November 17, 2006
Remember Amanda Doerty, the so-called Hot Abercrombie Chick? Just one of many bloggers to be shown to be a hoax?
Now, do you think that this Rachel Brenc is real? I'd rather believe that this is a man in disguise. I hope no young woman really thinks the way she does. Zuska, Janet and John…
November 17, 2006
First - great news! Jennifer and Sean are getting married! They found each other online, blogging physics. Now, I know they are not the first people to find each other online and get married, but, to my knowledge, this is the highest-profile pair of bloggers to do so. And the first I know in the…
November 17, 2006
Have you ever read a paper in your field and wondered "how'd they done it?!" You read the "Materials and Methods" closely, again and again, and still have no idea how exactly was the procedure done. You want to replicate the experiment, or use the same technique for your own questions, but have no…
November 17, 2006
Another one on psychology of political ideology (form April 08, 2005):
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Ezra Klein, Majikthise and Revere of Effect Measure are having another round of discussion of the Lakoff's scheme.
One of the problems in this discussion, I think, is the confusion…
November 17, 2006
The new edition of Animalcules, the microbiological carnival, is up on Baumhaus
For somewhat larger animals, visit Friday Ark #113 up on Modulator
November 17, 2006
Congogirl (yup, I know her real name but am not telling) is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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November 16, 2006
History Carnival XLIII is up on Axis of Evel Knievel
November 16, 2006
Here is the third BIO101 lecture (from May 08, 2006). Again, I'd appreciate comments on the correctness as well as suggestions for improvement.
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BIO101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 1 - Part 3
The DNA code
DNA is a long double-stranded molecule…
November 16, 2006
My SciBling Zuska is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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November 15, 2006
The 2006 Weblog Awards are now taking nominations in a variety of categories, including science blogs, medical blogs, liberal blogs, etc. Go make some nominations. This is a warm-up for Koufaxes next month!
November 15, 2006
Change of Shift, Volume One, number Eleven is up on Life in the NHS.
November 15, 2006
There is a new carnival in town: Carnival of Citizens:
The public sphere is in disarray. Dominated by demagoguery, mudslinging, and dogmatic regurgitation of partisan talking points, there's scant room left for fair-minded deliberation about the issues we care about. The Carnival of Citizens is a…
November 15, 2006
For instance, you can work as a campaign manager and use your knowledge and insight to help a complete unknown win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (and yes, I watched that Dean press conference in which he could not even remember her name).
November 15, 2006
An oldie but goodie (June 12, 2005) debunking one of the rare Creationist claims that encroaches onto my territory.
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I got homework to do. PZ Myers alerted me to an incredible argument that the existence of circadian rhythms denies evolution!…
November 15, 2006
Emile Petrone is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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November 14, 2006
The 93rd Carnival of Education is up on What It's Like on the Inside.
The 46th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Sprittibee.
November 14, 2006
Back in 2003, John Edwards announced his presidential candidacy on The Daily Show with John Stewart. Well, he'll be there again tonight - watch it! Will he do the same thing again?
Update: No, he didn't. But he said to watch his website over the next few weeks.
Update 2: Apparently, the…
November 14, 2006
Yikes! This was here in my neighborhood, in Winston-Salem, NC! Poor guy - did he get an education! What does he think about America now?
My Half-Year of Hell With Christian Fundamentalists:
When Polish student Michael Gromek, 19, went to America on a student exchange, he found himself trapped in…
November 14, 2006
53rd edition of the Carnival of the Green is up on Triplepundit.
Grand Rounds - the Monty Python edition - is up on The rumors were true.
November 14, 2006
Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, new book by Sen.John Edwards hit the bookstores today (I can't afford it right now but it is on my wish list for later). You can read an excerpt here, check the dates and places for his booksigning tour, see the schedule for his media appearances (lots of them,…
November 14, 2006
The 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference is now listed on Confabb and the contents there will be filled over the next few days (I think).
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November 14, 2006
You may have heard about the crazy "discovery" of a pyramid in Bosnia, the scientific nonsense about it and the political heat it provoked. I have covered the story last winter and spring in a lot of detail (see my posts from December 07, 2005, January 30, 2006, April 17, 2006, April 22, 2006,…
November 14, 2006
* Cleansing nuclear fallout from the body:
A U.S. government scientist envisions purging the body of fallout with a compound from crab shells.
* Gay men likelier to gamble addictively, study suggests:
A small study may fuel a charged debate over why homosexuals, as growing evidence suggests, suffer…
November 14, 2006
Michael Shermer has an interview in the latest American Scientist on Creationism and his new book Why Darwin Matters.
November 14, 2006
Steve Burnett is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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November 13, 2006
Marbles (left) encroaching on Biscuit's territory:
November 13, 2006
This post is a relatively recent (May 24, 2006) critique of a PLoS paper.
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There is a new study on PLoS - Biology that is getting some traction in the media and which caught my attention because it was supposed to be about circadian rhythms. So…
November 13, 2006
Selby Bateman is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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November 12, 2006
Pam, Lindsay, Scott, Glen and Melissa and all of their commenters passionatelly discuss the effects of Feingold's decision not to run. I suggest you read what Neil wrote (as well as some of his commenters). I only had a couple of words about it (and my commenters as well) here and here.
November 12, 2006
On The Media is one of my favourite NPR shows and today I was lucky to be in the car for almost the entire show. Today's show was very "bloggy". First, they had a report of the election and mentioned the positive impact of the netroots as well as the way Internet was ahead of CNN et al. in posting…
