January 29, 2009
By Colleen M. Smith: NEWS: ScienceOnline'09 explores the evolution of science on the web:
Research Triangle Park, NC, Jan. 16--The third annual science communication conference, ScienceOnline'09, took place at the Sigma Xi Center last weekend. The event was open to all scientists, bloggers,…
January 29, 2009
104th Skeptics' Circle: The Skepticism Review and Education Program Edition.....is up on Space City Skeptics
Carnival of the Liberals #83: Obacalypse Edition is up on And Doctor Biobrain's Response Is...
January 29, 2009
From SCONC:
Tuesday, Feb. 10
7 p.m.
Science Cafe Durham: Transforming Learning Through Computational Thinking
Bob Panoff of the Shodor Foundation tells Periodic Tables why he left academics to create an organization devoted to hands-on learning projects.
Broad Street Café, 1116 Broad Street,…
January 29, 2009
Honey Bees Can Tell The Difference Between Different Numbers At A Glance:
The remarkable honey bee can tell the difference between different numbers at a glance. A fresh, astonishing revelation about the 'numeracy' of insects has emerged from new research by an international team of scientists…
January 28, 2009
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
- Nikola Tesla
January 28, 2009
Coming soon:
January 28, 2009
ScienceOnline'09, the third annual science communication conference (successor to the 2007 and 2008 North Carolina Science Blogging Conferences), was another unqualified success wifi issues notwithstanding. Around 215 scientists, educators, students, journalists and bloggers gathered for three…
January 28, 2009
There are 10 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, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one…
January 28, 2009
New microbiology aggregator just went live in Belgrade, built (as always) by Vedran Vucic.
January 28, 2009
Will Bunch of Attytood recently published an interesting and important book - Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future.
On his blog, Will provides an excerpt and commentary:
Twenty years gone - but Reagan still matters. About this time one year…
January 28, 2009
From SCONC:
Wednesday, Feb. 4
5:30 p.m.
SCONC reception at NISS
National Institute of Statistical Sciences in RTP (click here for directions) has invited the SCONCs over for our usual socializing/networking/eating/drinking and a talk with Dr. Stan Young, Assistant Director for Bioinformatics at…
January 28, 2009
Stephanie Willen Brown, aka CogSci Librarian is moving to Chapel Hill!
Blogger meetup!
January 28, 2009
Science is moving onto the internet. Collection of data, collaboration between researchers, communication and critique of results, teaching and learning--all are increasingly being done online. ScienceOnline, held January 16 - 18 in 2009, is a conference dedicated to discussing the intersection of…
January 28, 2009
Ancient Wounds Reveal Triceratops Battles:
How did the dinosaur Triceratops use its three horns? A new study led by Andrew Farke, curator at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, located on the campus of The Webb Schools, shows that the headgear was not just for looks. Battle scars on the…
January 27, 2009
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
- Rabindranath Tagore
January 27, 2009
Grand Rounds, totally Babelicious! Vol. 5 No. 19, are up on ChronicBabe
Carnival of the Green # 164! is up on GetWithGreen
The 161st Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Life on the Road
January 27, 2009
Brian Russell was on NPR Marketplace this morning, talking about Carrboro Creative Coworking. Worth a listen:
January 27, 2009
There are 13 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, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one…
January 27, 2009
About a month ago we had a spirited debate on Twitter if ScienceOnline09 is an Unconference or not. I think the problem stems from two distinct meanings of the term.
See what Wikipedia, the Unconference Blog and this article say about the concept.
On one hand, people in the tech industry who like…
January 27, 2009
My SciBling Chris was on Colbert Report last night. If you missed it, watch now:
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The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Obama's New Science Policy - Chris Mooney
Colbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVD
Green ScreenBill O'Reilly Interview
January 27, 2009
I think that my banner is the best banner ever and it's not going anywhere. But perhaps you can help Miriam or Scicurious and Evil Monkey if you feel artistic and are good with Photoshop....
January 27, 2009
Hosted by Museum of Natural Sciences:
Supernova: The Violent Death of a Star
Massive stars end their lives in spectacular supernova explosions, visible across the Universe, that blast material into space that contributes to future generations of stars, produces cosmic rays, and stirs up…
January 27, 2009
Here's Venom In Your Eye: Spitting Cobras Hit Their Mark:
Spitting cobras have an exceptional ability to spray venom into eyes of potential attackers. A new study published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology reveals how these snakes maximize their chances of hitting the target. Using high-…
January 26, 2009
There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory. There is a time, even, to fly and there is a time to fight. And I'm going to fight like hell. (On Congressional moves toward impeachment)
- Richard M. Nixon
January 26, 2009
Well, I don't have pretty pictures of my brain, but those who follow me on Twitter/FriendFeed/Facebook know that my older dog, Millie, had a surgery over New Year's - a very enlarged uterus full of pus had to go out.
She is doing fine now, completely recovered.
What I really liked was that I got…
January 26, 2009
Ain't it nifty?
Not to mention the brand-new scienceblogs.com shop (about which DrugMonkey is very excited).
So, what do you think? Pros? Cons? Likes? Dislikes?
January 26, 2009
You know that I have been very intrigued by the way the Web is changing the way we use language, especially in science communication, and have inserted my thoughts on that into many a post over the past couple of years. I have also been in a more-or-less continuous communication with Christian…
January 26, 2009
Secrets Of Stradivarius' Unique Violin Sound Revealed, Professor Says:
For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, a Texas A&M University professor is confident the veil…
January 25, 2009
Give me the fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself.
- Vilfredo Pareto
January 25, 2009
There.
How's the taste of your own medicine?
Yup, there was an editorial meeting. Coturnix, coturnix, @coturnix, BoraZ, Bora Zivkovic and @borazivkovic were there. I was there, too, and I could have said something, but I decided to remain silent as the traffic of this blog, which - cha-chink -…
