September 5, 2008
...clone of Professor Steve Steve? Ehrm, the 900th Steve on the listing of the Project Steve?
September 5, 2008
NC State Is First University in Nation to Offer Canine Bone Marrow Transplants
Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone…
September 5, 2008
Message from Sigma Xi:
You may know that Duke University is home to the Duke Lemur Center (http://lemur.duke.edu/), the world's largest sanctuary for rare and endangered prosimian primates. But do you know its research? For a glimpse, attend Sigma Xi's first 2007-2008 pizza lunch at noon, Wednesday…
September 5, 2008
Can anyone send me the actual paper that is described in the first press release on this list, please?
What Is A Gene? Media Define the Concept In Many Different Ways:
Even scientists define 'a gene' in different ways, so it comes as little surprise that the media also have various ways of framing…
September 5, 2008
It worked so well for them:
The cash keeps flowing in to the Obama campaign in the wake of Sarah Palin's speech, suggesting that whatever effect she's had on the GOP base has been duplicated on the Democratic side.
Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor confirms that the campaign has now pulled in over $…
September 5, 2008
Compare this....
....to this:
Now go back to all of these Compare&Contrast videos. I have paired them, IMHO, in a reasonable way. But what I did is not watch them, but LISTEN to them instead. So, if you have time and inclination, do the same: start the video and minimize the page and…
September 5, 2008
Cancer Research Blog Carnival #13 is up on Highlight HEALTH
Friday Ark #207 is up on Modulator.
September 4, 2008
Compare this:
...to this:
September 4, 2008
The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson
September 4, 2008
Compare this:
...to this:
September 4, 2008
From the Science Communication Consortium:
"Ten Lessons from the Political Psychology"
A talk by John Jost
The Center for Science Writings
Stevens Institute of Technology
October 29, 4:00pm, Babbio Center Room 122
Jost is an authority on the "cognitive and motivational differences between…
September 4, 2008
...you cannot believe the people in the audience actually exist, well, yes, they do, they are real, and they are uber-extreme:
This is the audience for all those nasty speeches. That is a Minute of Hate, prolonged to four days.
September 4, 2008
Compare this:
....to this:
P.S. With all of these compare&contrast posts, I'd like you to also monitor your own emotional reactions to the speeches, as that is how most of the voters will watch them and thus make their decisions.
September 4, 2008
There are 10 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:
Targeted Destruction of Photosensitive Retinal…
September 4, 2008
Compare this:
....to this (he wrote the speech himself):
September 4, 2008
Cigarettes' Power May Not Be In Nicotine Itself, New Study Suggests:
There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand. A Kansas State University psychology professor's research suggests that nicotine's power may be in how it enhances other experiences. For a…
September 4, 2008
By: Jace Perrodin:
Best Video winner of the 2008 Election Multimedia Contest
September 4, 2008
Compare this:
to this:
Question: which one of them more strongly and sincerely supports the candidate of his party?
September 4, 2008
I and the Bird #83 is up on Wrenaissance Reflections
The latest Change of Shift is up on Nurse Ratched's Place
September 4, 2008
Do they really forget what they said publicly a couple of months ago? Or is it something more sinister? Like, for instance, total lack of scruple and morals:
September 3, 2008
At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some trans-Atlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us with a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined with a Bonaparte at their head and disposing of…
September 3, 2008
Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Found, Entombed In Amber:
Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved in life-like form after 100 million years of being…
September 3, 2008
There are 11 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:
Flowering Time Diversification and Dispersal in…
September 3, 2008
Tuesday, Sept. 16
6:30-8:30 p.m. with discussion at 7:00
Science Cafe: Entomophagy
"Six-legged Solutions: Become Earth Friendly and Eat a Bug" with Dave Gracer - teacher, writer, and president of Sunrise Land Shrimp.
sciencecaferaleigh.blogspot.com
The Irregardless Cafe, 901 West Morgan Street,…
September 3, 2008
Brain Imaging Links Chronic Insomnia To Reversible Cognitive Deficits Without Changes In Behavior:
A neuroimaging study has found that cognitive processes related to verbal fluency are compromised in people with insomnia despite the absence of a behavioral deficit. These specific brain function…
September 3, 2008
Tangled Bank #113 is up on En Tequila Es Verdad
The latest Boneyard (#23) is up on When Pigs Fly Returns
The 187th edition of The Carnival of Education is up on Lead from the Start
The 140th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on HomeschoolCPA
