May 22, 2009
Although you may remain somewhere for a long time,
It is certain that you will have to leave;
Whatever may be the manner of parting,
The actual going cannot be avoided.
- Nagarjuna
May 22, 2009
Some 47 million years ago, Ida suffocated in the volcanic ashes. I feel the same way at the end of this week - I need to get some air. And some sleep.
But watching the media and blog coverage of the fossil around the clock for a few days was actually quite interesting, almost exhilarating - and…
May 22, 2009
Go say Hello to Christina Pikas at Christina's LIS Rant - yes, we got another librarian! w00t! You can check the archives of her old blog here.
May 22, 2009
Genital Stimulation Opens Door For Cryptic Female Choice In Tsetse Flies:
By snipping off parts of male genitalia and reducing genital sensation in both male and female tsetse flies, researchers induced a suite of changes in female reproduction, including reduced ovulation, reduced sperm storage…
May 21, 2009
There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.
- Rebecca West
May 21, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 130 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes, 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 other people's posts (…
May 21, 2009
Earlier today I went up the street to Town Hall Grill and saw their white-board where they write the descriptions of Dinner Specials....and there is a new one today with the name "Special for Bora"! Wow! The perks of being a regular customer!
Well, of course I got one, brought it home, re-arranged…
May 21, 2009
Just in case you missed them, there were other papers published in seven PLoS Journals this week besides Ida ;-)
Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites. As always, and for the first time this applies to all seven journals, you should rate the articles, post…
May 21, 2009
Four Stone Hearth #67 is up on Sorting Out Science
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 35 are up on Healthcare Technology news
The 111th Meeting of the Skeptics Circle is up on Action Skeptics
Carnival of the Liberals, Number #91 is up on Crowded Head, Cozy Bed
May 20, 2009
Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought:
The most comprehensive modeling yet carried out on the likelihood of how much hotter the Earth's climate will get in this century shows that without rapid and massive action, the problem will be about twice as severe as previously estimated six years ago…
May 20, 2009
Despite the warnings of the ancient Greeks - nothing in excess - there are a few things in the world that you just can't have too much of. In addition to currency, I would mention, in no particular order, health, warm weather, ice-cream flavors, free time, second chances, and good taste…
May 20, 2009
Now that we have a real librarian on board, perhaps this is the perfect timing to post these two videos:
Hat-tip to CogSci Librarian who is right now live-tweeting her drive down to North Carolina.
May 20, 2009
...and you'll see this:
May 19, 2009
Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
- Thomas Dekker
May 19, 2009
There are 25 new articles in PLoS ONE today and there were 21 yesterday. 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, Connotea, Stumbleupon,…
May 19, 2009
Another super-cool day at PLoS (one of those days when I wish I was not telecommuting, but sharing in the excitement with the colleagues at the Mothership) - the publication of a very exciting article describing a rarely well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric primate in a lineage to which we all…
May 18, 2009
Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.
- Norman Ford
May 18, 2009
Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Nearly One Million Years Old Found In Spain:
Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses of the fossilised remains of the jaws and teeth of a shrew discovered in a deposit in Gran Dolina de Atapuerca, in Burgos, have shown this to be a new species (Dolinasorex glyphodon) that has…
May 18, 2009
It is a great pleasure to welcome an old friend, John Dupuis, to Scienceblogs.com. As you may recall, John and I interviewed each other last year - first I interviewed John, then shortly after, John interviewed me.
This morning, Confessions of a Science Librarian moved from blogspot to Scienceblogs…
May 18, 2009
Scientia Pro Publica #4 - In Memory of Stephen Jay Gould - is up on The Primate Diaries
Carnival of the Green #180 is up on Ethical superstore
May 18, 2009
It is Sex Week on Deep Sea News.
It started with The Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSN and followed by 'Sleezy' sponge sexuality and more is yet to come for the rest of the week.
May 18, 2009
A special issue of JCOM, Journal of Science Communication, has just issued a call for submissions, with the deadline moved to June 1st, 2009:
Science is increasingly being produced, discussed and deliberated with cooperative tools by web users and without the institutionalized presence of…
May 17, 2009
You know the great thing about TV? If something important happens anywhere at all in the world, no matter what time of the day or night, you can always change the channel.
- Jim Ignatowski
May 17, 2009
Rainy day, so yummy earthworms are out and about:
May 16, 2009
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
- Jewish proverb
May 16, 2009
Radical Transparency removes almost all potentials for conflict. Why?
Conflict requires secrecy by some people (bad guys), which is why neither utopian nor anti-utopian novels try to describe such a society in which everything done by everyone - individual, corporation, government - is completely…
May 16, 2009
The Giant's Shoulders #11 is up on Curving Normality
Friday Ark #243 is up on Modulator
And the next Praxis will be on a new date - May 21st - on The Lay Scientist
May 15, 2009
As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.
- Ellen Perry Berkeley
May 15, 2009
Basking Sharks: Disappearing Act Of World's Second Largest Fish Explained:
Researchers have discovered where basking sharks - the world's second largest fish - hide out for half of every year, according to a report published online on May 7th in Current Biology. The discovery revises scientists'…
May 14, 2009
I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.
- Judith M. Knowlton
