clock | March 2, 2010At North Carolina State University next week:
Seminar: Wednesday, March 10th, 4PM
Dr. Dan Ariely
James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University
Who Put the Monkey in the Driver's Seat?
Venue: Room 101 David Clark Laboratories
The NCSU, W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology is pleased to sponsor a seminar by a scholar in the field of Behavioral Economics who is also recognized for his ability to communicate the fascinating findings in this field to the public. When we make "decisions" we think that we are in control. Dan Ariely explains some of the hidden forces that…
clock | March 2, 2010Neurophilosophy
Code of Life
The Culture of Chemistry
Neurotopia
NeuroDojo
The Loom
Urban Science Adventures
Aardvarchaeology
Archy
The Flying Trilobite
Rigor Vitae
Bench TwentyOne
Page 3.14
The Scientific Activist
Science After Sunclipse
Mr Science Show
Byte Size Biology
Neurotopia
A Blog Around The Clock
clock | March 2, 2010Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years' interviews as well: 2008 and 2009.
Today, I asked Andrew Thaler from Southern Fried Science to answer a few questions.
Welcome to A Blog Around The Clock. Would you, please, tell my readers a little bit more about yourself? Where are you coming from (both geographically and philosophically)? What is…
clock | March 2, 2010Duke's Periodic Tables at the Broad Street Cafe
March 9, 2010 | 7:00 P.M.
Nanomaterials in Ecosystems: Should we worry?
Nanotechnology has the enormous potential to change our society. New advances in medicine, energy production, environmental cleanup and better access to clean water are just a few of the many possibilities. According to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, the number of products that use nanomaterials has increased almost 380% since 2006. But, is it the same special properties that make nanoscale materials so useful that also pose potential risks to humans…
clock | March 2, 2010Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging
Saturday, January 16 at 2 - 3:05pm
D. Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging - Tamara Krinsky and Jennifer Ouellette
Description: Over the past several years, the Internet has tangibly changed the way that movies and TV shows are produced and marketed. Blogs will call out ridiculous scientific errors found in stories and the critique can go viral very quickly; therefore, science advising is on the rise in an attempt to add some semblance of plausibility to your favorite flicks. As tools on the web continue to evolve, filmmakers and television…
clock | March 2, 2010Scientia Pro Publica #22 is up on Reciprocal Space
Carnival of Evolution #21: The Superstar Edition is up on Mauka to Makai
Festival of the Trees #45 is up on The Voltage Gate
Grand Rounds Volume 6 number 23 are up on Doctor Anonymous
clock | March 2, 2010Four of the seven PLoS journals post new articles on Monday nights - let's see what is exciting and bloggable today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India:
Snakes first appear in the fossil record towards…
clock | March 1, 2010The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that at time strangely wills and works for itself.
- Charlotte Bronte
clock | March 1, 2010At Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill this week:
SCIENCE & ETHICS: AIRPORT SECURITY
Thursday, March 4, 7 p.m.
Michael Zunk,
Federal Security Director, TSA, RDU International Airport
Come hear Mr. Zunk discuss scanning technologies while busting some popular myths on airport security screening.
Cookies and coffee served.
Morehead Banquet Hall, East Entrance, 2nd Floor. Chapel Hill, NC.
clock | March 1, 2010Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years' interviews as well: 2008 and 2009.
Today, I asked Andrea Novicki from the Duke CIT blog to answer a few questions.
Welcome to A Blog Around The Clock. Would you, please, tell my readers a little bit more about yourself? Where are you coming from (both geographically and philosophically)? What is your…
clock | March 1, 2010On Friday, I was on Skeptically Speaking radio show together with Reed Esau (who organized the Skepticamp) talking about ScienceOnline2010, what it takes to organize it, the Unconference format and why it is good, etc.
You can now listen to the recording of the show here.
clock | March 1, 2010Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging
Saturday, January 16 at 2 - 3:05pm
D. Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging - Tamara Krinsky and Jennifer Ouellette
Description: Over the past several years, the Internet has tangibly changed the way that movies and TV shows are produced and marketed. Blogs will call out ridiculous scientific errors found in stories and the critique can go viral very quickly; therefore, science advising is on the rise in an attempt to add some semblance of plausibility to your favorite flicks. As tools on the web continue to evolve, filmmakers and television…
clock | March 1, 2010I posted 126 times in February.
The Biggest Event of the month, of course, was the release of The Open Laboratory 2009, the fourth annual anthology of best writing on science blogs. And the first book review came out shortly after.
The Second Biggest Event of the month? It involves Science! I published a paper and blogged all about it - My latest scientific paper: Extended Laying Interval of Ultimate Eggs of the Eastern Bluebird.
Third Best Post of the month? I can't have a month pass by without writing something provocative - Why is 'scientists are bad communicators' trope wrong.
There was…
clock | March 1, 2010There are 22 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. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Sensitivity of the Goldfish Motion Detection System Revealed by Incoherent Random Dot Stimuli: Comparison of Behavioural and Neuronal Data:
Global motion detection is one of the most important abilities in…
clock | February 28, 2010Circus of the Spineless #48: Cabinet of Curiosity is up on Matthew Sarver: The Modern Naturalist
Diversity in Science Carnival #7: Black History Month - Broadening STEM Participation at every level - is up on Urban Science Adventures! ©
Carnival of the Green #215! is up on Project Earth
The 131st Skeptics' Circle is up on Providentia
Friday Ark #284 is up on Modulator
clock | February 28, 2010The fourth anthology barely managed to hit the virtual shelves when the very first book review was published. Of course, considering the speed, this was done by a blogger - Grant Jacobs from the 'Code for Life' blog on New Zealand sciblogs. Read his review here.
You liked what you just read? Buy the book!
And if that is not enough for you, check out the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions. Or buy a few now and save them for presents for next Christmas....
clock | February 28, 2010Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging
Saturday, January 16 at 2 - 3:05pm
D. Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging - Tamara Krinsky and Jennifer Ouellette
Description: Over the past several years, the Internet has tangibly changed the way that movies and TV shows are produced and marketed. Blogs will call out ridiculous scientific errors found in stories and the critique can go viral very quickly; therefore, science advising is on the rise in an attempt to add some semblance of plausibility to your favorite flicks. As tools on the web continue to evolve, filmmakers and television…
clock | February 27, 2010Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing warm and racy; its afterflavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as it I had been poisoned.
- Charlotte Bronte