November 20, 2008
Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest:
Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this vast green area could work on some of the world's other vital places, scientists told Reuters…
November 20, 2008
Garrett Lisi's Exceptional Approach to Everything:
When Lisi published his physics paper, "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything," to an online archive last year, it created a media buzz about his lifestyle and an onslaught of support and skepticism about his model. Although the verdict is…
November 20, 2008
Eva Amsen uncovered some important information for the international travelers into the USA: International travel info - Science Online '09:
For those of you who are traveling to the Science Online '09 conference from Europe, Australia, NZ, South Korea, Singapore, or on a passport from one of…
November 20, 2008
The round-number edition is up on Respectful Insolence.
November 20, 2008
An interesting and insightful article by Vivian Siegel:
It is ironic that, in an era known for the great speed and availability of information - where we could choose to blog our results rather than submit them to journals - publishing papers seems slower and more painful than ever before…
November 20, 2008
The Economist:
But the odds in favour of an imminent renaissance look long. Many conservatives continue to think they lost because they were not conservative or populist enough--Mr McCain, after all, was an amnesty-loving green who refused to make an issue out of Mr Obama's associations with…
November 19, 2008
Most people work the greater part of their time for a mere living; and the little freedom which remains to them so troubles them that they use every means of getting rid of it.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
November 19, 2008
Light Inside Sponges: Sponges Invented (and Employed) The First Fiber Optics:
Fiber optics as light conductors are obviously not just a recent invention. Sponges (Porifera) -- the phylogenetically oldest, multicellular organisms (Metazoa) -- are able to transduce light inside their bodies by…
November 19, 2008
The 24th edition of the Four Stone Hearth is up on Moneduloides
Gene Genie Edition #40 is up on Human Genetics Disorders
November 19, 2008
A nice article in the HHMI Bulletin:
Slowly, however, the culture is changing, not only through blogs but also by means of open notebooks, open publishing, and other interactive models. Those involved call it Science 2.0, an effort to harness the capabilities of the Internet to help scientists…
November 19, 2008
And, while on the topic of "Science by press release", it struck me that announcing intentions of future research is a Good Thing. Isn't that what we are all talking about - Open Science?
If you signal in advance that you are working on something, you allow others to either move on to something…
November 19, 2008
There is an utterly confusing press release out today - Australian First: Kangaroo Genome Mapped:
Australian researchers are launching the world first detailed map of the kangaroo genome, completing the first phase of the kangaroo genomics project.
Why is it confusing?
Because we are used to seeing…
November 19, 2008
We are in the final stretch! The submissions have been trickling in all year, and a little bit more frequently recently, and many more over the past couple of weeks, so, if you have not done it yet, it is high time now to dig through your Archives for your best posts since December 20th 2007 and…
November 19, 2008
Science Communicators of North Carolina:
Connect with SCONC in a cool Co-Working Environment!
Monday, November 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Join your fellow SCONC members for a casual evening in Carrboro on Nov. 24. Headlining this month's meeting -- remotely -- will be SCONC's ambassador to Norway. Tour the…
November 19, 2008
How Cockroaches Keep Their Predators 'Guessing':
When cockroaches flee their predators, they choose, seemingly at random, amongst one of a handful of preferred escape routes, according to a report published on November 13th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Sleep Helps People Learn…
November 19, 2008
Carnival of the Liberals #78 is up on Greg Laden's blog
The latest Carnival of Journalism is up on One Man and His Blog
The 151st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Tami Fox's Thought and Views
November 18, 2008
One time I went to a museum where all the work in the museum had been done by children. They had all the paintings up on refrigerators.
- Steven Wright
November 18, 2008
...and the journalism that can help. Jay Rosen and Conor Friedersdorf on Blogginheads.tv:
November 18, 2008
There are 13 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one…
November 18, 2008
Malcolm Gladwell has a new book out and critics all home in on different aspects of it....
MICHIKO KAKUTANI:
Much of what Mr. Gladwell has to say about superstars is little more than common sense: that talent alone is not enough to ensure success, that opportunity, hard work, timing and luck play…
November 18, 2008
Chad Orzel and Jennifer Ouellette are chatting physics and stuff on Bloggingheads.tv:
November 18, 2008
Men With Facial Scars Are More Attractive To Women Seeking Short-term Relationships:
Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found. It was previously assumed that in Western cultures scarring was an…
November 18, 2008
Carnival Of The Green #154 is up on Fake Plastic Fish
Grand Rounds: 5.9 are hosted by Dr.Deb
November 18, 2008
Specialization Does Not Predict Individual Efficiency in an Ant:
Social insects, including ants, bees, and termites, may make up 75% of the world's insect biomass. This success is often attributed to their complex colony organization. Each individual is thought to specialize in a particular task…
November 18, 2008
Hmmm, who is coming from the wild, wild West?
Two from Washington state: Deepak Singh and John McKay.
Two from Oregon: Bill Hooker and Maureen Hoatlin.
From New Mexico: Sol Lederman.
And of course a bunch of Californians: Craig McClain, Erin Davis, Janet Stemwedel, Alex Lee, Rick MacPherson, Neeru…
November 18, 2008
On the Seed Magazine site...:
ScienceBloggers discuss the advantages of open science and debate the necessity of the current peer-review system.
Nice! But of course I'd say that. Just to emphasize, in case the article does not make it clear enough, Open Access and changes in peer-review will both…
November 17, 2008
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
November 17, 2008
How To Make A Barometer In Few Easy Steps With Household Items - Celebrity bloopers here
November 17, 2008
ObamaCTO (independent of the Obama transition team) is a site for recommending ideas to Obama's new Chief Technology Officer. You can go and suggest ideas or vote on ideas already there.
I just voted for this suggestion - "Require open access for publicly-funded research". You should vote for it…
November 17, 2008
Each of the show-and-tell sessions now has its own wiki page so you can start discussions, ask questions from the presenters, etc.
We will also have more information about Friday events soon. The Lab Tours and Food Tours will be in the morning, and the WiSE event in the evening, but you can also…
