December 10, 2008
Linnaeus' Legacy No. 14: A Carnival of Diversity, is up on Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Carnival of Education, #201 is up on Scheiss Weekly
Carnival of Homeschooling #154: Anniversary Gifts, is up on The Daily Planet
December 10, 2008
The (apparently un-embeddable) video of the cuties is here (I wouldn't do that with my hand, though, what you see at one point....).
Hat-tip: Viktor
December 10, 2008
So, which gender is the researcher?
December 10, 2008
Yesterday's PhD comic strip:
We still have ways to go until we get it right....
December 10, 2008
Why Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg:
Why do some species of birds lay only one egg in their nest, while others lay 10 or more? A global study of the wide variation among birds in this trait, known as the "clutch size," now provides biologists with some answers. The study, published in the…
December 9, 2008
Each time we re-read a book we get more out of it because we put more into it; a different person is reading it, and therefore it is a different book.
- Muriel Clark
December 9, 2008
...with inevitable food coloring for photo-ops:
December 9, 2008
That's what she said....
December 9, 2008
There are 9 new articles in PLoS ONE today and they are, like, totally awesome!
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…
December 9, 2008
Hourglass VI: A carnival of biogerontology is up on Ouroboros
Encephalon 60, A Neuroscience Blog Carnival, is up on Living the Scientific Life
Grand Rounds 5:12 - Healthcare Reform Q&A - is up on Sharp Brains
December 9, 2008
The first 25 registered participants who sign up here will get to taste some delicious coffee and discuss the science of coffee at Counter Culture Coffee in Durham (map) on Friday, January 16th at 9:30am. Use the same wiki page also to organize carpooling (locals, please offer to give rides to…
December 9, 2008
Journalists are fantastically capable of forgetting the he-said-she-said False Equivalence mode of dishonesty if they are themselves one of the sides. In that case, they quote only the "skeptics" side, not the side that may have actually something intelligent to say about the matter.
Watch this…
December 9, 2008
The kind of astrology I can have and eat it, too.
December 9, 2008
Tina writes - Kinesthetic Learners: Why Old Media Should Never Die:
.....Many classrooms, however, don't offer this type of kinesthetic learning. The hands-on learner is left to fend for themselves and more often than not the only physical interaction they get is with the learning material itself.…
December 9, 2008
Krugman goes to Stockholm to get a Nobel and give a speech, posts his slides on his blog and apologizes for "light blogging lately" using a LOLcat.
The future is bright....
December 9, 2008
See the screen-capture here: If The USA Had A Facebook Page During The Civil War (then click on the image to enlarge).
December 9, 2008
Why do you care about and/or work in museums? Nina has her own reasons:
I don't work in museums because I love them. I didn't grow up staring open-mouthed at natural history dioramas or wandering through art galleries. When I visit a new city, I don't clamor to visit museums. I go on hikes. I go to…
December 8, 2008
There is no fence or hedge round time that has gone. You can go back and have what you like if you remember it well enough.
- Richard Llewellyn
December 8, 2008
Pulitzer Prizes Broadened to Include Online-Only Publications Primarily Devoted to Original News Reporting:
New York, Dec. 8, 2008 - The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, which honor the work of American newspapers appearing in print, have been expanded to include many text-based newspapers and news…
December 8, 2008
There are 14 new articles in PLoS ONE today, as well as new papers in PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine.
As always, for PLoS ONE articles, 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…
December 8, 2008
If you agree with this petition, sign it:
Dear President-Elect Obama,
We congratulate you on your historic victory and welcome the change that your election promises to usher in for our nation. As leaders in the sustainable agriculture and rural advocacy community we supported you in record numbers…
December 8, 2008
If you don't follow the PLoS Blog (you don't? really?), you may have missed a series of posts we recently started, interviewing some of our authors and academic editors, who reveal the behind-the-scenes thoughts about the process. Check out interviews with Jeremy Farrar, Dario Ringach, Ivan Baxter…
December 8, 2008
News from Science Commons:
Today, we are proud to announce the release of Science Commons' first informational video. The video was directed by renowned director Jesse Dylan, the director of the Emmy- award winning "Yes We Can" Barack Obama campaign video with musical artist will.i.am from the…
December 8, 2008
As you know, a portion of the Friday program at ScienceOnline09 is organized by Duke WiSE. They have now put up a webpage with additional information.
In short, if you have signed up for the conference and checked the "I will attend the Friday evening event" box on the registration form you are…
December 8, 2008
How Shift Workers Can Improve Job Performance And Implement Realistic Sleep Schedule:
A new study in the journal Sleep shows that the use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers create a "compromise circadian phase position," which may…
December 7, 2008
Some say no evil thing that walks by night,
In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen,
Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost
That breaks his magic chains at curfew time,
No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine,
Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
- John Milton
December 7, 2008
Food Can Affect A Cell In The Same Way Hormones Do:
VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered an important new mechanism with which cells can detect nutrients. This happens in the same way - and with the same effects - as when cells receive a message from a…
December 7, 2008
A wonderful example of Bioluminescence!
