clock | April 3, 2007The April issue of The Scientist contains a good article on science blogging, titled Scooped by a Blog by David Secko (Vol. 21, Issue 4, page 21) focusing on publishing data on blogs, running an Open Notebook lab online, and the way blogs are affecting the evolution of science publishing.
The main story of the article is the story about the way Reed Cartwright's quick comment on a paper led to his co-autorship on the subsequent paper on the topic. But you can read all about it on his blog, including the article excerpt on the story.
Others interviewed for the story are Larry Moran and…
clock | April 3, 2007See, how retouching history works. Retouching, as in 'photoshopping' a photo of a soldiers in Union uniforms into Confederate uniforms, then using the photo as a propaganda material.
Hat-tip: Sally Greene
clock | April 3, 2007The Eyes Have It! How Box Jellyfish Avoid Banging Into Things:
Box jellyfish are much more active swimmers than other jellyfish -- they exhibit strong directional swimming, are able to perform rapid 180 degree turns, and can deftly move in between objects. So how do they manage to manoeuvre the obstacle course that is in the sea bed?
Bats Get The Munchies Too!:
Many of us will be familiar with cravings for sweet food, after having overindulged in alcohol the night before. It appears that Egyptian fruit bats also crave particular types of sugar to reduce the effects of ethanol toxicity.…
clock | April 2, 2007Spring is here once again, the time when flowers begin to bud, birds sing sweetly and primal urges send men and women searching for that elusive joy in life - tax deductions.
- Matt Wixon
clock | April 2, 2007OK, admit, how many of you really got suckered? (in reference to yesterday)
Quite a lesson in credulity and perception for many...(yup, I was in on the joke from the very beginning/planning/execution stages)
clock | April 2, 2007The Tar Heel Tavern #110 (Fun And Games edition) is up on Scrutiny Hooligans. We need hosts so e-mail me if you want to do it next weekend, or the one after, or the one after that....
clock | April 2, 2007One of my most favouritest blogs has moved from here to the pretty new digs here. And the name has changed to Shakesville to better reflect the fact that it is now a hustling, bustling group blog, not just Melissa's. So, fix your blogrolls and feeds today.
clock | April 2, 2007Carnival of the Godless: You're Going to Hell Edition is up on Abstract Nonsense. This, if nothing changes (and these things often do) is supposed to be the very last post by Alon on his blog. Why do the best quit first?
clock | April 2, 2007
One of the big questions in circadian research is how does the transcription/translation feedback loop manage to get stretched to such a long time-frame: 24 hours. If one took into account the normal dynamics of transcription and translation, the cycle would last a couple of hours at best. The usual answer is that, probably, interactions with a variety of other cellular components slows down the cycle. And this may be correct in Eukaryotes, but a paper came out a couple of years ago showing that placing three cyanobacterial clock genes and some ATP into a test-tube results in a 24-hour…
clock | April 1, 2007The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
- Leontyne Price
clock | April 1, 2007What? All the media report that Hillary Clinton raised a record amount and is clearly in the lead? Oh, who ever said that journalists know how to calculate? You know, math is hard. But let me explain. Point by point.
This, the first quarter, is absolutely the most important because it is the ONLY one that gets reported by the media. All the money that comes in later is important for the functioning of the campaign, but if the 1st quarter brings in a lot of media attention that emboldens more donors to give more money - it is a feed-forward system. Those who underperform in the 1st…
clock | March 31, 2007I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
- Ernest Hemingway