clock | August 13, 2008Do you think we can smuggle Juno into the movie theater to watch this with us:
clock | August 13, 2008Dog to Sport New High-Tech Leg:
A German shepherd mix named Cassidy now has a chance to walk on all fours again, thanks to a surgical procedure conducted at NC State that has implications for the future of human prosthetics.
During a four-hour procedure last Thursday at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, associate professor of orthopedics, inserted a titanium implant into the bone of Cassidy's missing right hind leg. In three months, after the implant has time to fuse with the bone, Cassidy's missing leg will be fitted with an osseointegrated prosthetic limb.…
clock | August 13, 2008More pictures, just a few. Some left out to protect anonymity, but mostly - I did not take that many as I was too busy tasting, and tasting again, and then again, some EXCELLENT wine:
clock | August 13, 2008I listened with interest to the NPR story about science-related positions of Obama and McCain. Listen to the podcast at that link as the text differs.
Now, you can search scienceblogs, or just all blogs, or for instance, DailyKos diaries and learn about details of the two candidates' stands on science, and will then see how wonderfully deceptive was the McCain representative on this show. But he betrayed himself by using one particular word:
Holtz-Eakin says McCain's time in the Senate has made him comfortable with scientists who may have politically unwelcome views. "He [McCain] has always…
clock | August 13, 2008I got some old, old pictures of me, in the animal room at NCSU, holding one male and one female Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica):
clock | August 13, 2008La Blog Atorios is a new Brazilian science blog network (somewhat modeled after Seed scienceblogs.com):
Lablogatorios will start with 15 blogs (some more to come) with topics that range from Earth Sciences to Psychology. Our aim is to use blogs to boost scientific communication with the public in the portuguese language.
So, if you read Portuguese, go over there and start reading and commenting!
clock | August 13, 2008Birds Move Farther North; Climate Change Link Considered:
A study by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has documented, for the first time in the northeastern United States, that a variety of bird species are extending their breeding ranges to the north, a pattern that adds to concerns about climate change. Focusing on 83 species of birds that have traditionally bred in New York state, the researchers compared data collected in the early 1980s with information gathered between 2000 and 2005. They discovered that many species had extended their range…
clock | August 13, 2008Carnival of the Liberals #71 - Talking Points Edition - is up on Submitted to a Candid World
Carnival of Education #184 is up on Joanne Jacobs
And don't forget to submit your entries for the upcoming editions of Praxis and The Giant's Shoulders.
clock | August 13, 2008Pushing Boundaries in Information Visualization: Using Virtual, Immersive and Interactive Technologies in Research & Practice
Saturday, September 13, 2008
9am - 4:30pm
This workshop will showcase some of the innovative uses of technology in terms of virtual and immersive environments for interacting with information. The day's events will generate attendee discussion around the use, integration and evaluation of such tools (how do we evaluate the use of these technologies? how can research improve practice? how can practice inform research, etc.).
The program will feature a colorful mix…
clock | August 13, 2008Robert Bruce Thompson is the author of Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments, a book I have and like, but cannot really use as it is hard to get the chemicals. Thompson now writes a guest popst on MAKE blog: Home science under attack
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports that Victor Deeb, a retired chemist who lives in Marlboro, has finally been allowed to return to his Fremont Street home, after Massachusetts authorities spent three days ransacking his basement lab and making off with its contents.
Deeb is not accused of making methamphetamine or other illegal drugs. He's…
clock | August 12, 2008Right Whale Bay of Fundy Blog
Things Younger Than John McCain
Essays by Danielle Fong
Existence is Wonderful
clock | August 12, 2008Again, in a dark room, my camera used long exposures and thus many pictures are fuzzy. But you can see that we had lots and lots of readers come to see us, together with the NYC Skeptics:
clock | August 12, 2008There are 57 new articles in PLoS ONE this week. 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:
How Do Humans Control Physiological Strain during Strenuous Endurance Exercise?:
Distance running performance is a viable model of human locomotion. To evaluate the physiologic strain during competitions ranging from 5-100 km, we evaluated heart rate (HR) records of competitive runners (n = 211). We found evidence that: 1) physiologic strain (% of…
clock | August 12, 2008Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution:
Scientists from The Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton and the University of California discovered that the underlying process in tumor formation is the same as for life itself--evolution. After analyzing a half million gene mutations, the researchers found that although different gene mutations control different cancer pathways, each pathway was controlled by only one set of gene mutations.
New Report Details Historic Mass Extinction Of Amphibians; Humans Worsen Spread Of Deadly Emerging Infectious Disease:…
clock | August 12, 2008The Boneyard #22 is up on Laelaps
The Hourglass #2 is up on Ouroboros
The 30th edition of Medicine 2.0 carnival is up on SharpBrains
Grand Rounds, Vol 4, # 47 are up on Medical Humanities Blog
The 137th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Sprittibee
And don't forget to submit your entries for the upcoming editions of Praxis and The Giant's Shoulders.
clock | August 12, 2008The new blog carnival, covering the way science is changing (or not changing enough) in the 21st century - Praxis, is about to start. The call for submissions is now open - send them to me at Coturnix AT gmail dot com by August 14th at midnight Eastern so I can post the carnival on the 15th in the morning.
The business of science - from getting into grad school, succeeding in it, getting a postdoc, getting a job, getting funded, getting published, getting tenure and surviving it all with some semblance of sanity - those are kinds of topics that are appropriate for this carnival, more in…
clock | August 12, 2008A few more pictures. The room was dark so my camera used long exposure times, so some of the pics are fuzzy, but hey, I am an amateur: