October 15, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 420 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
October 15, 2009
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Framing the Mexican wolf…
October 15, 2009
Some cool papers tonight in 4 out of 7 PLoS journals. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and…
October 15, 2009
I and the Bird #111 is up on Twin Cities Naturalist
Change of Shift From BlogWorld! is up on Emergiblog
October 15, 2009
DARWIN ON FACEBOOK: HOW CULTURE TRANSFORMS HUMAN EVOLUTION
AFTER HOURS EVENT FEATURING ANTHROPOLOGIST PETER RICHERSON
WHAT SciCafe presents Darwin on Facebook: How Culture Transforms Human Evolution, featuring Anthropologist Peter Richerson.
Help celebrate the 150th anniversary of On…
October 15, 2009
NCSU AND UNC-CHAPEL HILL PROFESSOR TROY NAGLE TO DISCUSS THE JOINT DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT OCTOBER RESEARCH DIRECTORS MEETING
The Research Triangle Park, N.C. - The Triangle Area Research Directors Council (TARDC) has announced that Dr. Troy Nagle, Professor of Biomedical…
October 14, 2009
Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.
- Alfred Sheinwold
October 14, 2009
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The Audacity of Greed: How…
October 14, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 420 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
October 14, 2009
There are 17 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
October 13, 2009
In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as it were a mist, cloaking the perplexities of fact. Insistence on clarity at all costs is based on sheer superstition as to the mode in which human intelligence functions.…
October 13, 2009
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Blinded by the Light - ecological light pollution.
"Newsroom as cafe is not a concept but a practice in the Czech Republic" - Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic
Thanks @justarikia for a re-do of my…
October 13, 2009
There are 23 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
October 13, 2009
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October 12, 2009
Proverbs are jewels five words long, that on the stretched forefinger of all time sparkle forever.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
October 12, 2009
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In which I have seen the future of science, and it is male - first issue of Eureka extremely male and even sexist!?
Sell the Vatican, Feed the World - Sarah Silverman's ambitious plan for feeding the world (video).
"…
October 12, 2009
Lots of interesting articles in PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (…
October 11, 2009
A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it.
- Alfred Alistair Cooke
October 11, 2009
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'Male slashes female's throat in UCLA chemistry lab': Violence in a UCLA Lab
'Check out these gorgeous photos of small things': Nikon Small World 2009
Quoting 'Psychics' Like Experts: How Low Can News Judgement Go? -…
October 10, 2009
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way; if you don't, you'll find an excuse.In times when the passions are beginning to take charge of the conduct of human affairs, one should pay less attention to what men of experience and common sense are thinking than to what is preoccupying the…
October 10, 2009
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Struggling Museum Now Allowing Patrons To Touch Paintings
A Harvard Skirmish in the Copyright Wars - 'Do your lecture notes violate your prof's copyright?'
60 people ready to discuss ScienceOnline2010 on FriendFeed
Why…
October 10, 2009
I realize it's been a while since the last blog update on ScienceOnline2010, though bits and pieces showed up on Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook over the past few weeks. You should follow the updates on the News and Updates page and also on the Blog and Media Coverage page on the wiki in order to…
October 10, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 420 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
October 10, 2009
Let's look back at the week and see what's cool. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg)…
October 9, 2009
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
- Alexandre Dumas, pere
October 9, 2009
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Are you asleep? Exploring the mind's twilight zone - 'How do you know you're not sleeping right now?'
50 Useful iPhone Apps for Science Students & Teachers
OA Week at the University of Belgrade in Serbia
Let's have…
October 9, 2009
Yesterday, North Carolinians woke up to some very unpleasant news that Dell decided to close its computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC by the end of this year and lay off its entire workforce of 905 employees.
While I may not like it, I can understand the economics of…
October 9, 2009
Carnival of the Blue #29 is up on Cephalopodcast
The 121st Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle is up on The Mad Skeptic
Scientia Pro Publica 13: Nobel Prize Edition is up on Living the Scientific Life
Friday Ark #264 is up on Modulator
Grand Rounds Vol 6, No 3: The Art of Medicine and Nursing is up on…
October 9, 2009
There are 17 new articles in PLoS ONE published last night. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook…
October 8, 2009
Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.
- Alexander Woollcott
