August 7, 2009
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
- Warren Zevon
August 7, 2009
Carnival of the Arid #6 is up on Coyote Crossing
Carnival of Evolution #14 is up on Quintessence of Dust
Friday Ark #255 is up on Modulator
August 7, 2009
You may remember Dr.Charles whose blog was here on Scienceblogs.com for a while two years ago. He took a hiatus from blogging, but is now back at it with a vengeance at his new site which I warmly recommend you visit.
Today's post is interesting - and not just because it is partially about a PLoS…
August 7, 2009
The World is a radio show co-produced by WGBH Boston, Public Radio International and BBC. You can probably hear it on your local NPR station - if not, you can find all the shows recorded on the website.
You may remember that I went to Boston a few months ago, as a part of a team of people helping…
August 6, 2009
Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
- Walter Frederick Mondale
August 6, 2009
Change of Shift Volume 4 Number 3 is up at Man-Nurse Diaries
Four Year Anniversary I and the Bird #106 is up on 10,000 birds
Scientia Pro Publica #9 is up on Pleiotropy
August 6, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 250 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…
August 5, 2009
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
- Walt Whitman
August 5, 2009
North Carolina Snakes: Facts and Fiction
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
6:30-8:30 pm with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A
Location: Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 833-7795
Did you know that North Carolina is home to almost 40 species of native snakes and all but six of them…
August 4, 2009
A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.
- Walt Disney's Cinderella
August 4, 2009
Carnival of the Blue #27 is up on OH, FOR THE LOVE OF SCIENCE!
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 46 is up on Emergiblog
August 4, 2009
There are 19 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…
August 4, 2009
Ginny Barbour, Part 5: Open Access, Achievements and Looking Forward from PLoS on Vimeo.
August 3, 2009
The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.
- W. C. Fields
August 3, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 240 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…
August 3, 2009
There is a new science blog on the block, right here in the Triangle - the Wild Muse, written by DeLene Beeland who is a freelance science journalist and writer (and a twitterer).
The blog will mostly cover the 3 Es: ecology, evolution and environment. The first posts are Urban bird strikes,…
August 3, 2009
Carnival of Space #114 is up at Cheap Astronomy
Carnival of the Green #191 is up on Humane Connection
August 3, 2009
Monday - time to check out PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, as well as, of course, PLoS ONE.
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…
August 3, 2009
Our photoblog, Photo Synthesis gets a new photoblogger every month or so. Today we have a change of the guard and welcome B. N. Sullivan of The Right Blue blog who specializes on underwater photography - go say Hello.
Seed Magazine's series, Revolutionary Minds, which highlights people who work on…
August 3, 2009
Ginny Barbour, Part 4: PLoS Medicine's Fifth Anniversary and Future Plans from PLoS on Vimeo.
August 2, 2009
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
- Victor Hugo
August 2, 2009
SciBling Walt Crawford indulges himself in some prognosticating about the (non)demise of various physical means of delivering information: music, films, magazine, newspapers and books. He takes a cautious, conservative tack there, for the most part. I am supposed to be the wide-eyed digi-…
August 2, 2009
Ginny Barbour, Part 3: PLoS Medicine Open Access to Health Information from PLoS on Vimeo.
August 1, 2009
The reason a man must awaken is because it is dangerous to sleep, as man's present life proves.
- Vernon Howard
August 1, 2009
Gaming is first - but imagine the uses for this kind of technology in education or science:
August 1, 2009
It is time to announce the July winner. To see who won this time, you'll have to go here.
August 1, 2009
Festival of The Trees: Edition #38 is up on Trees, Plants and more
July 31, 2009
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
