clock | June 3, 2007
Threats To Wild Tigers Growing:
The wild tiger now occupies a mere 7 percent of its historic range, and the area known to be inhabited by tigers has declined by 41 percent over the past decade, according to a recent article. Growing trade in folk medicines made from tiger parts and tiger skins, along with habitat loss and fragmentation, is believed to be the chief reason for the losses. The assessment, by Eric Dinerstein of the World Wildlife Fund and 15 coauthors, describes the wild tiger's population trajectory as "catastrophic" and urges international cooperation to ensure the animal's…
clock | June 3, 2007Remember to Blog For Sex Education. Put this logo on top of your post if you like. Then paste your permalink in the comments of this post and Renegade Evolution will put together a linkfest.
clock | June 3, 2007Wide Range Of Sleep-related Disorders Associated With Abnormal Sexual Behaviors, Experiences:
A paper published in the June 1st issue of the journal SLEEP is the first literature review and formal classification of a wide range of documented sleep-related disorders associated with abnormal sexual behaviors and experiences. These abnormal sexual behaviors, which emerge during sleep, are referred to as "sleepsex" or "sexsomnia".
See also this, this and this.
Why Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Are At Higher Risk For Cardiovascular Disease:
Researchers have found that patients with…
clock | June 3, 2007Two ancient posts of mine, Why Creationists Need To Be Creationists and Creationism Is Just One Symptom Of Conservative Pathology are getting heavy traffic right now from Stumbleupon and Reddit. I posted a comment there trying to get people to come and see the much more recent update: More than just Resistance to Science, from which I'd like to promote a recent comment by Tree:
Thank you for drawing attention to the importance of understanding Phatic Language. While I was raised in a very formal family and as a youngster had an intuitive grasp that the purpose of protocol and etiquette is…
clock | June 3, 2007Double-dose today:
Mendel's Garden #15 - Summer Reading Edition - is up on The Daily Transcript
Gene Genie #7 is up on Eye on DNA.
clock | June 2, 2007Our perception that we have "no time" is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture.
- Margaret Visser
clock | June 2, 2007The ScienceBlogs server is getting upgraded tonight, from 9pm EDT until midnight. During that time, there will be no new posts on SB, nor can you post comments, but you can certainly read my blog (time to browse my ample archives, perhaps) or the blogs of my SciBlings. We'll be back and twice as good after midnight. Hopefully the upgrade will mean less crashes at times when two or three SB blogs get simultaneously hit by avalanches of visits from Digg, Reddit, Fark, Stumbleupon, Slashdot, DailyKos etc.
clock | June 2, 2007International carnival of pozitivities #12 is up HIV HEALTH AND SUPPORT NETWORK COMMUNITTY NEWS
clock | June 2, 2007One of the very first bloggers I have ever read, and always one of the best, Steve Gilliard has died. He was exactly the same age as me. His powerful voice will be greatly missed. The last few months of the blog (as of the move to a new domain) appear not to be accessible, but you can check the years of archives of the old version of the News Blog.
clock | June 2, 2007In response to my previous post on the subject, I received a following e-mail (personal information omitted) from Colorado:
I'm active in opposing this for many reasons including the forced removal of American citizens from their homes and lands by the U.S. Military, the reality that the expansion serves the purpose of a multinational miltary-industrial complex, the use of the military as a tool of economic development for Colorado Springs, and the destruction of thousands of pre-historic and historic sites including world-class dinosaur digs and track ways.
Here are a couple of things that…
clock | June 2, 2007Evolution of direct development in echinoderms
It's been several years since I last heard Rudolf Raff talk about his work and apparently he's been busy in the meantime. The new stuff is exciting, and PZ knows how to explain it really well.
clock | June 2, 2007From John I learned that Serbia is becoming a birding hot-spot!
Two species of pelicans (Pelecanus crispus and Pelecanus onocrotalus), which used to nest in Serbia before but were driven out by draining of marshland for agriculture in the late 19th century, are back (not nesting yet, but some individuals are back) and you can see a picture of one of them here.
A journalist for 'Birdwatch' magazine went to the very first birding tour in Serbia back in 2004 and he wrote about his trip and his impressions.
This website provides a lot more information about birds and birding in Serbia. I wish…
clock | June 2, 2007
Want To Save Polar Bears? Follow The Ice:
In the wake of the U.S. government's watershed decision to propose listing the polar bear as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is launching a bold initiative to save the Earth's largest terrestrial predator, not by following the bears themselves, but the receding sea ice habitat that may drastically shrink as a result of global warming. In a project named "Warm Waters for Cool Bears," WCS will use both current and historical satellite imagery to predict where sea ice is likely to persist and where…
clock | June 1, 2007The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
- Margaret Gatty
clock | June 1, 2007I have posted pictures of my cats before, but I believe never on Fridays. I'll have to succumb to fashion today though, because I cannot wait any longer to show you the pics of the newest member of the family. Introducing (under the fold) - Orange Julius:
clock | June 1, 2007The Festival of the Trees #12 - Meditations - is up on Arboreality.
Friday Ark #141 is up on Modulator.
Scientiae #7 - How We Are Hungry - is up on FemaleCSGradStudent
clock | June 1, 2007Blind Dogs Can See After New Treatment For A Sudden Onset Blinding Disease:
If two dogs are any indication, Iowa State University veterinary researchers may have found a cure for a previously incurable disease that causes dogs to go blind suddenly.
Five New Species Of Sea Slugs Discovered In The Tropical Eastern Pacific:
The Tropical Eastern Pacific, a discrete biogeographic region that has an extremely high rate of endemism among its marine organisms, continues to yield a wealth of never-before-described marine animals to visiting scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in…
clock | May 31, 2007The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
- Paramahansa Yogananda