October 14, 2006
Marbles, doing her best impersonation of David Bowie circa 1976. (pic by Coturnietta)
October 14, 2006
Composting May Be Alternative In Wake Of Horse Slaughter Bill:
The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, making its way from the U.S. House to the Senate, could leave thousands of horses with no final resting ground. Composting may be an environmentally friendly option that fits in the 'circle…
October 14, 2006
Amazing history lesson from Archy: Nazis in Antarctica.
* title totally stolen from Mustang Bobby, as there is no possible improvement on it.
October 14, 2006
Giant Insects Might Reign If Only There Was More Oxygen In The Air:
The delicate lady bug in your garden could be frighteningly large if only there was a greater concentration of oxygen in the air, a new study concludes. The study adds support to the theory that some insects were much larger during…
October 14, 2006
Brian Russell is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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October 13, 2006
Great catch by Radical Russ,Thursday night on Scarborough:
O'DONNELL: Is there anyone on this panel who believes that every Jew on earth is going to burn in hell forever if they do not accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior? Do any of us believe that?
HOLT: But you're attacking Christians.…
October 13, 2006
No posting tomorrow. I will (or should be) at ConvergeSouth all day tomorrow. That is, if I make it there. My ride suddenly quit. I e-mailed a few local bloggers but have not received any responses yet. Perhaps I'll make it, perhaps I won't. If I do, I'll post my thoughts on the conference on…
October 13, 2006
Another one from the post-election 2004 analysis series (November 27, 2004):
My previous post is long, I know. It is quite dense and there are lots of links. Many areas are touched on quite superficially. I have covered some of them in more detail earlier, and intend to cover some others in the…
October 13, 2006
You may remember that Clark's Nutcracker is one of my favourite birds, so I'll be watching this guy (I am assuming he got his PhD with Nikki Clayton):
Researcher Uncovering Mysteries Of Memory By Studying Clever Bird:
Scientists at the University of New Hampshire hope to learn more about memory and…
October 13, 2006
I And The Bird #34 is up on Tortoise Trail.
October 13, 2006
Tangled Bank #64 is up on Neurophilosopher's weblog.
October 13, 2006
Josh Wilson is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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October 12, 2006
Really cool stuff today:
Pheromone From Mother's Milk May Rapidly Promote Learning In Newborn Mammals:
By studying the ability of newborn rabbit pups to learn the significance of new odors, researchers have found that a mammary pheromone secreted in mother's milk may act as a chemical booster that…
October 12, 2006
Tiny genome may be melting away, study suggests:
Researchers have identified the smallest known genome, and say it may suffer a strange fate.
For ants, one playbook fits many situations:
Scientists are interested in the "algorithms," or step-by-step rules, by which organisms make decisions.
Fitness…
October 12, 2006
Philosophia Naturalis Part Deux, the carnival of physics, is now up on Nonoscience.
[BTW, what happened to Tangled Bank? It was supposed to appear yesterday on Neurophilosophy]
October 12, 2006
...will not run for President in 2008.
October 12, 2006
Study Links Extinction Cycles to Changes in Earth's Orbit and Tilt:
If rodents in Spain are any guide, periodic changes in Earth's orbit may account for the apparent regularity with which new species of mammals emerge and then go extinct, scientists are reporting today.
It so happens, the…
October 12, 2006
This is what I do and this is how I think about what I do (from February 13, 2006)...
I teach Biology at a community college, but not on the main campus. Instead, I teach at a satellite campus dedicated to adult education. Those are all accelerated courses, which means that classes meet for about…
October 12, 2006
New type of mouse discovered in Cyprus:
A previously unknown type of mouse has been discovered on the island of Cyprus, apparently the first new terrestrial mammal species discovered in Europe in decades.
The "living fossil" mouse has a bigger head, ears, eyes and teeth than other European mice and…
October 12, 2006
You can read and LISTEN TO the 45th Edition of the Skeptic's Circle at The Inoculated Mind
October 12, 2006
I went to Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on Monday to hear Elizabeth Edwards read from her new book, Saving Graces (I could not make it to the earlier event in Chapel Hill as I was picking up the kids from school at the time). Quail Ridge Books and the surrounding area can get quite busy when a…
October 12, 2006
Abel PharmBoy is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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October 11, 2006
Carnival of the Liberals #23 is up on Wirld Wide Webers.
October 11, 2006
I knew this was coming but was unable to get to the computer until right now. John Edwards posted a diary on DailyKos and answered the commenters' questions. If I knew that this was going to be the format, I'd try harder to get on the computer earlier so you could get there in time to ask your…
October 11, 2006
If you are not a North Carolina blogger you may have skipped over this earlier post in which I mention, among else, that a new blog was started right there and then, at the Blogger MeetUp.
Now, the blog is up and running and there is new content there. So, go say Hello to a new science blogger,…
October 11, 2006
Thus, you should not be blogging if you are a good Christian child. Because blogging promotes thinking!
(Hat-tip: Justin in the comments here)
October 11, 2006
Meandering Musings on evolutionary psychology and many other things (from February 15, 2005)...
I remember when PZ Myers posted this exercise on his blog. The point was to show how much all of modern biology is based on and dependent on evolutionary theory because of oft-repeated bizzare claim by…
October 11, 2006
Hearts Or Tails? Genetics Of Multi-chambered Heart Evolution:
A new paper in the October 1 issue of G&D elucidates the genetics of heart formation in the sea squirt, and lends surprising new insight into the genetic changes that may have driven the evolution of the multi-chambered vertebrate…
October 11, 2006
...to send in your entry for tomorrow's Skeptic's Circle!
October 11, 2006
Daniel Collins is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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