clock | March 29, 2007Skeptics' Circle #57 (The Zebra Spilled its Plastinia on Bemis!) is up on Aardvarchaeology
clock | March 29, 2007On The Scientist website you can find their new experimental feature - an article with questions to the public that will be used in forming the articles for the print version of the magazine next month. Go see Special Feature: Stem cell cloning needs you: In a unique experiment we're inviting you to participate in a discussion that will help shape our next feature on stem cell research and post comments:
We're inviting people to give us their thoughts and questions on whether we need to rethink the scientific and ethical approach to stem cell cloning to help shape a feature that we'll be…
clock | March 29, 2007Ewwwww! UCLA Anthropologist Studies Evolution's Disgusting Side:
Behind every wave of disgust that comes your way may be a biological imperative much greater than the urge to lose your lunch, according to a growing body of research by a UCLA anthropologist.
The Delayed Rise Of Present-day Mammals:
It took 10 to 15 million years after the dinosaurs were wiped out before modern mammals - including our ancient human ancestors - were able to diversify and rise to their present-day prominence across the globe, a landmark new study has found. The surprise finding overturns the widely held belief…
clock | March 28, 2007If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
- Wystan Hugh Auden
clock | March 28, 2007Times are changing and the variety is endless. See what Anton and Erin, The Woomers and Jenny F. Scientist ended up doing and why.
Then, read the posts and comment threads by Amanda and on Chaos Theory.
clock | March 28, 2007And in the marketplace. Jean-Claude Bradley was one of the people interviewed for a segment on Open Science on NPR's Marketplace this morning. You can read the transcript and hear the podcast here. Thanks Anton for the heads-up.
clock | March 28, 2007Carnival of Homeschooling #65 is dedicated to Charles Darwin and Evolution, up on Alasandra.
112th Carnival of Education is up on Education Wonks.
clock | March 28, 2007Migratory Birds: Innocent Scapegoats For The Dispersal Of The H5N1 Virus:
A review to be published shortly in the British Ornithologists' Union's journal, Ibis, critically examines the arguments concerning the role of migratory birds in the global dispersal of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1. Ecologists of the Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat and of the GEMI-CNRS in the Camargue (France), Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Camille Lebarbenchon and Frédéric Thomas conclude that human commercial activities, particularly those associated with poultry, are the major factors that have…
clock | March 27, 2007Long time ago, I mentioned here something about the Belgrade Zoo. The power of Google brought a Belgrader, Sonja, to my blog, who alerted me to the dire conditions in which the Zoo is right now and the existence of her website (made by her and her students) called Zoo SOS whose goal is to force the City government of Belgrade to move the Zoo from its present location to a better place outside town (not having to deal with the Animal Rights terrorists there, they must have placed a link to PETA by mistake - they do not know the distinction between Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Update:…
clock | March 27, 2007Chimpanzee Facial Expressions Are Helping Researchers Understand Human Communication:
Behavioral researchers led by Lisa Parr, PhD, director of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center Cognitive Testing Facility and Chimpanzee Core, have found understanding chimpanzee facial expressions requires more attention to detail than researchers initially thought. Correctly interpreting the subtleties within chimpanzees' facial expressions may be key to understanding the evolution of human emotional communication.
Ladybugs May Be Cute, But Watch Out When They Get Near Wine:
Ladybugs may look pretty…
clock | March 26, 2007Pediatric Grand Rounds: Vol 1 Issue 25 is up on Musings of a Distractible Mind. The theme is Tom and Jerry.
clock | March 26, 2007This is, after all, A Blog Around The Clock, so, I guess I should be a strong and vocal proponent of the Clock Theory aka Specified clockplexity. After all, nobody's ever seen a clock move! So, I should start fighting against vile, rabid, Atheistic Blindtimekeepingism:
Atheists often level a strawman at Intelligent Timekeepingist (hereafter referred to as IT) views. They force you to stare at a clock for 5 minutes or so and claim vindication when the big hand of the clock moves. But DTists all agree that the big hand moves! This is simply microtimekeeping, and it does not go against ITist…
clock | March 26, 2007First three months of the year are almost over and... we have only 14 entries so far for the next Science Blogging Anthology!
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