August 26, 2006
Bumble Bees Can Estimate Time Intervals:
In a finding that broadens our understanding of time perception in the animal kingdom, researchers have discovered that an insect pollinator, the bumble bee, can estimate the duration of time intervals. Although many insects show daily and annual rhythms of…
August 26, 2006
The third edition of Radiology Grand Rounds, the carnival of medical imaging, is up on Sumer's Radiology Site.
August 26, 2006
As we age, our sleep gets less well consolidated: we take more naps during the day and wake up more oftenduring the night. This happens to other mammals as their age. Now we know that it also happens in Drosophila:
"As humans age, so I'm told, they tend not to sleep as well. There are all sorts…
August 25, 2006
After reading this, I really want to see 'Snakes On the Plane' as I now feel like I have a chance of comprehending its depth and subtlety.
August 25, 2006
...and John will get his birthday wish fulfilled....
August 25, 2006
So, did you like Books Around The Clock?
Tonight, I know where I'll be, so Friday Weird Sex Blogging may happen tomorrow or at the very best very late at night.
Next week, back to normal programming, only one repost per day (chronobiology on Mondays, miscellaneous on Tuesdays, science on Wednesdays…
August 25, 2006
Biologists Discover How We Detect Sour Taste:
A team headed by biologists from the University of California, San Diego has discovered the cells and the protein that enable us to detect sour, one of the five basic tastes. The scientists, who included researchers from the National Institute of Dental…
August 25, 2006
From Thursday, February 16, 2006, another old post in the where did my son get his smarts vein:
When I went to pick up Coturnix Junior from school today (he is in 7th grade), we bumped into his English teacher who informed me that he did not turn in his book review. He started coming up with…
August 25, 2006
Dr.Predrag Milosevic, an architect from Sarajevo (Bosnia) has written a book "Architecture in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Sarajevo 1918-1941)". In it, among else, he writes at length about my grandfather, Dr.Isidor Reiss, who designed and built a number of buildings in Sarajevo between the two World…
August 25, 2006
From January 15, 2006, another good book....
From Chris Mooney, a book suggestion, that I immediatelly followed. You know I have written a number of times on sexual politics, from the historical non-existence of "traditional" marriage to femiphobia as a psychological root of wingnuttery. Thus, of…
August 25, 2006
From December 18, 2005 - a very modern version of Dick and Jane...
This is what my wife brought home yesterday: Yiddish with Dick and Jane. I picked it up and read it out loud for the whole family and we could not stop laughing! I cannot possibly give it the review it deserves, but check out the…
August 25, 2006
Read this great post by Amanda (who's really been on the roll lately): Weddings and fear
August 25, 2006
You probably know that I am quite interested in the history, current state, evolution and future of the institution of marriage, mainly because it is an important indicator of societal attitudes towards sex and towards gender-relations, which is the key to understanding political ideology. Between…
August 25, 2006
It is great when you write a blog post about somebody, then that somebody shows up in the comments and clarifies his position thus starting an interesting conversation (both in the comments and via e-mail), then you realize that his book-signing tour is bringing that somebody to your town, so you…
August 25, 2006
A very brief review from April 17, 2005....
I have just finished this fun fast-paced novel of not-so-far future. There are no more taxes, Police and NRA are security companies for hire, and Government investigates only if you can pay for it. Nobody seems to be able to recognize the US President…
August 25, 2006
First written on March 04, 2005 for Science And Politics, then reposted on February 27, 2006 on Circadiana, a post about a childrens' book and what I learned about it since.
When I was a kid I absolutely loved a book called "Il Ciondolino" by Ricardo Vamba - a book in two slim volumes for kids (…
August 25, 2006
I wrote this post on Dec 23, 2004 and posted it both on Science And Politics and DailyKos. Then, on April 03, 2005, I reposted it on my blog again. Many good books have been published since then, but the list would not have changed too much if I have made it today, e.g., I would have replaced E.…
August 25, 2006
Code-word? Jon(anathan) Swift.
August 24, 2006
This is the movie I want to see next:
Profits on a plane:
In truth, the film's title is more of an attention-grabber than an accurate representation of a film that should be considered the human race's nightmare. Sauper's film is a punishing account of global free trade as a zero sum game.…
August 24, 2006
John McKay, one of my most favouritest bloggers, is hitting the Big Five-Oh today. So, go say Hello and help his Sitemeter get the 75,000th hit today.
August 24, 2006
First 'encyclopedia' of nuclear receptors reveals organisms' focus on sex, food:
Organisms thrive on sex and food, and so do their cells' receptors.
In creating the first "encyclopedia" of an entire superfamily of nuclear receptors - proteins that turn genes on and off throughout the body - UT…
August 24, 2006
Carnival of the Liberals #20 is being held Wednesday, August 30th at The Greenbelt. Do you want to host a future edition?
August 24, 2006
Perspectives, the magazine of the North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in its Summer 2006 issue has highlighted five 'stellar' students, including Kevin (the third one, so you'll have to scroll down - they do not understand the concept of Permalinks yet).…
August 24, 2006
Now you know where I was last night instead of blogging. Local North Carolina wine and local North Carolina cheeses and local handpicked blueberries and local grass-grown beef and local organic potatoes, tomatoes and squash....and discussing "Omnivore's Dilemma" with the locally grown, organic and…
August 24, 2006
Hsien Hsien Lei is continuing her series of interviews of science bloggers, and today is my turn. As you have learned to expect by now, my answers are long and wordy. But the questions are interesting, so I hope you like the answers as well. Check it out here.
August 24, 2006
Some ideas from November 17, 2005:
So, you've been writing a blog for quite some time now. You are proud of some of your work. You are particularly proud of some of your old stuff, now burried deep in the archives never to be seen again. Who reads archives, after all? You don't want to repeat…
August 24, 2006
First reviewed on June 18, 2005:
Guns, Germs and Steel is an excellent book. Collapse is better.
When "Guns, Germs and Steel" first came out, I was fortunate to take part in a graduate seminar that was built around it. Along with reading a chapter each week, we also read a number of additional…
August 24, 2006
Wow - this one is old: December 29, 2004. It is in a need of serious updating, not to mention providing amazon links so I can earn pennies if you click and buy. But, it is still a good list nontheless:
I have picked my top ten books on politics and have posted a long list of books before, and now…
August 23, 2006
Change of Shift: A Nursing Blog Carnival, Vol.1, No.5, is up on Emergiblog.
August 23, 2006
Go say Hi to my new SciBling - Zuska at Thus Spake Zuska.
