clock | October 2, 2008
ConvergeSouth - October 16 - 17, 2008 and BlogHer October 18, 2008.
It's the weekend to be in Greensboro!
ConvergeSouth has big updates. See the updated conference schedule here: http://2008.convergesouth.com/schedule/
Read more about the video/photo walking tour here and be sure to sign up (seats are going fast): http://2008.convergesouth.com/schedule/videobustour.php
Be sure to register for ConvergeSouth here: http://2008.convergesouth.com/register/index.php
The ConvergeSouth blog will be seeing more action soon. Be sure you have the blog feed in your RSS reader: http://2008.convergesouth.…
clock | October 2, 2008HIV/AIDS Pandemic Began Around 1900, Earlier Than Previously Thought; Urbanization In Africa Marked Outbreak:
New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, suggesting that growing urbanization in colonial Africa set the stage for the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Specific Gene Found In Adolescent Men With Delinquent Peers:
Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers, according to a…
clock | October 2, 2008I and the Bird #85 is up on 10000birds
The 144th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Simple Pleasures
clock | October 1, 2008If while you are in school, there is a shortage of qualified personnel in a particular field, then by the time you graduate with the necessary qualifications, that field's employment market is glutted.
- Marguerite Emmons
clock | October 1, 2008You may have noticed, all around Scienceblogs.com, that we have started our traditional annual fundraiser - helping fund science and math projects in schools around the country, mainly focusing on schools in low-income areas where most of the students get free lunches and there is not much support for "extras" which should be normal part of every school - the basic supplies for math and science instruction.
I am right now having a technical problem with my side-bar widget, which I will install as soon as I can. But in the meantime, check out the Scienceblogs.com leaderboard, and pick some of…
clock | October 1, 2008The monthly ritual - the choiciest posts (out of a total of 325) of September:
Obama answers science questions
Compare and Contrast, Part 6
Advice To Young Bloggers
Are they cheap, broke, or understaffed?
Circadian Biology in PLoS ONE
Bats, Bats, Bats!
What kinds of posts bring traffic?
ScienceOnline'09 - Registration is Open!
Spaceship toilet - how does it work?
ACTION: let's kill this anti-OA bill before it's even born!
Bloggers at the Zoo!
A non-biological biological clock
Help Biology teachers use blogs in the classroom
'Advancing Science Through Conversations' article - summary of the…
clock | October 1, 2008
We now have 120 people registered for the conference - check them out. Then register.
And, we placed the first, tentative rough draft of the schedule on the Program page - go take a look.
Only 4-5 of the sessions are completely set in stone right now. For the others, names of session leaders may still change, some sessions may be replaced by others, etc. We are still working on it, talking with lots of potential session leaders.
The titles and descriptions are also provisional - as the session leaders think about it and start preparing, they will make the necessary changes.
Once more of…
clock | October 1, 2008The Book Club blog is active again - discussing Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure by Paul Offit, who wrote the first post. Join in the discussion!
clock | October 1, 2008On Friday 10/3 from 10 - 11:30am:
SILS Academic Productivity Seminar:
Are you struggling with information overload, focus and concentration, or the quiet chaos of an unstructured, unscheduled "job" (despite all that ILS training)? We feel your pain. Join us to share your ideas and learn from others. We'll discuss productivity methods and systems, tech tips, the latest tools... and just vent.
Sessions include:
# 10:10 - 10:20 - Inbox Zero - Erin White
# 10:20 - 10:30 - Your Computer's Desktop is Not a To-Do List - Mike Brown
# 10:30 - 10:40 - Literature alerts and push-button citations - Fred…
clock | October 1, 2008Another five clips from the Millionth Comment party at the NC Zoo in Asheboro:
clock | October 1, 2008Chapel Hill, NC - September 24, 2008 - Mac McCorkle, Political Consultant for Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue and 2008 Democratic Nominee for Governor, will be speaking on behalf of the Lt. Governor on October 6, 2008 at Town Hall Grill in Chapel Hill as part of the Village Voice political forum.
Town Hall Grill, located in Southern Village in Chapel Hill, N.C., launched the bipartisan community issues forum, "The Village Voice," in June and has featured political candidates William (BJ) Lawson, Republican candidate for U.S. House District 4 and Ellie Kinnaird, six-term NC State Senator,…
clock | October 1, 2008We are busy preparing for The Open Laboratory 2008. The submissions have been trickling in all year, and a little bit more frequently recently, but it is time now to dig through your Archives for your best posts since December 20th 2007 and submit them. Submit one, or two, or several - no problem. Or ask your readers to submit for you.
Then take a look at your favourite bloggers and pick some of their best posts - don't worry, we can deal with duplicate entries. Do not forget new and up-coming blogs - they may not know about the anthology - and submit their stuff as well.
As we did last…
clock | October 1, 2008Tangled Bank #115 is up on Evolved and Rational
The Carnival of Evolution #3 is up on Greg Laden's blog
Carnival of Education #191 is up on Open Court Resources.com Blog
clock | October 1, 2008Urban Black Bears 'Live Fast, Die Young':
Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Tiny Organisms Feast On Oil Thousands Of Feet Below Bottom Of Sea:
Thousands of feet below the bottom of the sea, off the shores of Santa Barbara, single-celled organisms are busy feasting on oil.
Mass Extinctions And The Evolution Of Dinosaurs:
Dinosaurs survived two mass extinctions and 50 million years before taking over the world and dominating ecosystems,…
clock | September 30, 2008Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
- Henry Ford
clock | September 30, 2008There are 13 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:
Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of the Amazonian Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao L):
Numerous collecting expeditions of Theobroma cacao L. germplasm have been undertaken in Latin-America. However, most of this germplasm has not contributed to cacao improvement because its relationship to cultivated selections was poorly understood.…
clock | September 30, 2008If you came to either the first or the second Science Blogging Conference (or both) you may remember that, among other goodies in your swag bag, you also got a copy or two of Inside Duke Medicine, the employee publication for the Duke University Health System.
And, you may remember it looked kind of....soooo last century ;-)
Furthermore, it had its publishing model backwards - it was Print-to-Web, i.e., the well-crafted articles were first printed in hardcopy and then posted online almost as an after-thought.
Well, that model does not work, so Duke got smart and hired a visionary - Anton…