The World's Fair
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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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"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it." A.S. Byatt
Recent Posts
- Whoa - the word "genome" crops up in the new(ish) Beck B-Side "Bonfire Blondes"
- Follow the Coal $$ Near You
- Epistolary Politics: The Guilfoile-Warner Papers
- A scientific guide to voting in the Canadian Federal Election (the flowchart)
- Vancouver ScienceBlogger meetup - the home movies.
- Some numbers of interest - bail outs, foreign aid, saving wall street, saving the world
- The World's Fair (Hey, It's Not Like We're Asking For $700 Billion) DonorsChoose Drive.
- Science, Sneezing, and Environmental Justice: Part 3 with Author Gregg Mitman
- Allergies, Environmental Justice, Theory, and Audience: Part II with Author Gregg Mitman
- Breathing Space: On the Historical Connections of Allergies and Landscapes, with Author Gregg Mitman
Recent Comments
- Glendon Mellow on A scientific guide to voting in the Canadian Federal Election (the flowchart)
- newkon on Likely and unlikely things that Sir Isaac Newton stood on during his lifetime (aka the return of the SCQ)
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- jenjen on A scientific guide to voting in the Canadian Federal Election (the flowchart)
- Sam on A scientific guide to voting in the Canadian Federal Election (the flowchart)
- Ritika on Consume Less
- joey smith on Sustainability & Climate Science concepts via the use of lovely children books' images.
- Lisa on Breathing Space: On the Historical Connections of Allergies and Landscapes, with Author Gregg Mitman
- Matthew on The World's Fair (Hey, It's Not Like We're Asking For $700 Billion) DonorsChoose Drive.
- David Ng on Can you solve Puzzle Fantastica #3? - The Final Clue...
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Posted on: July 22, 2008 7:32 AM, by David Ng
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