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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September 29, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
We need the moral (not just political) will to act when the evidence suggests things aren't looking good.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:15 AM • 0 Comments •
September 25, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
ELIZABETH MAY: Ooh oh - I know this one: Something to do with the colour green. That's right. Wasn't she in Anne of Green Gables? "Oh Elizabeth May, I do believe that your frock is on backwards, which is not...
Posted by David Ng at 12:19 PM • 2 Comments •
September 24, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
My daughter recently bought a copy of Archie's Pals'n'Gals Double Digest (#124), and lo and behold the first story is about the kids from Riverdale thinking up things to reduce carbon emissions for a school contest. Anyway, the gradient from...
Posted by David Ng at 12:40 PM • 4 Comments •
September 22, 2008
Category: Nature, as in parts, bits, molecular and stuff
Last week, my daughter had her seventh birthday party, and it makes my heart swell to tell you that she wanted to have it at my lab this year. So what to do? What to do? With 15 or...
Posted by David Ng at 4:15 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Another Food Miles article, another bad article. Eating local is about more than just fighting global warming.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 12:00 PM • 4 Comments •
September 19, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
"Construction of green roofs grew 30 percent in North America last year," reports the Chicago Tribune. (image credit: G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times) White roofs, green roofs, what can I say? My grandfather was a roofer....
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 4:00 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
More low technology solutions to energy problems. To slow global warming, install white roofs, says L.A. Times. And Grist. And Isaac Newton.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 7:30 AM • 9 Comments •
September 18, 2008
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Speaking of Sting Rays. I just remembered that a while back, I wrote a humour piece specifically on rays. Here it is reprinted below. ASSORTED RAYS: RANKED ACCORDING TO COOLNESS 6. Ray Romano Is it just me or is this...
Posted by David Ng at 10:41 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Guests at the Fair
Just a reminder that Jennifer and I will be hosting drinks at Koerner's pub this evening. We'll be there from about 6pm on. Come on out on Seed's dime - should be fun. And just in case, you don't know...
Posted by David Ng at 9:22 AM • 3 Comments •
September 16, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Again with the Canadian politics... STEPHANE DION: Well, this is a treat - somebody really famous is in the race. Let me be the first to say that having that awesome soprano voice and being able to hit 4 to...
Posted by David Ng at 9:45 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Gift Shop & Haberdashery
As outlined here. The SCQ is pleased to announce that the winner of the last book contest was Alex Roger's "Astro I Reference Notes." To keep things rolling a little bit, we would like to present the next book up...
Posted by David Ng at 9:41 AM • 0 Comments •
September 15, 2008
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
Gene Weingarten's definitive statement on why blogging does not straightforwardly amount to the democratization of public discourse
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 5:00 PM • 7 Comments •
September 13, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Amazing images of thousands of stingrays, "like giant leaves floating in the sea."
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 10:30 AM • 5 Comments •
September 12, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
An amazing set of pictures of lightning colliding with the ashes of a volcano eruption in Chile.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 4:47 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
That's Canadian candidates folks. Anyway, it would go something like this: STEPHEN HARPER: Voting for a harpist would be cool. I mean, I'm no classical musician, but that Stephen Harper seems downright magical on the harp - a real virtuoso....
Posted by David Ng at 11:38 AM • 2 Comments •
September 11, 2008
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
Palin claiming she was against the Bridge to Nowhere is sort of like Mississippi bragging that it opposed slavery
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 10:30 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Reduces water use (to clean the trays), electricity (to handle and clean the trays), and waste (by encouraging smaller portions).
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 10:00 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
How tobacco, pesticide, and chemical industries fostered the uncertain structure of SBS studies
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
September 10, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Now that the world is safe, Jennifer (from Shifting Baselines) and I are going to be buzzing around one of local watering holes (Koerner's pub) on Thursday, September 18th, from 6pm. As well, we have a little pocket money from...
Posted by David Ng at 3:45 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 - - - Part 3 with Jody Roberts and Michelle Murphy--discussing her book Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty--follows below. All entries in the author-meets-blogger series can be found here....
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
September 9, 2008
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
What "experts" did in the politics of low-level chemical exposures was also crafted out of gendered and raced circumstances...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
September 8, 2008
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
With an eye to the 1980s rise of new chemical exposure scenarios, here's a whole different view of office space.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
September 5, 2008
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Humour piece by Patrick Francis. Good stuff, and a list that includes "Global Warming", as well as the "Swiss" Here's an excerpt: Disease Bacteria are catching on to the whole antibiotic thing and they are doing something about it:...
Posted by David Ng at 11:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Required viewing: Olympian moral gymnastics on display, all tied up in a neat little package.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 7:30 AM • 2 Comments •
September 4, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Actually, the clues are probably too obvious but how cool is this... (Answer below the fold)...
Posted by David Ng at 11:48 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Just a quick delurking call. This site doesn't get a whole lot of traffic, but myself and Jennifer over at Shifting Baselines were thinking of seeing if there are any readers in Vancouver who want to say hello. More on...
Posted by David Ng at 11:47 AM • 8 Comments •
September 3, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
An Anti-Environmentalist Writes His Next Column While Eating Take-out and Driving His Hummer
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 3:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
The Science Creative Quarterly is back in action today after a few months of only publishing students' works from our symposia program, as well as a few months where essentially the site was not showing off any new material. More...
Posted by David Ng at 9:17 AM • 4 Comments •
September 2, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
I definitely think it's a contender. This is a slide I quickly made for the "Things to avoid when speaking publicly" video (see below), where I tried my best to make it as jarring as possible....
Posted by David Ng at 12:43 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: The Film Building
So I'm pleased to show off a goofy little video I prepared using the great suggestions made at a previous post (Hopefully, the start of a definitive list of things to avoid at all cost when speaking publicly.). It's being...
Posted by David Ng at 7:19 AM • 5 Comments •
September 1, 2008
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
(And again with the back to school theme, and again with a piece from the SCQ - this one written by me) A UNIVERSITY JOB POSTING (OR BECOMING A PROFESSOR IS HARD THESE DAYS) This is a call for outstanding...
Posted by David Ng at 12:51 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
(As I gear up for back to school, here's a little gem reprinted from the SCQ) - - - MY NEW GRADUATE COURSE OFFERING By Vince LiCata Title: Introduction to My Research Area Course Instructor: Me T Th 10:30 -12:00,...
Posted by David Ng at 11:53 AM • 1 Comments •
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