December 4, 2007
Graham Steel, a vocal Open Access supporter, alerts me that the latest Mansbridge One on One interview on CBC features Richard Smith. You can watch the video here - the talk about Open Access starts about seven minutes into the interview.
December 4, 2007
JoVE, SciVee, LabAction and DnaTube are mentioned in this nice article, also found in a number of other newspapers, e.g., USA Today and Seattle Times.
December 4, 2007
And bloggers are really, really good at taking care of each other. So, this year, if you have some money to spare, help one of our own, Gary Farber, whose physical disability does not prevent him from writing an amazing blog (where you go to find out, for instance, exactly how, method-wise, the…
December 4, 2007
Sites with videos that are more serious than YouTube are proliferating - I get an e-mail about a new one about every week. This week's addition is SuTree. By clicking on pets and animals category and then on reptiles and then on care, I found, for instance, this video on the care of Leopard…
December 4, 2007
There are 46 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. The anthology should be published in time for the event. There are already 163 registered participants and if you do…
December 3, 2007
Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.
- Henry Louis Mencken
December 3, 2007
I thought the name sounded familiar when I checked the newest papers published in PLoS Biology today - yup, that's him, my SciBling and friend Alex Palazzo:
The Signal Sequence Coding Region Promotes Nuclear Export of mRNA by Alexander F. Palazzo, Michael Springer, Yoko Shibata, Chung-Sheng Lee,…
December 3, 2007
In Promiscuous Antelopes, The 'Battle Of The Sexes' Gets Flipped:
In some promiscuous species, sexual conflict runs in reverse, reveals a new study. Among African topi antelopes, females are the ones who aggressively pursue their mates, while males play hard to get.
(which Kate explained a few days…
December 3, 2007
Circus of the Spineless #27 is up on The Hawk Owl's Nest
The 18th Festival of the Trees, or November Arborea, is up on Riverside Rambles
International Carnival of Pozitivities - edition 2.6. (special World AIDS Day edition) is up on DropDeadHappy
Pediatric Grand Rounds, Volume 2, Edition 12, are up…
December 3, 2007
The other day, Kate wrote an interesting post about inter-species relationships, in particular the cases of inter-species adoption and parenting. In her post, she mentioned a paper that immediately drew my attention - Influence of various early human-foal interferences on subsequent human-foal…
December 3, 2007
It's been a long time since I last hosted a carnival, but who could resist Mo when he asked so nicely if I would be interested in hosting Encephalon? Of course I will! And here it is and I hope you enjoy it, with a great diversity of posts, linked in the order I received them:
GrrlScientist of…
December 3, 2007
There are 47 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. The anthology should be published in time for the event. There are already 161 registered participants and if you do…
December 2, 2007
It's time to start living the life you've imagined.
- Henry James
December 2, 2007
This is woo of the decade! Priceless: How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? by Hiroyuki Nishigaki is, according to the Amazon reviewers, absolutely hilarious - reading it will make you laugh (and thus constrict your anus) at least a 100…
December 2, 2007
All-Nighters Equal Lower Grades:
With end-of-semester finals looming, here's an exam question: Will pulling an all-nighter actually help you score well? To the dismay of college students everywhere, the correct answer is "no."
Morning Jolt Of Caffeine Might Mask Serious Sleep Problems:
With the…
December 2, 2007
Chris Clarke is writing a book on Joshua trees. This requires money and Chris does not have enough. I know I want to read the book when it comes out. This is what blog-friends are for: donate now.
December 2, 2007
One of the greatest biologists of the 20th century, Seymour Benzer died last Friday. In his obituary post John Dennehy focuses on the bacteriophage work that led to deciphering of the genetic "alphabet", and so does Carl Zimmer.
Readers of my blog probably know the name more in the connection…
December 2, 2007
There are 48 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. The anthology should be published in time for the event. There are already 161 registered participants and if you do…
December 1, 2007
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
- George Bernard Shaw
December 1, 2007
Allan Stewart Konigsberg was born at Brooklyn, New York on this day in 1935. By age fifteen he was selling one-liners to New York gossip columnists. He dropped out of college and sold jokes to several prominent comics of the day, and started doing standup comedy himself in 1960. Five years later,…
December 1, 2007
There are 49 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. The anthology should be published in time for the event. There are already 161 registered participants and if you do…
November 30, 2007
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
November 30, 2007
[Bumped up for visibility - and it makes it easier for me to keep updating with new entries] Now that the Science Blogging Conference is getting very close, it is time to remind you that the new edition of the Science Blogging Anthology, "Open Laboratory 2007", is in the works and is (still)…
November 30, 2007
Tomorrow is the World AIDS Day:
The WAC's slogan for their work is "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise". This is an appeal to governments, policy makers and regional health authorities to ensure that they meet the many targets that have been set in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and especially the…
November 30, 2007
The editors of American Scientist magazine invite you to join them next week for the current installment of the fabled Pizza Lunch Seminar. This time, they have invited Alan Finkel, a neurologist at UNC Hospital, to describe his studies on migraines, cluster headaches and other, similarly…
November 30, 2007
Let's see what is new in PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Computational Biology and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases:
A new installment in the "Ten Simple Rules" series: Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students
Choosing to go to graduate school is a major life decision. Whether you have already…
November 30, 2007
Reed has assembled more than 30 judges and provided a secret online place for them to start working today on the difficult job of choosing the 50 best posts, one poem and one cartoon for the 2007 Open Laboratory science blogging anthology. You have only 20 days left to submit your own or your…
November 30, 2007
Ocean Fertilization 'Fix' For Global Warming Discredited By New Research:
Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a projected $100 billion venture.
Separating The Therapeutic Benefits Of…
