March 19, 2010
Sometimes we are afraid to question because we confuse it with doubt, at times when doubt cannot be indulged. Questioning is not the same thing as doubting. ...Living the questions requires a willingness to live with paradox, to endure confusion in our rational minds that only the intuitive mind…
March 19, 2010
Sunday, January 17 at 9-10:05am
E. Science online talks between generations - Beatrice Lugger and Christian Rapp:
Description: In huge meetings around the world several organizations try to initiate a dialogue between top scientists and young researchers -the Lindau Meetings of Nobel Laureates…
March 19, 2010
Change of Shift Vol. 4- Num. 19 is up at Nursing Student Chronicles
Friday Ark #287 is up on Modulator
March 19, 2010
Again, looking at papers I personally find interesting....or bloggable. There are 18 new articles today and there were additional 16 articles yesterday in PLoS ONE. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now…
March 18, 2010
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts for support rather than illumination."
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
March 18, 2010
Army ants devour a crab:
I would not like to be that crab!
[via Michael Bok]
March 18, 2010
Journalism has always been communal
Top Google queries about scientists: should we be surprised?
Getting more out of scientific content
Telling tales...
The Science Reader: A Crowd-Sourced Profile
Journalism and the public understanding of how science works. A suggested remedy.
So what do the…
March 18, 2010
First, I would like to welcome Gozde Zorlu to the blogosphere - check out her blog and say Hello. Gozde is a science journalism student with Connie St.Louis (the same class as Christine Ottery who many of you met at ScienceOnline2010).
Gozde is interested in many aspects of science communication…
March 18, 2010
Sunday, January 17 at 9-10:05am
E. Science online talks between generations - Beatrice Lugger and Christian Rapp:
Description: In huge meetings around the world several organizations try to initiate a dialogue between top scientists and young researchers -the Lindau Meetings of Nobel Laureates…
March 18, 2010
Scientia Pro Publica #23 is up on Pleiotropy
I and the Bird #121 is up on Birder's Lounge
Four Stone Hearth #88 is up on Ad Hominin
Friday Ark #286 is up on Modulator
March 17, 2010
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
- Chinese proverb
March 17, 2010
Danielle Lee, who just defended her PhD last week (her defense was livestreamed and livetweeted and liveblogged - Congratulations!!!!!!!!!) wrote a very thought-provoking post this morning - Understanding push-pull market forces and promoting science to under-served audiences. Go read it now.
If…
March 17, 2010
Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years'…
March 17, 2010
Sunday, January 17 at 9-10:05am
E. Science online talks between generations - Beatrice Lugger and Christian Rapp:
Description: In huge meetings around the world several organizations try to initiate a dialogue between top scientists and young researchers -the Lindau Meetings of Nobel Laureates…
March 17, 2010
And it is good! Written by Maggie Koerth-Baker at BoingBoing: Best science writing from the blogosphere! Check it out. Post a comment....
March 17, 2010
Remember the dissection of the "science blogging" study from a couple of weeks ago? There is now additional commentary by Janet, Dr.Isis, Bluegrass Blue Crab and Janet again and all the posts provoked some good comment threads as well. Check them out.
March 17, 2010
There are 18 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. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
March 16, 2010
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde
March 16, 2010
An article in Christian Science Monitor, reporting from the AAAS meeting last month, quotes me in a couple of places: As Climate Change debate wages on, scientists turn to Hollywood for help - read the whole thing (it may not be obvious at first, but there are two pages there).
The must-read of the…
March 16, 2010
For several decades, journalism happened only in the three 'traditional' methods of communication: print, radio and television. The means of production of these is expensive, thus owned only by wealthy individuals or corporations, or heavily subsidized by such (through advertising and such). One…
March 16, 2010
Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years'…
March 16, 2010
Sunday, January 17 at 9-10:05am
E. Science online talks between generations - Beatrice Lugger and Christian Rapp:
Description: In huge meetings around the world several organizations try to initiate a dialogue between top scientists and young researchers -the Lindau Meetings of Nobel Laureates…
March 15, 2010
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
- Chinese proverb
March 15, 2010
Elia Ben-Ari, on her 'To Be Determined' blog, wrote an excellent, thought-provoking post on the fine distinctions between science journalists and Press Information Officers: More on the Science Journalism Ecosystem and What Is and Is Not Science Journalism
...And an understanding of the underlying…
March 15, 2010
Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years'…
March 15, 2010
Sunday, January 17 at 9-10:05am
E. Science online talks between generations - Beatrice Lugger and Christian Rapp:
Description: In huge meetings around the world several organizations try to initiate a dialogue between top scientists and young researchers -the Lindau Meetings of Nobel Laureates…
March 14, 2010
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- Mae West
March 14, 2010
North Carolina Sea Grant fisheries specialist Scott Baker talks about "RECTEXT" -- a system that lets tournament anglers report catch data via cell phone text messaging.
Fisheries managers often meet hurdles in collecting recreational fishing data, but RECTEXT has the potential to provide valuable…
March 13, 2010
May you always live in interesting times.
- Chinese proverb
March 13, 2010
Lots of interesting stuff this week, so I decided to put everything in a single post - makes it easier for everyone....
First, there was a very nice article in Columbia Journalism Review (which someone subscribed me to - I guess because my name appeared there the other week....someone is trying to…
