November 9, 2008
Scattered thoughts, that is.
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On Tuesday night I was teaching. Yup, my BIO101 class for adults. Scheduled for 6-10pm. But it was the mid-term exam day. I made an exam that can be done in two hours. I knew that my students were itchy to get it done and go home to…
November 9, 2008
November edition of Scientiae is up on See Jane Compute
The 78th Carnival of Space is up at Simostronomy
Brain Blogging, Forty-First Edition, is up on BrainBlogger
November 8, 2008
God gave us a penis and a brain, but not enough blood to use both at the same time.
- Robin Williams
November 8, 2008
We are busy preparing for The Open Laboratory 2008. The submissions have been trickling in all year, and a little bit more frequently recently, but it is time now to dig through your Archives for your best posts since December 20th 2007 and submit them. Submit one, or two, or several - no problem…
November 8, 2008
Because I spent the day here having great fun.
November 7, 2008
Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
- Woodrow Wilson
November 7, 2008
Go here right now and vote for Brian.
November 7, 2008
'Beauty Machine' Makes Average Face A Knockout With A Single Click:
Our mothers told us that true beauty is more than skin deep -- but researchers from Tel Aviv University are now challenging Mom. They've built a beauty machine that, with the press of a button, turns a picture of your own ordinary…
November 7, 2008
Some people say that Scienceblogs.com is all godless crowd. But no, it can't be - we have and worship our own Goddess! Yes, Goddess Isis has moved in here (from here to here) this morning. Go bow at her feet.
November 7, 2008
Here is the sixth interview in the series on Miss Baker's Biology class blog - Anna's interview with David Kroll.
Previously in this series:
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with...me!
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Eric Roston
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Clinton Colmenares…
November 7, 2008
The Boneyard #25 is up on The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Big Lie
The Carnival of the Liberals: Election Special! is up on The Lay Science
Friday Ark #216 is up on Modulator
November 6, 2008
Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim - when he defends himself - as a criminal.
- Frederic Bastiat
November 6, 2008
Today's issue of Genome Technology contains six nice articles about Open Access:
Ready or Not, Here Comes Open Access:
Here's the central conundrum of the open access debate: you can't find anyone who's actually opposed to it. Really. For all the grandstanding and arguing, the fiercest opponents…
November 6, 2008
Seeing A Brain As It Learns To See:
A brain isn't born fully organized. It builds its abilities through experience, making physical connections between neurons and organizing circuits to store and retrieve information in milliseconds for years afterwards.
Looming Ecological Credit Crunch?:
The…
November 6, 2008
Simon Owens just published a nice article on PBS' MediaShift about crashing internet polls. My SciBlings PZ Myers and Greg Laden were interviewed for the article and have said some smart things with which I agree.
November 6, 2008
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are
November 6, 2008
Carnival of the Blue #18 is up on Deep Sea News
The latest edition of Four Stone Hearth is up on Archaeoporn
99th Skeptic's Circle is up on Ferret's Cage
November 6, 2008
This is the best!
November 6, 2008
There are rumors aplenty, but take them with caution, about potential members of the Obama Administration.
Despite understanding, on a cerebral level, what Obama is trying to do, on a visceral level my instinct is to use the majority to implement progressive policies fast and forcefully, to have…
November 6, 2008
In today's News and Observer:
Mary H. Schweitzer, associate professor of paleontology at N.C. State University, will talk about how paleontology can help determine whether life ever existed on other planets.
She will speak at a Periodic Tables event sponsored by the Museum of Life and Science in…
November 6, 2008
NC Press Asociation's front pages from Wednesday.
Due to narrow margin - about 12,000 in Obama's favor - the state has to count all the provisional ballots (which usually favor Dems) and all the mail-in ballots (mostly from the military personnel abroad - who knows who that favors any more!).…
November 6, 2008
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November 5, 2008
Freedom is a powerful animal that fights the barriers, and sometimes makes people wish for higher fences.
- Lance Morrow
November 5, 2008
Ecologists Say Metabolism Accounts For Why Natural Selection Favors Only Some Species:
Why are some species of plants and animals favored by natural selection? And why does natural selection not favor other species similarly? According to a UC Riverside-led research team, the answer lies in the…
November 5, 2008
There were 15 new articles in PLoS ONE published last night but I was too busy watching the election returns. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own…
November 4, 2008
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
- Barack Obama, President-Elect
November 4, 2008
Welcome to the Obamaland!
November 4, 2008
Protect Your Vote: Avoid Election Machine Errors:
Of all the conceivable problems that could lead to a miscount Election Day, there's one possibility that voters can do something about - avoid making election machine-related errors, says a University of Maryland researcher who led a comprehensive…
