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Women have white matter, men have duct tape. Or so implies Louann Brizendine's latest book, the Male Brain, dissected in this post and comments at Language Log: You may remember the controversy surrounding her previous book, the Female Brain, which (in the UK edition) depicted women's cerebrums…
As I mentioned, last night I took a break and went out for dinner and conversation with a wonderful group of science bloggers. Larry Moran of Sandwalk (not pictured) was good enough to arrange it all, and we met up in his office (home of the Talk.Origins server). Joining us were (left to right…
Celebrity, blogging and the role of the academic Journalism FAIL on climate change: Vital signs weak for climate bill (via @jayrosen_nyu: "For a perfect example of "will it work?" outranking "is it true?" see The Politico's savvy") Rebooting the News #26 (podcast) Canadian Health Care, Even With…
Reader JJ reminds me that while we celebrate Obama's victory and a new mood of hope and optimism in the US, the people of the Gaza strip have little to celebrate and even less reason for hope and optimism: The UN has no more food to distribute in the Gaza Strip, the head of relief efforts in the…