clock | January 7, 2008Does Biology Matter When Predicting How Animals Will Respond To Climate Change?:
Most predictions of how animals will move in changing climates rely on statistically relating an animal's current location to environmental conditions. This approach ignores potentially important aspects of an animal's biology including size, physiology, and behavior.
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Evolution Of Male-female Differences Within A Shared Genome:
One of the major components of the world's biological diversity are the differences between males and females in traits related to mating, including weapons used when competing for…
clock | January 7, 2008From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes:
A research article by Kay-Tee Khaw and colleagues in this issue of PLoS Medicine [1] quantifies the benefits of adopting not just one but four healthy forms of behavior. Compared with people who do not engage in any of these behaviors, people in this United Kingdom study who drank in moderation, did not smoke, took exercise, and ate an adequate amount of fruit and vegetables were calculated to live an additional 14 years. Clearly, these striking findings are of relevance, not only for health researchers and public policy…
clock | January 7, 2008Sorry to keep you all waiting so long, as there was other work to do, but here is the method for producing the most authentic sarma. As some steps may be too difficult, I will be adding tips and tricks along the way on how to do it with materials at hand - it will still be good, but you cannot call it "authentic" any more.**
Part A - Making Sauerkraut
The key to good sarma is good Sauerkraut, i.e., the sour cabbage leaves that you will do the wrapping with. And the most important piece of the puzzle for this is:
The StoneTM
Heavy, compact, dense, smooth block of rock.*** Taking one from…
clock | January 7, 2008There are 14 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 220 registered participants and the registration is now closed.
The anthology should be published in time for the event. Between now and the conference, I am highlighting some of the people who will be there, for you to meet in person if you register in time.
Lisa Warner, Bill English, Aaron Lerner and Jonathan Tarr are coming from the Duke University campus.
If you are registered, you will get to meet them in person very soon.
Now is the good time to:
Find and exchange information about hotels, rides, etc. Do you want to…
clock | January 6, 2008Poslednja igra leptira - Decko hajde oladi
It is always difficult to watch this spot as Nesa, the male singer of the band, died of cancer just a couple of years (in 1990) after this was filmed. She, on the other hand, went on to join the much better established band Silver Wings (Srebrna Krila) with whom she went to the Eurovision contest and came in 6th out of 20 contestants. There were some rumors on the net that she has also died, but apparently, she is just fine, living in Germany.
You can see the same song in different setting here.
clock | January 6, 2008Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
- Learned Hand
clock | January 6, 2008I watched the first couple of Dems debates, then skipped most of them - too busy with work and stuff - then tuned in last night for the ABC/Facebook double-feature. Brief thoughts:
The GOP debate was surreal. A bunch of Grumpy Old White Men spewing nonsense and nobody called them on it (the same conversation could easily have occurred at a neighborhood bar or at a strip-club and would not seem out of place). McCain and Thompson looked like the two old geezers sitting on the balcony on the Muppet Show set, and were just as coherent.
Romney was like a deer in the headlights, insulted that…
clock | January 6, 2008If you are a doctor, or a post doctoral researcher in a relevant area, and you want to spend 6 months to a year working at a medical journal, this is a great opportunity for you - PLoS Medicine is looking for an intern:
PLoS Medicine, the flagship medical journal of the Public Library of Science, is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its first editorial intern.
We are looking for someone with a keen interest in medical publishing and open access who wants to join the PLoS Medicine editorial team.
You'll need to be a medical graduate with a minimum of 3-4 years post…
clock | January 6, 2008Some top medical bloggers got together and started a new group blog Science Based Medicine:
Science-Based Medicine is a new daily science blog dedicated to promoting the highest standards and traditions of science in medicine and health care. The mission of this blog is to scientifically examine medical and health topics of interest to the public. This includes reviewing newly published studies, examining dubious products and claims, providing much needed scientific balance to the often credulous health reporting, and exploring issues related to the regulation of scientific quality in…
clock | January 6, 2008There are 15 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 220 registered participants and the registration is now closed.
