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October 13, 2006
A reader asks: Is severely regulating your diet for a month each year, as Muslims do during Ramadan, good for you?
October 4, 2006
What's an antioxidant, and why are they healthful? I thought oxygen was supposed to be good for you!
September 27, 2006
The 2006 Nobel Laureates will be announced on Monday, October 2. Any early guesses as to who this year's honorees will be?
September 21, 2006
Why do men have a longer period of fertility, relative to their lifespan, than women? (Bonus: is this true of other species as well?)
September 12, 2006
Respectful Insolence
Categories: Medicine, Philosophy of Science
Orac is a pseudonymous surgeon/scientist, and an ardent skeptic. He holds both MD and PhD degrees, and he is board certified as a general surgeon. He's also the proprietor of the Skeptic's Circle, a blog carnival dedicated to…
September 10, 2006
Neurotopia
Categories: Brain & Behavior, Philosophy of Science
At Neurotopia, brains are always on the menu! Your host,"Evil Monkey," serves up a heaping portion of the latest neuroscience news, plus a side of social commentary expertly seasoned with action potentials and cognitive functions.…
September 8, 2006
Living the Scientific Life
Categories: Biology, Academia
GrrlScientist is an evolutionary molecular biologist with a BS in microbiology (specializing in virology), and a PhD in zoology (specializing in ornithology and hormone receptors). She blogs about evolution, the environment, birds, dinosaurs…
September 7, 2006
Gene Expression
Categories: Biology, Philosophy of Science
Razib has a degree in the life sciences and works in information technology, but he also nurses a strong interest in evolutionary genetics and paleoanthropology. Gene Expression deals primarily with the intersection between new developments…
September 6, 2006
What's up with organic foods? What are the main arguments for buying organic? Is it supposed to be better for me, or better for the planet, or what? Are organics, in any sense, worth the higher price?
September 6, 2006
Evolgen
Categories: Biology, Academia
RPM has been blogging since November, 2004; he started because he thought the blogosphere needed an entry in evolutionary genetics, the subject in which he's pursuing a PhD. Then he discovered Gene Expression, and realized the blogosphere already had one. Then…
September 4, 2006
Discovering Biology in a Digital World
Categories: Biology, Academia
Sandra Porter earned a BS in Microbiology from the University of Minnesota, and an MSc and PhD in microbiology from the University of Washington. She did a postdoc at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and spent a decade…
September 1, 2006
The Cheerful Oncologist
Categories: Medicine
After earning a BA in English from Iowa State University, Craig Hildreth went on to acquire an MD from the University of Iowa, complete a medical oncology fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and become a partner in a five-doctor private…
August 30, 2006
I read this article in the NRO, and the author actually made some interesting arguments. 'Basically,' he said, 'I am questioning the premise that [global warming] is a problem rather than an opportunity.' Does he have a point?
August 30, 2006
The Periodic Table of the ScienceBlogs rolls on, with a brief description of every blog in the system. Use it to find your new favorite.
A Blog Around the Clock
Categories: Brain & Behavior, Biology
Bora Zivkovic, better known online as 'Coturnix,' created A Blog Around the Clock as a fusion of…
August 28, 2006
It's not easy keeping track of all the ScienceBlogs. Take four dozen witty and prolific science writers, some of whom post more than once a day, spread them out across a wide range of disciplines and sub-specialties, and what you'll have yourself is a big, tangly embarrassment of riches.
What's a…
August 26, 2006
What's your name?
Josh Rosenau
What do you do when you're not blogging?
I write my thesis. Sometimes there's some insect collecting, some photography, or some cooking.
What is your blog called?
Thoughts from Kansas.
What's up with that name?
Good question! It started out as a placeholder, but it…
August 25, 2006
"Friday cat blogging," or the practice of posting something light-hearted and whimsical, is an end-of-week tradition in the blog world.
While no one at Sb regularly puts up pictures of their furry pets, many of the ScienceBloggers do post weekly features on Friday.
What follows is my attempt to…
August 24, 2006
"Zuska" is the kick-ass alter ego of Suzanne E. Franks, a chronically educated, unfailingly feminist commentator who has the distinction of holding both a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, and a graduate certificate in womens' studies.
Thus Spake Zuska has moved from its old home, here, to its new…
August 22, 2006
ScienceBlogs' Dr. Charles hosts the 100th edition of the venerable weekly medical blog carnival, Grand Rounds, at The Examining Room or Dr. Charles.
From the introduction:
Grand Rounds Turns 100! Originally conceived by Dr. Nicholas Genes, the weekly linkfest celebrating the highlights of the…
August 21, 2006
Thoughts From Kansas is a blog by Josh Rosenau, who is not a native Kansan but a graduate student finishing up his dissertation in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas. He has blogged a great deal about politics, especially the politics of science education, in his state of…
August 21, 2006
Read 'em while they're hot!
"A question for neuroscientists: getting nowhere fast"
Kevin Beck at Doc Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge has a question for the neurologically informed: why does running on a treadmill immediately before running outdoors, make Kevin feel like he's "running on the moon (at…
August 20, 2006
The destruction of the rainforest was a hot-button topic in the early '90s, but I haven't heard anything about it in ages. Are the rainforests still being destroyed wholesale? Are they all gone? Is it still important? Is the coffee I drink making it worse, and is "free trade" and/or "shade grown"…
August 17, 2006
The "Proust Questionnaire" refers to a nineteenth-century parlor game involving a list of personal questions about the respondent's values and preferences, to be answered in rapid-fire succession. Marcel Proust didn't invent it, but he may be the most famous person ever to have played. These days,…
August 14, 2006
Not only is it a temperate, low-humidity day in New York City, but it's a beautiful day in cyberspace as well, because today ScienceBlogs has welcomed the 48th member of its community of blogs.
The Scientific Indian, written by Selva, won "Best Science/Technology Indiblog" in the Indibloggies…
August 14, 2006
"Smacking down more lies about Plan B"
"It's really not that hard to understand, but what's blocking acceptance are the amazing lies people say about Plan B emergency contraception." PZ sets it straight, here.
"The real Heathrow story...."
From A Blog Around the Clock: "Shakes has the quickest,…
August 11, 2006
From a working journalist's perspective on the ground in Toronto, to a bench scientist's appraisal of the hottest research abstracts, three bloggers deliver running commentary on the 16th International AIDS Conference.
As part of Seed's exclusive coverage of the 25th anniversary of the beginning…
August 11, 2006
To what extent do you worry about AIDS, either with respect to yourself, your children, or the world at large?
August 11, 2006
Ladies and germs, please say hello to the latest addition to the ScienceBlogs family circus, Molecule of the Day.
August 11, 2006
"Taxicab Confessions: The Earwax Episode"
"I usually try to avoid the subject [of what i do] with some people, because when i say "I study the inner ear" a lot of people feel the need to unload their medical problems regarding earwax upon me." And: is it a coincidence? Sandra Porter also has a…
August 10, 2006
"Platensimycin: Putative New Class of Antibiotic Medication"
Scientists from Merck report on a previously unknown class of antibiotic.
"A Necessary Twist (Values, part IV)"
Why can't we picture a fifth dimension? Stretch your mind with the fourth installment in Karmen's series, complete with…