September 9, 2008
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving - we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
September 9, 2008
As usual, under the fold....
Quote of The Day:
"Do you think what is appealing here? I'll be careful here. This is not about sexual relations... Everybody watching this. This is not what I am talking about. When you see the picture together of John McCain, who is an older man, but he is a kind of…
September 9, 2008
Read this.
Then watch this:
How does Palin fit into this?
Like this?
Or this?
Or this?
Or this (check my comments there)?
Related
September 9, 2008
There are 12 new articles in PLoS ONE today. I guess picking all 12 would not really be 'picking'? But all 12 are interesting to me! OK, here are six, and you go and look at the other six as well. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog…
September 9, 2008
For a longer interview on the same topic, listen to this podcast.
September 9, 2008
Linnaeus Legacy #11 is up on The Other 95%
Hourglass #3 is up on SharpBrains
Grand Rounds 4.51 are up on AppleQuack
The 141st Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Why Homeschool
September 9, 2008
Fake News Shows Don't Teach Viewers Much About Political Issues, Study Finds:
A new study suggests that entertainment news shows such as The Daily Show or The Colbert Report may not be as influential in teaching voters about political issues and candidates as was previously thought.
Discovery…
September 9, 2008
First read this:
Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps...?
Atwater: You start out in 1954 by saying, 'Nigger, nigger, nigger.' By 1968 you can't…
September 9, 2008
PLoS ONE has already published a large number of papers in chronobiology. But we want more. Hey, I work there - I want to see more.
So, when I went to the SRBR meeting in May, I did whatever I could to explain how PLoS ONE works and why my colleagues in the field should consider publishing with…
September 9, 2008
Readers of my blog are surely familiar with Scicurious, a frequent commenter here and someone whose posts I have linked several times over the past few months because they are, well, sooooo cool!
So, I am super-happy to announce that Scicurious will be joining Evil Monkey as a co-blogger on…
September 9, 2008
Tune in tonight at 7pm for another live televised debate between Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory. You can watch the debate in the Charlotte area on WMYT, in the Triangle on WRAL, and in the Triad on WFMY. In addition, you can listen live on WUNC or watch online at WRAL.com. The debate will also…
September 9, 2008
From SCONC:
Saturday, Sept. 20
7:30 p.m.
"An Evening of Field Research and Exploration" Presentations by three National Geographic explorers discussing seals in the Juan Fernandez Islands of southern Chile; a 275-mile journey on foot through the Himalayas to the calving grounds of the Tibetan…
September 8, 2008
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
- Otto von Bismarck, 1815 - 1898
September 8, 2008
Marijuana Ingredients Show Promise In Battling Superbugs:
Substances in marijuana show promise for fighting deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections, including so-called "superbugs," without causing the drug's mood-altering effects, scientists in Italy and the United Kingdom are reporting.
Can…
September 8, 2008
Under the fold, due to length. Like the previous couple of roundups, take your time - bookmark, read, and use later.
Fisking a debunking:
Clever Wife regularly participates in a forum for craftspeople who make soap. Lately the forum has included some long digressions into politics. She is usually…
September 8, 2008
There are 11 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. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Nominalization and Alternations in Biomedical Language:…
September 8, 2008
From http://www.ImprovEverywhere.com, 16 agents create a spontaneous musical in a food court in a Los Angeles mall. Using wireless microphones and the mall's PA system, both their voices and the music was amplified throughout the food court. All cameras were hidden behind two-way mirrors and other…
September 8, 2008
Guys, keep commenting! A lot. Because if you do, and you are lucky, you will be eligible for a prize:
....one lucky reader will win an all-out science adventure -- a trip for two to New York City and exclusive science adventures only ScienceBlogs could give you access to.
The trip includes…
September 8, 2008
Carnival of Space No. 69 is up on Free Space
Carnival of the Green #144 is up on Tiny Choices
September 8, 2008
How to deal with the 'information overload':
September 8, 2008
Olivia Judson is back in action on her blog, with a very interesting new post: Braking the Virus:
However -- and this is where the opportunity to rewrite genes comes in -- there is more than one way to specify most of the amino acids. Glutamine, for example, can also be written as CAA. Arginine can…
September 8, 2008
Check out Paul Bradshaw's list (it's really 100 things, not 1000):
#1 Blogging is not 'writing a blog'. Blogging is linking and commenting. Any writing is a bonus.
...and then there are 99 more. Which ones you agree with, which ones not? After all, blog is just a software and different people use…
September 8, 2008
The third edition of The Giant's Shoulders, blog carnival of History of Science, will be on September 15th on Entertaining Research.
The second edition of Praxis, blog carnival about the world of science and people in it, will be on September 15th on Life v.3.0.
Send your submissions soon.
September 7, 2008
Louis was the king of France
Before the revolution...
But then he got his head cut off
Which spoiled his constitution...
- Haul Away, Joe (Traditional/Almanac Singers - 1880s/1941)
September 7, 2008
Long-held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New Research:
Large flightless birds of the southern continents - African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi - do not share a common flightless ancestor as once believed. Instead…
September 7, 2008
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September 7, 2008
Little Light explains the strange tale about the school desk from Huckabee's speech. As we should have known by now - it is a dogwhistle:
Sound familiar yet? Please tell me it does. This is the doctrine of "Grace, Not Works" or "Grace Alone," a theological position expounded during the Reformation…
September 7, 2008
Under the fold....
Senator to president: A new day:
But is it a good thing for senators to be frozen out of the process? Though governors may make better candidates, it's not clear that they're well prepared to deal with the complex mix of personalities and parliamentary procedures that will decide…
September 7, 2008
Yikes! How did I miss it this year?! It's TODAY! The International Rock-Flipping Day:
International Rock-Flipping Day, September 2, 2007
It's International Rock-Flipping Day! If you haven't flipped yet, please review the guidelines. Be sure to replace all flipped rocks, and do so as carefully as…
September 6, 2008
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
