October 15, 2008
The Open Access Day blogging competition is now over. We received over 40 excellent entries that took quite a nice chunk of last night to read - they are all good so go and read them all.
In the end, we decided that one prize is not enough and are awarding the First Place to two bloggers:
Dorothea…
October 15, 2008
Despite 'Peacenik' Reputation, Bonobos Hunt And Eat Other Primates, Too:
Unlike the male-dominated societies of their chimpanzee relatives, bonobo society--in which females enjoy a higher social status than males--has a "make-love-not-war" kind of image. While chimpanzee males frequently band…
October 15, 2008
Voices of Open Access from Open Access Videos on Vimeo.
October 15, 2008
Praxis #3 is up on The Other 95%.
The Carnival of Evolution #3 is up on Clashing Culture
October 14, 2008
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
October 14, 2008
Introducing another session: Blogging adventure: how to post from strange locations:
This is a panel discussion with Karen James, Talia Page, Anne-Marie Hodge, Vanessa Woods, Meredith Barrett, John McKay, Kevin Zelnio, Rick McPhearson and Craig McClain:
The stereotype is that bloggers write in…
October 14, 2008
There are 15 new articles in PLoS ONE this week. 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 favourites:
Detection and Molecular Characterization of 9000-Year…
October 14, 2008
As you know, blog posts about Open Access - What It Means To Me? are in competition today! I will be posting and updating the links of entries throughout the day (until midnight Eastern) for all to see - if I miss yours, send me the URL of your entry.
Caveat Lector: My Father the Anthropologist;…
October 14, 2008
Personal Music Players: Scientists Warn Of Health Risks From Exposure To Noise:
Listening to personal music players at a high volume over a sustained period can lead to permanent hearing damage, according to an opinion of the EU Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (…
October 14, 2008
Or so says this BBC article:
A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning. The researchers say this might even help to counter-act the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to…
October 14, 2008
Get a camera, film yourself, post your video on YouTube and join many others doing the same:
Are you a scientist? Tell the world who you are voting for this year. McCain? Obama? None of the above? Upload your YouTube video explaining who are you, who you are voting for and why you are voting for…
October 14, 2008
Diane Graves, Librarian from Open Access Videos on Vimeo.
October 14, 2008
Hourglass IV is up on Existence is Wonderful
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 4 are up on Notes of an Anesthesioboist
Replace Michele Bachmann Blog Carnival #3 is up on Almost Diamonds
The 145th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on HomeSchoolBuzz
And tonight is the deadline for two good carnivals: Praxis (…
October 13, 2008
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
- Hamilton Wright Mabie
October 13, 2008
Sharon Terry, Patient Advocate from Open Access Videos on Vimeo.
October 13, 2008
An Autonomous Circadian Clock in the Inner Mouse Retina Regulated by Dopamine and GABA:
The circadian clock in the mammalian retina regulates many retinal functions, and its output modulates the central circadian clock in the brain. Details about the cellular location and neural regulation of the…
October 13, 2008
There are 12 new articles in PLoS ONE this week. 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 favourites:
Worm Grunting, Fiddling, and Charming--Humans…
October 13, 2008
Here's one for bloggers to rip apart: Why Your Boss Is White, Middle-class And A Show-off:
The way male managers power dress, posture and exercise power is due to humans' evolutionary biology, according to research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Girls Are Happier Than Boys At…
October 13, 2008
Carnival of the Green #149 is up on Thoughts on Global Warming
Carnival Of the Godless #102 is up on A Division by Zer0
Oekologie resumes in November.
And tomorrow night is the deadline for two good carnivals: Praxis (October 15th on The Other 95%) and the Giant's Shoulders (October 15th on Second…
October 13, 2008
Tomorrow is the Open Access Day and today you can watch the videos, like this one, for example:
Barbara Stebbins, Middle School Science Teacher from Open Access Videos on Vimeo.
October 13, 2008
I rarely jump on the blogging hype of noting the new Nobel Prize winners every year. Exceptions are cases when I have a different slant on it, e.g., when a Prize goes to someone in my neighborhood or if the winners have published in PLoS ONE and PLoS Pathogens (lots of loud cheering back at the…
October 13, 2008
Tomorrow is the time to publish your blog posts for the Open Access Day competition.
And tomorrow night is the deadline for two good carnivals: Praxis (October 15th on The Other 95%) and the Giant's Shoulders (October 15th on Second Order Approximation).
And if you missed it, there will be prizes…
October 13, 2008
And here are some other sessions that you will be able to attend, either physically or virtually:
How to paint your own blog images
Hey, You Can't Say That!
Web and the History of Science
Blogging102 - how to make your blog better
Nature blogging
Reputation, authority and incentives. Or: How to…
October 12, 2008
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
- Chuang Tzu, 369 - 286 BC
October 12, 2008
Every year, when I go to ConvergeSouth (and I still need your help with my session this year), I look forward to seeing again some of my good blogospheric friends. And somewhere very, very high on the list of people I am most excited about seeing again, are Dan and Janet, journalists and bloggers…
October 12, 2008
The future of newspapers is bleak, but there are three saving strategies: 1) hyperlocal papers will beat the big city, state, national and international papers, 2) telling the truth instead of false equivalence will foster reader loyalty, and 3) the print-to-web mode of thinking will be replaced by…
October 12, 2008
'Virgin Birth' By Shark Confirmed: Second Case Ever:
Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a "virgin birth" in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity.
Digital…
October 12, 2008
...and now I remember where I saw them before:
October 12, 2008
Gene Genie #38 is up on ScienceRoll
And, you have only a couple of days to submit to the next editions of Praxis (October 15th on The Other 95%) and the Giant's Shoulders (October 15th on Second Order Approximation).
October 12, 2008
Now that the registration is closed, I can update the list of Nature Network bloggers who have signed up to come to ScienceOnline09 - and a few of them will also be involved in leading sessions or giving demos:
Eva Amsen
Anna Kushnir
Corie Lok
Jennifer Rohn
Henry Gee
Bob O'Hara
Richard Grant…
