July 4, 2008
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
July 4, 2008
Edwards, Rove to face off in UB debate:
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain might not burn up the campaign trail around Western New York this election year, but the University at Buffalo may have scheduled the next best thing.
GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential…
July 4, 2008
Body's Own 'Cannabis (Marijuana)' Is Good For The Skin, Scientists Find:
Scientists from Hungary, Germany and the U.K. have discovered that our own body not only makes chemical compounds similar to the active ingredient in marijuana (THC), but these play an important part in maintaining healthy…
July 4, 2008
There is no need to say anything at this moment because it is not nice to say ugly stuff about the dead.
Before coming to the US, as a kid not interested in politics, and certainly not in US politics, Helms was one of the rare American politicians I have heard of - mostly as an example how the US…
July 4, 2008
Four Stone Hearth #44 is up on Greg Laden's blog
The 90th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle is up on The Millenium Project
Friday Ark #198 is up on Modulator
July 3, 2008
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 3, 2008
Secret Of The Sweet-Sounding Stradivarius: Wood Density Explains Sound Quality Of Great Master Violins:
The advantage of using medical equipment to study classical musical instruments has been proven by a Dutch researcher from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). In collaboration with a…
July 3, 2008
Happy birthday to Elizabeth Edwards, the most inspiring person on the US political scene since I started paying attention a couple of decades ago....
July 3, 2008
I know that you know that I work for PLoS. So, I know that a lot of you are waiting for me to respond, in some way, to the hatchet-job article by Declan Bucler published in Nature yesterday. Yes, Nature and PLoS are competitors in some sense of the word (though most individual people employed by…
July 2, 2008
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
July 2, 2008
The 25th edition of the Festival of the Trees is up on Earth, Wind and Water
The 178th Carnival of Education is up on An (aspiring) Educator's Blog
The 131st Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Beverly's Homeschooling Blog
And don't forget to submit your entries to the inaugural edition of The Giant…
July 2, 2008
Check this out, from the ScienceDebate 2008 team: 14 Questions the candidates for President should answer about Science & America's Future.
Compare to my questions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
July 2, 2008
Yes, I know, Gavin is a dear colleague and a friend, but his latest article, Excluding the poor from accessing biomedical literature: A rights violation that impedes global health, is just brilliant. A must-read for all concerned with healthcare, medical information and OA publishing:
In this…
July 2, 2008
Malagasy Chameleon Spends Most Of Its Short Life In An Egg:
There is a newly discovered life history among the 28,300 species of known tetrapods, or four-legged animals with backbones. A chameleon from arid southwestern Madagascar spends up to three-quarters of its life in an egg. Even more unusual…
July 2, 2008
Archy tackles that question expertly. He's on a roll these days! And this is the mammoth story, so of course, his blog is the place to go for such answers.
July 2, 2008
There are 62 articles published this week in PLoS ONE. There are also two Journal Clubs going on right now - here and here. Here are some of my picks for the week - go read, rate, comment and send trackbacks:
A Comparison of Wood Density between Classical Cremonese and Modern Violins:
Classical…
July 2, 2008
Peter Suber, a thoughtful essay, as always:
In telecommunications the "last-mile problem" is the problem of connecting individual homes and businesses to the fat pipes connecting cities. Because individual homes and businesses are in different locations, hooking up each one individually is…
July 2, 2008
All the usual suspects were there (I was supposed to go but I could not possibly fit it into my calendar) and now you can watch all the videos from all the presenters - just click here and choose:
San Diego, CA, June 30, 2008 -- More than 20 experts presented their views on the future and use of…
July 1, 2008
You do not need the bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate.
- Richard A. Weatherwax
July 1, 2008
Bad Astronomy
The Loom
Discoblog
80 beats
Better Planet
July 1, 2008
For those of you who remember the adventures of Kevin in China from two years ago, he is there again, doing his herpetology fieldwork and reporting regularly. Instead of this blog, he is posting his adventures and pictures on a herp forum - probably the best way to follow is to check out his posts…
July 1, 2008
New Map IDs The Core Of The Human Brain:
An international team of researchers has created the first complete high-resolution map of how millions of neural fibers in the human cerebral cortex -- the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher level thinking -- connect and communicate. Their…
July 1, 2008
Chris Patil wrote:
Ouroboros' second anniversary is coming up this weekend, and I thought it might be nice to do something special to commemorate the occasion.
There's enough good science blogging about the biology of aging that the community deserves its own monthly carnival (along the lines of…
July 1, 2008
You can listen to the short and sweet Takeaway podcast:
A look at Charles Darwin's legacy as the theory of evolution turns 150:
One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection were presented at the Linnean Society of London. A year and a half later,…
July 1, 2008
Came to my e-mail inbox:
The Harvard Summer School is pleased to announce the addition of a
three-day special seminar for teachers in the sciences. Based on the
well-known "Chautauqua Seminars" model, there is no cost to participants
other than a $50 registration fee. The course is taught by…
July 1, 2008
Conference Programme for the Science Blogging 2008: London is now online. I wish I could afford to go - it looks delicious! I hope everyone there takes and posts a lot of pictures, videos, podcasts and blog-posts so we can all vicariously participate.
July 1, 2008
Penguins Setting Off Sirens Over Health Of World's Oceans:
Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world's oceans, and the culprit isn't only climate change, says a University of Washington conservation biologist.…
July 1, 2008
You have probably already heard that Carl Zimmer has moved his blog The Loom from scienceblogs.com to a new URL (which, of course, you need to bookmark) of the new The Loom.
As he started his journalistic career at the Discover magazine, this was a hard invitation to reject. Discover has just…
July 1, 2008
Berry Go Round #6 is up on Seeds Aside
Grand Rounds, Vol 4, No. 41 are up on The Covert Rationing Blog
June 30, 2008
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
- Norman Douglas