The anthology should be published in time for the event. Between now and the conference, I am highlighting some of the people who will be there, for you to meet in person if you register in time.
Kelly Chi, Lisa Leighty and Prashant Nair are students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
If you are registered, you will get to meet them in person very soon.
Now is the good time to:
Find and exchange information about hotels, rides, etc. Do you want…
clock | January 5, 2008The first Eurovision contest that I remember, back in 1974:
Iznenada kobne noci te, 42, godine
Cinilo se kao da ce sneg
A stigao je rat
I vojnik neki tudj i strah
Mene majka moja rodi da sanjam o slobodi
U prvoj noci da cujem zveket
Da placem sa rukom na usnama
Moja generacija iz 42-ge
Dobro je progurala, burne dane te
Moja generacija iz 42-ge
U to je vreme spavala i ceznula za mlekom
Sad je vreme sasvim drugo i put svoj svako ima
Što god smo dalje sve više hocu
Da znam gde zivi, gde pije, peva, gde je sad?
Moja generacija iz 42-ge
Sva se vec pozenila i cuva slatku decu
Moja generacija iz…
clock | January 5, 2008He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune.
- English proverb
clock | January 5, 2008Wayne Sutton (of 'Local Conversations') posted a great interview on the evolution of blogging with Anton Zuiker:
Local Conversation interviews Anton Zuiker from waynesutton12 on Vimeo.
clock | January 5, 2008When I put up a bunch of good election-related links about Iowa caucuses and the impending New Hampshire primaries last night, I have no idea how I missed this fantastic post by Lambert that everyone is apparently talking about. Right on. Much more elaborate and detailed and well-documented than this (a year ago), and more up-to-date than this (right after the 2004 election), but essentially the same argument and it is correct.
Obamamania reminds me of Deanomania from four years ago - what is important to the young-uns is the excitement of being a part of the revolution, not the…
clock | January 5, 2008There are 16 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 220 registered participants and the registration is now closed.
The anthology should be published in time for the event. Between now and the conference, I am highlighting some of the people who will be there, for you to meet in person if you register in time.
William R. Klemm is a semi-retired Professor of Neuroscience at Texas A&M University and he blogs at Improve Your Memory. Yes, You Really Can!
Michael Helms works for Martin Marietta Materials and blogs at Absent.Canadian.
If you are registered, you will get to…
clock | January 4, 2008Ja svoje loše dane volim gristi sam
Piti i lutati po krèmama
Al' èesto stignem samo do njenog pogleda.
Ena je divna žena, Ena dobro zna
Da takvi dani svrše s gužvama
Zato me zove sebi da bi mi pomogla.
Ja Ena nisam tvoj sin, zapamti to
To možeš raditi s njim
Za mene je veæ kasno.
Znam da bi Ena htjela da sam stalno njen
Valjda jer tako èesto nestanem
Ona me uvijek ima u svojim mislima.
A kad joj želim reæi da je bolji kraj
Od naših bjegova i zasjeda
Ena me samo gleda i kaže: da, da, da.
I ne idi bez kaputa
Pogledaj, sve je bijelo, zima je.
Ja Ena nisam tvoj sin, zapamti to
To…
clock | January 4, 2008I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him?
- Ronald Wilson Reagan
[Please don't forward this to W!]
clock | January 4, 2008Just to add some more to yesterday's numbers and links on the Iowa caucuses, which just shows that if you get all your news from the MSM, especially the TV, you are not just woefully uninformed, but criminally misinformed. Take your time this weekend to read up on these:
Sara Robinson: 2008: A Year In Limbo
2008, Part II: Hold On Tight To Your Dream
2008, Part III: Where There Is No Vision, the People Perish
2008, Part IV: On Denial, Collapse, and the Laws of Physics
Kevin Drum: CAJOLERY....
Glenn Greenwald: Worthless chatter
Media hostility toward anti-establishment candidates
Hillary and…
clock | January 4, 2008Friday Ark #172 is up on The Modulator.
January edition of Scientiae is up on Jokerine's.