Beach Volleyball and the Public Understanding of Genetics
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Are cameramen genetic predisposed to zero in on wedgies?
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- David Ng is Director of the AMBL at the University of British Columbia - fancy speak for a science teacher.
- 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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STUDENTS ROCK!
"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it." A.S. Byatt
Puzzle Fantastica 1 | 2 | 3
Batman as scientist
SCIENCE SHOWDOWN!
Science songs 1 | 2
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Sentences in review
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Continuing in our series of things I don't understand, let's talk about language. You be the judge.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 7:15 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 19, 2008
Talk about beautiful: Lightning is awesome when you can just sit back and enjoy it slowly
Category: Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
I just saw this video at McSweeney's (which in turn got it from Today's Big Thing). It's quite the stunner, watching the lightning seek out ground and then BOOM....
Posted by David Ng at 11:54 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Corporate or chemistry icon? No contest people.
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Recently used this graphic at a student conference opening, and it was met with a surprisingly good reaction. Weird how no matter how hard you look at this, you can't get past the Disney influence....
Posted by David Ng at 10:41 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 18, 2008
Superpowers: Also hereditary
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Let's start this off with a mini-meme. Do you, or anyone you know, have apparent "superpowers"? This request is not as weird as it seems - let me explain....
Posted by David Ng at 2:11 PM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Science. History. Ears. Happy Together.
Category: Podcastia
When I was young, back in 2004, we got our history from books and we liked it that way. Then along came podcasts....
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 15, 2008
Jesus speaks to a geneticist
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
JESUS: What is cloning? GENETICIST: That is a very good question indeed. In short, cloning is the experimental act of producing an identical copy. It can refer to copying something as small as a specific piece of DNA, or as...
Posted by David Ng at 7:28 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 14, 2008
A GAP ad celebrity speaks to a geneticist.
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
CELEBRITY: Who are you? GENETICIST: I am a geneticist. CELEBRITY: Like, is that a big word for someone who is not as cool as me?...
Posted by David Ng at 7:23 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 13, 2008
Local Knowledge, Agricultural Edition: Podcasts
Category: Podcastia
I don't make it a point to keep up with the goings on at Lower Blakemere Farm, Blakemere, Herefordshire (UK). But they have a very well-developed series of podcasts that let me do so anyhow. Here then, with a great...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Old MacDonald speaks to a geneticist
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
OLD MACDONALD: Do you want to buy some beef? GENETICIST: If the beef is not tainted with mad cow, then I would be very much interested in purchasing your beef. However, as there have been a few recent outbreaks of...
Posted by David Ng at 7:20 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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