressure on Dow Chemical to Cleanup Bhopal
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Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Take Jonah Lehrer, add Alton Brown, Le Laboratoire, and some molecular gastronomy, and here's what you get.
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