January 25, 2007
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
January 25, 2007
My SciBling John Wilkins is regularly updating the list of 'Basic Terms and Concepts' posts (which you should check dilligently every day!), at least until a more permanent repository is made.
Today, he included my Lecture #13 on Current Biological Diversity on the list, though my reposting of it…
January 25, 2007
Just in time for "Best Writer" Koufaxes (LOL), Lance gets back to business: Why we don't like him
Seriously, that is exactly the way we all feel. And Lance knows how to put it in words. Perhaps even words that Republicans can understand.
Update: Amanda comments
January 25, 2007
When I was a kid, there was no such thing as "do it yourself" biology for home. Sure, you could do observational stuff, like go out in the woods with a butterfly net and a magnifi\ying glass, or plant some seeds, or look at stuff under the microscope, but it was hard to do real experiments in…
January 25, 2007
Speaking of the role of blogs in science communication, today's NY TImes has an interesting article about the way a sloppily reported story about research on gay sheep got all out of proportion: Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and the Perils of Bad Publicity (also mentioned by Dave this morning).…
January 25, 2007
While the world is moving towards an Open Science model of exchange of scientific information, there are, as expected, forces that are trying to oppose it. Whenever there is a movement to change any kind of system, those most likely to lose will make a last-ditch and nasty effort to temporarily…
January 25, 2007
The latest re-post of my BIO101 lecture notes (this one originally from June 05, 2006). I know I will have to rewrite everything about the Three Domain Hypothesis, but you also tell me if I got other stuff wrong or if this can be in some way improved for the classroom use…
January 25, 2007
If you think you can easily come up with a workable set of policies to stop and reverse global warming, think again. Or try playing this (very addictive) BBC game that will help you figure it out:
The science behind Climate Challenge:
A game where you are president of the European Nations. You…
January 25, 2007
How Fishes Conquered The Ocean:
Scientists at the University of Bergen, Norway have deduced how bony fishes conquered the oceans by duplicating their yolk-producing genes and filling their eggs with the water of life -- the degradation of yolk proteins from one of the duplicated genes causes the…
January 24, 2007
Scientists Discover New Species Of Distinctive Cloud-forest Rodent:
A strikingly unusual animal was recently discovered in the cloud-forests of Peru. The large rodent is about the size of a squirrel and looks a bit like one, except its closest relatives are spiny rats. The nocturnal, climbing…
January 24, 2007
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
January 24, 2007
I love it when Archy blogs about mammoths and the latest post is perhaps his best yet!
January 24, 2007
Which of the two I am interested in for entirely scientific reasons and which one for more personal reasons, you guess:
Spray Could Offer New Front-line Treatment For Men With Premature Ejaculation:
Patients with premature ejaculation who used a topical anaesthetic spray were able to delay…
January 24, 2007
So, you've written something about science lately? Then send the permalink of your post to Ouroboros for the next isntallment of the Tangled Bank.
January 24, 2007
John Dupuis wrote a review of the Republican War On Science by Chris Mooney.
January 24, 2007
Too busy these days with the conference and the anthology and getting my life back afterwads to pay too much attention to politics, but I heard that Hillary Clinton is running, Bill Richardson is running, John Kerry is not running and that there was some kind of a meaningless speech the other night…
January 24, 2007
Every farm that converts from conventional to organic farming is the equivalent to taking 117 cars off the road
January 24, 2007
I and the Bird #41 is up on A Snail's Eye View
Carnival of the Green #61 is up on Clay and Wattles
January 24, 2007
Is there a good secular equivalent of 'Amen'?
January 24, 2007
Go say Hello to the REAL Dr.Dino: Darren Neish at Tetrapod Zoology
January 24, 2007
Most of our anti-Creationist battles are over efforts to infuse Christian religion into K-12 education. One common battlefield is the courtroom where our side has (so far, until/unless the benches get filled with more clones of Priscilla Owen) won. But another place where we can stop them is the…
January 24, 2007
Change of Shift: Volume One, Number Sixteen is up on Emergiblog
January 24, 2007
In the Inkling Magazine: Science Bloggers Avoid the Spinach Dip Brush-Off, by Eva Amsen.
I am really happy to see how real-world conversations that started at the conference are now continuing online. Check the latest updates on the bottom of the posts here or here.
Also, the people who have…
January 24, 2007
Mormon Missionaries knocked on a wrong door earlier today. I think their heads are still spinning...
January 24, 2007
You have to read Conference thank you by Anton - the final word on the Science Blogging Conference, the behind-the-scenes commentary and the plans for the future! Go say Thank you to Anton - without him no conference would have happened last week in Chapel Hill. Anton also runs the Blogtogether…
January 24, 2007
The Carnival Of Education: Week 103 is up on Education Wonks
The Carnival of Homeschooling Week 56 is up on The Thinking Mother.
January 24, 2007
Rep. Brad Miller, familiar to Daily Kos readers from his frequent posting here, will play a critical role in a new subcommittee formed by House Democrats to investigate allegations of GOP science and policy abuse. The new Science Oversight and Investigation (I & O) subcommittee will report to…
January 24, 2007
'Terror Bird' Arrived In North America Before Land Bridge, Study Finds:
A University of Florida-led study has determined that Titanis walleri, a prehistoric 7-foot-tall flightless "terror bird," arrived in North America from South America long before a land bridge connected the two continents. UF…
January 23, 2007
Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees…
January 23, 2007
For quite a while I was aware of two blogs written by vet techs, and recently I discovered a couple of more written by veterinarians or vet students:
All But One Species
Vet Techs
Pet Connection
Diary of a Depressive Veterinarian
The Happy Healthy Horse
Dogged Blog
Discovering Michelle
Ambitiously…
