Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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July 2, 2009
Here's the latest carnivalia to keep you happy as you prepare for this holiday weekend (if you are American);
Just Write blog carnival, 3 July edition. This includes all sorts of essays about writing and of course, book reviews which should help you choose a book or two to bring on vacation with…
July 2, 2009
tags: travel, Helsinki, Finland, licorice
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view]
While my fellow Americans slept, I was watching birds from my host's balcony, and nibbling on the most delightfully naughty Finnish breakfast consisting of licorice and chocolate. Just thought you all might…
July 2, 2009
tags: nature, Helsinki, travel
330 in the Morning.
Photographed at 0330 in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
I awoke at 3am (Helsinki time), ravenously hungry. After snacking on left-over dinner (a delicious cold salad made from fresh corn, peas,…
July 2, 2009
Since Flickr is being an ass these days and won't let me share images with you that they don't approve of, which includes just about everything I put on my blog and no doubt includes screen shots of ads that I am using to illustrate my points, you'll just have to accept that I am not misleading you…
July 2, 2009
Who: Dr. Jeff Schweitzer
What: free public presentation, "Moral Life in a Random World"
Where: SLC Conference Center, 352 7th avenue (between 29th and 30th streets), 16th floor.
When: 700pm, Thursday, 9 July
Dr. Jeff Schweitzer is a scientist who has written extensively on morality, religion,…
July 2, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 683 - 557 - 266 - 234 - 233 out of 210 candidates registered. I am in second place.
If you've already voted, then please encourage your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to vote for the person whom you think would be best for this…
July 2, 2009
You may have noticed that the images in my left sidebar have recently been depopulated -- awards that my blog has won throughout the years, blogroll icons and even books that I've contributed to .. what is going on? It seems that Flickr is cracking down on miscreants like me who (1) use their site…
July 2, 2009
tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Daisy.
Photographed at Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
July 2, 2009
tags: Pied Wagtail fledgling, Motacilla alba, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pied Wagtail fledgling, Motacilla alba, photographed at Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, UK. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Richard Carter, FCD, 13 June 2009 (he also writes here…
July 2, 2009
tags: Arthur Benjamin, Mathematics, calculus, statistics, education, , TEDTalks, streaming video
Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education…
July 1, 2009
tags: Dahlia, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, image of the day
Dahlias.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side on West 81st street at Central Park West. Actor Alec Baldwin lives in this building, by the way.
Image: GrrlScientist, 29 June 2009 [larger view].
July 1, 2009
Due to our incredibly crappy economy, there has been a change in the advertising policies at ScienceBlogs recently. Which leads me to ask, what do you think of those Russian Brides ads that are popping up here recently? I ask because I think they are incredibly tacky, offensively sexist and worse,…
July 1, 2009
tags: Helsinki Finland, travel
The Gates to HEL.
Image: GrrlScientist, 17 February 2009 [larger view].
I am somewhere at the airport, waiting for my flight to glorious Helsinki, Finland. Since I've spent some time visiting this lovely city during the winter months, I am visiting in the summer: I…
July 1, 2009
tags: White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis, photographed at Galveston, East Beach, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 19 May 2009 [larger view].…
July 1, 2009
tags: Harry Potter, ADHD, humor, funny, satire, streaming video
I thought this video spoof might bring a smile to your face while we all wait for the upcoming premier of the Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on 17 July [2:22]
July 1, 2009
tags: Taco Bell, Onion News, humor, funny, satire, streaming video
In this ONN report, we learn that Taco Bell has a new menu: it boasts zero environmental impact because they will rely solely on synthetic, lab-produced ingredients. [2:21]
June 30, 2009
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted specifically to the public that…
June 30, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 579 - 520 - 192 - 178 - 169 out of 195 candidates registered. I am in second place.
If you've already voted, then please encourage your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to vote for the person whom you think would be best for this…
June 30, 2009
tags: Michael Jackson, Moonwalking Bird, birds, behavior, funny, streaming video
I am an ornithologist and aviculturist, which means that I research birds scientifically as well as breeding and raising them. So after the shock of Michael Jackson's sudden death wore off, I wanted to share a bird…
June 30, 2009
tags: Ranunculaceae, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, image of the day
Purple Clematis, in the Ranunculaceae family (not sure which species this is).
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side on West 81st street at
Central Park West. Passersby were curious as to why I was crawling into…
June 30, 2009
tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Wattled Starlings, Creatophora cinerea, perched on Plains (Grant's) Zebra, Equus quagga boehmi, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 3…
June 30, 2009
tags: Bat Falcon, Falco rufigularis, South America, nature, National Geographic, streaming video
This female bat falcon, Falco rufigularis, makes dazzling mid-air catches over Mayan ruins in Guatemala to feed her chicks [2:15]
June 29, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 504 - 481 - 180 - 158 - 140 out of 183 candidates registered. I am in second place.
If you've already voted, then please encourage your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to vote for the person whom you think would be best for this…
June 29, 2009
tags: Dahlia, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, image of the day
Dahlias.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side on West 81st street at Central Park West.
Image: GrrlScientist, 29 June 2009 [larger view].
On the opposite side of the continent, a friend of mine was murdered by her…
June 29, 2009
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
The first Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher chicks, Terpsiphone corvina,
to fledge successfully outside La Digue Island, Seychelles for over 60 years
are flying on Denis Island.
Image: David Hosking [larger view].
Birds in…
June 29, 2009
tags: Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, photographed at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is taking nesting materials back to the rock, where many of these birds were busy nesting. [I…
June 29, 2009
tags: Antarctica, environment, nature, streaming video
This is a video of a trip to Antarctica, including some lovely images of seals, penguins, gulls and other seabirds and breaching humpback whales! [4:48]
Thanks to one of my readers, I learned recently that Quark Expeditions is searching for…
June 28, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 436 - 377 - 170 - 145 - 138 out of 167 candidates registered.
If you've already voted, then please encourage your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to vote for the person whom you think would be best for this unique job: traveling to…
June 28, 2009
tags: book review, Sleeping Naked is Green, green living, environment, Vanessa Farquharson
Carbon footprints, global warming, green living -- are these phrases an inconvenient truth that keep you awake at night, wondering how you can live in a more environmentally friendly way? For many people,…
June 28, 2009
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted specifically to the public that…