June 10, 2009
Genetic Region For Tame Animals Discovered: Horse Whisperers, Lion Tamers Not Needed:
In what could be a breakthrough in animal breeding, a team of scientists from Germany, Russia and Sweden have discovered a set of genetic regions responsible for animal tameness. This discovery, published in the…
June 9, 2009
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
- Psalm 127:2 Bible
June 9, 2009
Since my post about it is not on the front page any more, I just want to remind you of the groundswell of support for the Silence Is The Enemy initiative.
Join the Facebook group, donate to Doctors Without Borders and write a letter to your representatives. Join the blogger coalition by blogging…
June 9, 2009
Today, we unveil a brand new PLoS ONE Collection - the Prokaryotic Genome Collection. The Collection was edited by Niyaz Ahmed, who wrote an introductory Overview.
In other news, there are 17 new articles published last night and another 17 new articles published tonight in PLoS ONE. As always,…
June 9, 2009
I am not the only one on ScienceBlogs.com to write about circadian rhythms, sleep and (non-visual) photoreception. Over the years, my SciBlings have written about these and related topics as well. Here is a sampler - go and dig for more on their blogs.
Stimulant Improves Sleep
Locked-In Syndrome…
June 9, 2009
Carnival of the Blue #25 is up on Blogfish
Hourglass X is up on Ouroboros
June 9, 2009
When I go to the Lindau Nobel meeting in Germany in a few weeks, I will not only report from there as a blogger. I was also asked to participate on a panel about Open Access publishing:
"Beatrice Lugger, German science journalist (and founder of Scienceblogs Germany), will moderate this panel. The…
June 9, 2009
And it is good. Much longer than #1 and interesting to all of us who have kids heavily involved in playing computer games:
Whenever kids are involved in a violent crime, speculation about their upbringing inevitably takes center stage. Were they abused or neglected? Could their parents have…
June 9, 2009
Go say Hello to Walt Crawford at Walt at Random.
Walt is Editorial Director for the Library Leadership Network and also publishes an e-journal Cites & Insights. You can get a taste for his blogging on his old blog, of course.
June 9, 2009
It will not take more than a couple of minutes. Just go to this Sheril's post and follow the directions. She will use the results of the quiz to inform experimental design for an interesting project on the neuroscience of kissing. This will then be included in her next book.
June 8, 2009
Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
June 8, 2009
Bird Migrations Set To Increase: Added Distance Is 'Considerable Threat' To Some Species:
Bird migrations are likely to get longer according to the first ever study of the potential impacts of climate change on the breeding and winter ranges of migrant birds. The length of some migrations could…
June 8, 2009
June Scientiae, part II, is up on Sciencewomen
iCephalon, aka, Encephalon #72 is up on Cognitive Daily
Carnival of the Green #183 is up on ooffoo
June 7, 2009
I wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either…
June 7, 2009
This one is much bigger than the one I saw last week. At least 12 inches long carapace (more pictures under the fold). What's the species?
June 7, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 150 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…
June 6, 2009
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
- Margaret Thatcher
June 6, 2009
Be Your Best Friend If You'll Be Mine: Alliance Hypothesis For Human Friendship:
University of Pennsylvania psychologists studying the cognitive mechanisms behind human friendship have determined that how you rank your best friends is closely related to how you think your friends rank you. The…
June 5, 2009
Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.
- Bruce Graham
June 5, 2009
Of course the Course description for JOMC 449 - Virtual Communities, Smart Mobs, Citizen Journalism and Participatory Culture is made in video. All the 'readings' are viewings of video, all assignments are video-making. So cool!
Fall 2009 MW 3:30 - 4:45, UNC Chapel Hill, Instructor: Paul Jones
June 5, 2009
Victor Bruce, a lecturer emeritus in biology at Princeton who conducted advanced studies for more than 25 years on the built-in cycles governing natural rhythms like the sleep-wake cycle, has died. He was 88.
Bruce, who despite a background in engineering became drawn to biological studies, died…
June 5, 2009
An almost complete and beautifully preserved fossil of the Southern Mammoth, Mammuthus meridionalis was discovered a couple of weeks ago by a team of archaeologists led by Miomir KoraÄ from the Archaeological Institute Belgrade and the Director of the Archaeological park Viminacium in Eastern…
June 5, 2009
June Scientiae is up on Sciencewomen
Four Stone Hearth #68 is up on remote central
Friday Ark #246 is up on Modulator
June 4, 2009
Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.
- C. Northcote Parkinson
June 4, 2009
As you may have noticed if you saw this or you follow me on Twitter/FriendFeed/Facebook, I spent half of Tuesday and all of Wednesday at the XXVI International Association of Science Parks World Conference on Science & Technology Parks in Raleigh. The meeting was actually longer (starting on…
June 4, 2009
Here are some titles, from all seven PLoS journals, that caught my attention this week. 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,…
June 4, 2009
Special, one-time carnival "Uncovering Ida" is up on Laelaps
Skeptic's Circle #112 is up on Cheshire
June 4, 2009
You may have noticed a couple of days ago that Caryn Shechtman posted an interview with me on the New York blog on Nature Network. Then, Caryn and Erin and I thought it might be a good idea to have the entire interview reposted here, for those who missed it. So, proceed under the fold:
1. What is…
June 4, 2009
Changing Climate Likely To Make 'Super Weed' Even More Powerful:
Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States.
Trading Energy For Safety, Bees Extend Legs To Stay…
