January 14, 2010
There are 20 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…
January 13, 2010
Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays.
- Bertrand Russell
January 13, 2010
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January 13, 2010
A couple of last-minute cancellations allowed us to bring in a few more people from the (enormous!) waitlist. Here are the lucky, under-the-wire, last-day registrants:
Chris Mooney is a science journalist and writer. He blogs on The Intersection and tweets.
Anne Frances Johnson is a Freelance…
January 13, 2010
Of course, our conferences always attract a nice contingent of physicians, nurses, medical journalists, biomedical researchers and med-bloggers, so it is not surprising that ScienceOnline2010 will also have sessions devoted to the world of medicine. Check them out:
Medicine 2.0 and Science 2.0--…
January 13, 2010
There are 42 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…
January 12, 2010
Whenever people say we mustn't be sentimental, you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, we must be realistic, they mean they are going to make money out of it.
- Brigid Antonia Brophy
January 12, 2010
The time has come....the moment many of you have been waiting for, for months!
The most amazing 2009 guest editor Scicurious and I are ready to announce the 50 posts that have made it through a grueling judging process to emerge as winners to be included in the Open Laboratory 2009, the anthology…
January 12, 2010
At least no snow....
January 12, 2010
This one is big:
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January 12, 2010
Of course, this conference would not be itself if it was not full of Open Access evangelists and a lot of sessions about the world of publishing, the data, repositories, building a semantic web, networking and other things that scientists can now do in the age of WWW. This year, apart from…
January 12, 2010
Evolving Towards Mutualism:
Plants, and all other living things, require nitrogen for growth; it is an essential component of nucleic acids and proteins. Although air is mostly nitrogen, this gaseous form is inaccessible to plants and must be fixed into ammonium to render it biologically relevant.…
January 11, 2010
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
- Brian Tracy
January 11, 2010
...mimicking a snake:
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January 11, 2010
Two more 3-D articles were published in PLoS ONE today, as a part of our Structural Biology and Human Health: Medically Relevant Proteins from the SGC Collection. Check them out:
Structural Biology of Human H3K9 Methyltransferases:
SET domain methyltransferases deposit methyl marks on specific…
January 11, 2010
There will be about 25 SciBlings (i.e., people who blog on scienceblogs.com) at ScienceOnline2010 later this week. And all of us have been given the keys to a brand new super-special blog - ScienceOnline 2010: The Blog! So we'll post there or cross-post both there and on our own blogs, throughout…
January 11, 2010
Go say Hello to Christina Agapakis, a synthetis biology blogger on Oscillator (also check out the archives of her old blog to see more what it is all about).
So, my blog is now not the only one here with a title that has something to do with oscillations....
January 11, 2010
The conference is starting in just a few days. Overwhelmed yet? Here are some tips - what to do while at the conference, as well as what to do if not physically present but interested in following virtually.
Unless a few more waitlisters manage to squeeze in at the last moment, this post will be…
January 11, 2010
Every year, we pay special attention to sessions that explore the use of the Web in science education. This year is no different - there are several sessions to choose from:
Citizen Science and Students - Sandra Porter, Tara Richerson (science_goddess), and Antony Williams
Description: Students…
January 10, 2010
When you produce results you gain credibility. When you have credibility, you will have an easier time producing results.
- Brian Koslow
January 10, 2010
ScienceOnline2010 is starting in three days! If you are not excited yet....well, I think you should be! And perhaps I can help you....with this post.
First, see the complete list of attendees, or, if you want more details about everyone, browse through these introductory posts. It is always good…
January 10, 2010
As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference, but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what.
Anna Kushnir is a veteran of our conferences. She is the Senior…
January 10, 2010
A number of sessions at the Conference are looking at sociological aspects of the Web and science. I have already pointed, in quite a lot of detail, to the session on civility and politeness, as well as several other sessions that touch on the topics of language and trust. Let's look at several…
January 9, 2010
Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
- Brendan Francis
January 9, 2010
As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference, but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what.
Michael Specter is a science journalist and writer for The New Yorker…
January 9, 2010
Last year we had a session on Art And Science and a workshop How To Paint Your Own Blog Pictures. At this year's conference we have more sessions that explore the visual aspects of science. Click on links to see what discussions have already started on these pages and add your questions and…
January 8, 2010
I learned ... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.
-…
January 8, 2010
The Bride Of Coturnix fixed a Krempita yesterday:
Yummmmmmmmmmmm!
January 8, 2010
Change of Shift - Volume Four, No. 14 is up on Emergiblog
I and the Bird #116 is up on Listening Earth Blog
Friday Ark #277 is up on Modulator
