clock | July 29, 2008There are 62 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:
Diurnal and Circadian Rhythms in the Tomato Transcriptome and Their Modulation by Cryptochrome Photoreceptors:
Circadian clocks are internal molecular time-keeping mechanisms that provide living organisms with the ability to adjust their growth and physiology and to anticipate diurnal environmental changes. Circadian clocks, without exception, respond…
clock | July 29, 2008Grand Rounds Vol 4. No. 45 are up on Edwin Leap
The 135th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Consent Of The Governed
clock | July 29, 2008Piecing Together An Extinct Lemur, Large As A Big Baboon:
Penn State researchers have used computed tomography (CT) technology to virtually glue newly-discovered skull fragments of a rare extinct lemur back into its partial skull, which was discovered over a century ago. Alan Walker, Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Penn State, and Research Associate in Anthropology Timothy Ryan, led the research. The different fragments of this lemur's skull are separated by thousands of miles, with the partial skull in Vienna and the pieces of frontal bone in the United States.
Insect…
clock | July 29, 2008The Genomic Standards Consortium
Mad Scientist, Jr.
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess....
3D Science News
Ceptional
Dr. Derya Unutmaz
clock | July 29, 2008We knew the web was big...
The Blogosphere Needs to Mature - But How?
Tracking Facebook's 2008 International Growth By Country
The Web's Dirty Little Secret
The Future of the Desktop
clock | July 29, 2008Progressive Blogosphere 2.0 - Why Social Justice Matters - Preview of Coming Attractions
Whither Progressive Blogosphere 2.0?
Becoming blog ecologists: PB2.0, consilience, and the Third Culture
clock | July 29, 2008The Flaws and Strengths of Citizen Journalism (video):
Citizen journalism is always a topic that sparks discussion and Interest, at least amongst the New Media set.
clock | July 29, 2008There was a glowing review of Andrew Keen's book in 'Vreme' (Serbian equivalent of TIME magazine) a couple of weeks ago and a friend of mine asked me if it was worth translating into Serbian language. I told him it was the worst book on the topic ever and sent him this link to explore (links within links within links, in an infinite journey through the blogosphere).
So, he asked me - which book on blogging, New Media and the struggles of the Old Media would be the best to translate. So, which one?
clock | July 29, 2008Kevin Zelnio published an article in Seed Magazine, which was placed online yesterday - On the allure of the ocean's novelty:
That is what the deep sea is like. Almost every collection brings up something that I have never seen; that few, if any, have ever found. It is an immense task, in an immense place, cataloging life in the planet's largest ecosystem and trying to understand what drives its diversity. But its constant novelty and rewards keep me sorting through the muck even as my vision starts to blur with sweat and tears and my nostrils burn from the stench that hangs in the salt-…
clock | July 29, 2008Science Communicators of North Carolina:
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Engineers Day at the Museum of Life + Science
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clock | July 28, 2008Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
- George Bernard Shaw
clock | July 28, 2008Mike made me do it:
My Liberal Identity:
You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what's known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-based thought reign supreme.
Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com
clock | July 28, 2008For August, the theme is Natural and Synthetic Vision: Neuronal Mechanisms for Vision, Network Properties and Modeling, and Visual Psychophysics and Perception.
clock | July 28, 2008What's new in PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine this week? Among else:
Oscillating Per-Cision:
The field of behavioral genetics began nearly four decades ago, when Seymour Benzer's laboratory set out to identify circadian rhythm mutants in Drosophila melanogaster. The first of these was called period, and both short and long period alleles were found [1]. It was not until some years later that the mutant gene was identified and exploration of the molecular basis of the circadian clock began in earnest [2,3]. Over the years, forward screens in Drosophila have led to identification of a number of…
clock | July 28, 2008Birdsong Not Just For The Birds: Bio-acoustic Method Also Hears Nature's Cry For Help:
Switch on the mike, start the recording, the stage is set for the local fauna!
Explosion In Marine Biodiversity Explained By Climate Change:
A global change in climate could explain the explosion in marine biodiversity that took place 460 million years ago. Researchers from Lyon (1) and Canberra (Australia) (2) have found evidence of a progressive ocean cooling of about 15°C over a period of 40 million years during the Ordovician (3). Until now, this geologic period had been associated with a "super…
clock | July 28, 2008Food-shaped USB flash drives. Pizza for me.... [Via]
Under The Effluence. Human sewage used for cereals?!
Great Opening Sentences From Science Fiction. Any other suggestions?
Another surgical liveblogging experience: Which Is the Safe Side?
clock | July 28, 2008Carnival of the Green #138 is up on Allie's Green Answers
Carnival of the Elitist Bastards #3 is up on Pharyngula
Gene Genie #34 is up on ScienceRoll
Berry Go Round #7 is up here on A Blog Around The Clock