clock | October 9, 2008There are 11 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. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Evolutionary Signatures of Common Human Cis-Regulatory Haplotypes:
Variation in gene expression may give rise to a significant fraction of inter-individual phenotypic variation. Studies searching for the underlying genetic controls for such variation have been conducted in model organisms and humans in recent years. In our previous effort of assessing…
clock | October 9, 2008Circadian Clock May Be Critical For Remembering What You Learn, Researchers Say:
The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, according to Stanford researchers. Working with Siberian hamsters, biologist Norman Ruby has shown that having a functioning circadian system is critical to the hamsters' ability to remember what they have learned. Without it, he said, "They can't remember anything."
Time Of Day Influences Yield For Pharmacologically…
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The registration is almost full!
And the Program is shaping up quite nicely. Check out these sessions today:
How to become a (paid) science journalist: advice for bloggers
Gene Wiki and BioGPS: Web Tools for Annotation and Understanding of Gene Function
Gender in science -- online and offline
Rhetoric of science: print vs. web
Open Notebook Science - how to do it right (if you should do it at all)
Online science for the kids (and parents)
Blogging adventure: how to post from strange locations
clock | October 9, 2008Go say Hello to the newest SciBling - John Wilbanks (who is also the Vice President of Science Commons), you can see his former blog here.
clock | October 9, 2008My DonorsChoose board includes challenges like this one, for example: Life Cycles Explosion!:
Hello! I am a first grade teacher at a primary school in North Carolina. The young students here are always most eager to learn through hands-on, live experiences. It is my goal through this project to not only TALK to my students about the miracle of life cycles but to SHOW them the amazing transformations with their very own eyes.
Throughout the school year, the students will read about the life cycles of butterflies, ladybugs, frogs and plants in small groups with sets of life cycle science…
clock | October 8, 2008The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.
- Booth Tarkington, 1869 - 1946
clock | October 8, 2008
Since I last posted the list of SciBlings registered for the conference, it got bigger.
Dave and Greta Munger have signed up.
PZ Myers has registered.
Chris Rowan says he's coming.
The newest SciBling John Wilbanks has registered.
Brian Switek will be there.
Grrrrl will be there.
Both SciCurious and Evil Monkey as well.
And Greg Laden.
And Janet, of course.
And Zuska and Tara.
James for sure.
And yes, Abel and Sheril and Dr.Pal.
Both Sciencewoman and Alice said they're coming.
Mo will do his best to come across the pond.
[insert update:] And just under the wire, Blake Stacey just registered…
clock | October 8, 2008There are 8 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. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Hemispheric Specialization in Dogs for Processing Different Acoustic Stimuli:
Considerable experimental evidence shows that functional cerebral asymmetries are widespread in animals. Activity of the right cerebral hemisphere has been associated with responses to novel stimuli and the expression of intense emotions, such as aggression, escape behaviour and…
clock | October 8, 2008Atomic-resolution Views Suggest Function Of Enzyme That Regulates Light-detecting Signals In Eye:
An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated. The enzyme, phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6), is central to the way light entering the retina is converted into a cascade of signals to the brain.
Green Fluorescent Protein Pioneers Share 2008 Nobel Prize In Chemistry:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly to Osamu…
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Social Networking in Plain English
Related:
Wiki for beginners
Blogs for Beginners
clock | October 8, 2008From here (click if you need help identifying the gaming systems - or candidates for that matter):
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If you check out the Program, you'll see that I have started making pages for individual sessions - just click on "Go here to discuss" next to each session. Over the next few days I will do this for all the sessions and the session leaders will use those pages in whichever ways they want. For now, I have made pages for these sessions - check them out:
Science Fiction on Science Blogs?
Science blogging without the blog?
Science online - middle/high school perspective (or: 'how the Facebook generation does it'?)
Transitions - changing your online persona as your real life changes
Semantic…
clock | October 8, 2008Four Stone Hearth #51 is up at Clashing Culture
192nd Carnival of Education is up on Detention Slip
The new edition of the Carnival of the Liberals is up on Clashing Culture
clock | October 8, 2008My DonorsChoose board includes challenges like this one, for example: Animal Life Cycles Up-Close:
Change you can believe in! That seems to be the motto these days. I want to teach my 2nd grade students about real change... animal life cycles.
My goal is to provide students with hands-on opportunities for observation and discovery. Students will compare and contrast various life cycles, recording changes in their learning logs.
I teach at a magnet school which has a strong Spanish emphasis. Our 2nd grade team shares most science materials so over 100 students will benefit from your…
clock | October 8, 2008From SCONC:
Tuesday, Oct. 14
7 p.m.
Science Cafe Durham (aka Periodic Tables): The Invisibility Cloak
Steve Cummer of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering discusses acoustic materials that might hide a submarine or improve an auditorium's performance. Broad Street Café, 1116 Broad Street, Durham. www.ncmls.org/periodictables
clock | October 7, 2008Time is a fixed income and, as with any income, the real problem facing most of us is how to live successfully within our daily allotment.
- Margaret B. Johnstone
clock | October 7, 2008Perhaps you are still waiting on contributing to my projects, but these projects of my SciBlings cannot wait much longer!
clock | October 7, 2008The 24th edition of the Boneyard is up on The Other 95%
The 145th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Corn and Oil
clock | October 7, 2008This insect has been sitting on my window, completely motionless, all day. It is about 2in long in the body, probably around 5-6in if one includes the stretched legs. What is this? Does it sting or can I handle it safely, put it on a sheet of white paper to take a better picture?