January 13, 2007
The 'Basic Concepts' series has started. Here are the first two, defined and explained:
Evolution
Clade
We are thinking of a way to store all of these posts in one place for easy reference. I'll let you know when that happens.
January 13, 2007
Steven Hamelly is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 12, 2007
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
January 12, 2007
Russ Campbell of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 12, 2007
In a time-crunch like this, one can always count on Buzz Skyline to save the day.....
January 12, 2007
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January 12, 2007
I know I kinda burried that at the bottom of the previous post, but now that I see that a number of my SciBlings are trumpeting it loudly (see Chad, Tara, Janet, Afarensis and Mark, so far), I guess I'll make a little bit louder call myself.
When you are immersed in a scientific field for a number…
January 12, 2007
Eric Roach of Blogburst is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 12, 2007
Just a couple of quick notes on the run. Busy, busy, busy these days.
The conference is next week. Everything is falling nicely into place - the program is taking its final shape, the swag is growing and we have 160 people registered so far - only a couple of more spots left. Lots of things to…
January 12, 2007
Big-brained Birds Survive Better In Nature:
Birds with brains that are large in relation to their body size have a lower mortality rate than those with smaller brains, according to new research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. The research provides…
January 12, 2007
Ernie Hood, the host of the local science radio show Radio In Vivo is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 11, 2007
Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
January 11, 2007
Susie and Dave Moffat are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 11, 2007
Three good blog-friends of mine, Bill Hooker of the Open Reading Frame blog, Larry Moran of the Sandwalk blog and David Warlick of the 2 Cents Worth blog are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 11, 2007
Continuing with the Thursday series of the BIO101 lecture notes. Check for errors of fact. Suggest improvements (June 01, 2006):
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BIO101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 4, Part 1
Adaptation vs. Diversity
Biology is concerned with answering two Big Questions: how…
January 11, 2007
Why Doesn't The Immune System Attack The Small Intestine? New Study Provides Unexpected Answer:
Answering one of the oldest questions in human physiology, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered why the body's immune system - perpetually on guard against foreign microbes like…
January 11, 2007
For some reason, Dr.Charles is not allowing comments on this post. If you read it and find yourself nodding your head in agreement, stop and think again. Then read this as anti-toxin. Don't fall for the rhetoric of people whose financial interests are at stake here.
Then read this book and see…
January 11, 2007
Robert Gotwals of the NC School of Science and Mathematics and Jon Hill from WCHL radio are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 10, 2007
All my possessions for a moment of time.
Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
January 10, 2007
Those of you who were around the Progressive Blogosphere a couple of years back probably remember Mick Arran and his Omnium blog (or his other blogs). Due to financial difficulties, Mick had to shut down all his blogging and online activities about a year ago. Fortunately, his life took a turn…
January 10, 2007
Jacqueline Floyd of the Element List blog and Vedana Vaidhyanathan of The Blog That Never Was are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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January 10, 2007
I and the Bird Edition No 40 is up on Peregrine's Bird Blog
January 10, 2007
My SciBling, Mike Dunford, who is a military husband has penned an eloquent essay on Iraq and what it all means. Please read it and link it from your blogs.
January 10, 2007
Change of Shift - Volume One, Number Fifteen is up on Emergiblog
January 10, 2007
Robert Peterson is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. So is Christina Pikas from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Are you?
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January 10, 2007
We're Sorry This Is Late ... We Really Meant To Post It Sooner: Research Into Procrastination Shows Surprising Findings:
A University of Calgary professor in the Haskayne School of Business has recently published his magnum opus on the subject of procrastination -- and it's only taken him 10 years…
January 10, 2007
Just a quick note on the current state of the anthology:
40 41 formatted files have arrived so far, six are on their way today, and four three more people have yet to respond (I may have to tap into the "reserve" posts if I do not hear from these four three today). The cover is done. The title is…
January 10, 2007
The 101st Edition of the Carnival of Education (yes, with a Dalmatian puppy picture) is up on I Thought a Think
Carnival of Homeschooling 54: Variety Pack is up on HomeSchool Buzz and it looks different every time you re-load the page!
January 10, 2007
We have just hit 150 registrants at the Science Blogging Conference!
We will not close the registration, though. You can (and should) register. There is room for some more people and there should be enough food for everyone. Only the swag is limited to 150. There may be a few people who will…
January 10, 2007
For a blogger - by definition on the cutting edge of technology - I am quite a Luddite. Perhaps that is too strong a term and I should rather call myself a "patient techno-skeptic".
I watch the development of new technologies with interest, but I almost never get any kind of visceral excitement…
