clock | February 3, 2007Russ, correctly, points out that the new UN report on Climate Change says not a word about the impact global warming will have on ecosystems, plants and animals (including the human animal).
clock | February 3, 2007Global Warming threat may be even harsher than the latest UN report suggests, but the Wingnuts want to make sure we teach the kids quite the opposite. Yeesh!
clock | February 3, 2007A-ha! Finally! Now I understand the connection between Creationism and the overall anti-sex sentiment of the Fundamentalists!
New reseaarch shows that E.coli swim upstream due to the Design of their flagellum! And where do they swim from and swim to? Yes, you guessed it right! And you can also watch the movie.
clock | February 3, 2007Think again! Not just that we have already started planning for the NEXT year's Science Blogging Conference, but Anton is taking the lead in organizing another one this summer. And if all you liked at the SBC was dinner (and please do tell us if that was the case), you are definitely going to love this one: it is a Food Blogging Conference! Check the proposed program - eating, eating, eating (yes, and some tasty drinking as well) and liveblogging it all!
Update: There is more related news here.
clock | February 3, 2007...I am doing this, and probably enjoying it just as much as every time before...
clock | February 3, 2007Researchers On The Path To Building Bone:
UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) researchers have developed a method to increase bone density in mice, a development that might have future benefit for humans in the treatment of osteoporosis and bone fracture. The research, published in the Jan. 29 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involves manipulation of the Pten gene, which contributes to the process by which cells die, known as apoptosis.
Food-mood Connection: The Sad Are Twice As Likely To Eat Comfort Food:
People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy…
clock | February 2, 2007I was in the middle of writing a serious review of a paper meant for Friday Weird Sex Blogging, when reading this paralized me (hopefully only transiently and I will finish it by next week).
So, when in trouble, I can always go back to Physics Of Sex and see if Buzz has someting new up. And he does.
Is the Select Comfort air mattress good for sex? To answer that question, a good scientist performs an experiment.
The Brownian motion of bar-hopping is something you need to know about if you are single and on the dating scene (thank FSM I am not, and hopefully never will have to be again).
And…
clock | February 2, 2007A few weeks ago I mentioned (and kinda joked about it - see the accompanying images) a study about the adaptive function of the giraffe's neck. Now Darren Naish goes into more detail about the study and does it much more seriously than I did. And John Wilkins adds a historical context (to which I alluded in my older post).
clock | February 2, 2007Bio::Blogs #7, the carnival of bioinformatics and quantitative biology, is up on BioHacking
clock | February 2, 2007On Iran:
Ezra Klein gets the interview and comments on it. Breathe a deep sigh of relief.
The House:
Elizabeth explains and Jim Buie and Sam Spencer defend. Nature preserve and a Green House, not a McMansion.
Gay Marriage:
Better honest and open than wishy-washy, says the LGBT community.
clock | February 2, 2007John Wilkins is updating, daily, the list of blog posts on Basic Terms And Concepts in science and math from archaeology to physics to philosophy of science. Keep checking it out until we have a permanent repository for this.
clock | February 2, 2007Some politicians fear blogs. They must have something to hide, dontcha think?
Other politicians love blogs and run their own. Unsurprisingly, they are beloved by their constituencies.
clock | February 2, 2007...here are brief summaries of what they said and how they were received (e.g., how many standing ovations, bloopers, etc.):
DNC Winter Meeting: Chris Dodd On The Stump
DNC Winter Meeting: Barack Obama On The Stump
DNC Winter Meeting: Ret. Gen. Wes Clark
DNC Winter Meeting: Ex-Sen. John Edwards On The Stump
DNC WInter Meeting: Hillary Clinton On The Stump
clock | February 2, 2007When good things happen, I am the first to cheer. If it is your birthday or blogiversary, you got married or your child is born, if you got a promotion on a job or published a paper - you know I am the first one to post a comment on your blog, perhaps post about it here...
But when the news are bad, I just clam up. I dont' know what to say. I have no idea how many times over the past few days (and months, really) I wanted to post a comment on Chris Clarke's blog, to say something about Zeke. A couple of times I started writing, just to hate what I wrote (too sad, too cheerful, too…
clock | February 2, 2007I guess I will bug you about this for the next ten days - my personal pet cause if you want. No takers yet....
Here is the e-mail newsletter about it I got today:
Dear All,
Beagle Project updates:
⢠We are now a UK registered company and have applied for charitable
status; now that we officially exist and are accountable we have
started fundraising,
we have paypal donate buttons on the
Homepage and weblog page:
www.thebeagleproject.com
www.thebeagleproject.com/beagleblog.html
we're asking individuals for a Darwin (£10) or a Jackson ($20 - he was
US President at the time of the voyage.…
clock | February 2, 2007Continuing with the last week's topic (originally posted on March 11, 2005 - click on the spider-clock icon to see the comments, including by Mark O'Connell - who I subsequently met and blogged about, on the original post)
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Last night I listened to NPR's "On Point" about adolescent sex (http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2005/03/20050310_a_main.asp). As you may have guessed, I am interested in this topic as it can reveal something about the current fixated-on-sex femiphobic culture, as well as evolution of the institution of marriage (http://…
clock | February 2, 2007Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now available for pre-order at Amazon. I ordered two copies (one for me, one to send to friends in Belgrade). Regular issue, not Deluxe. It ships July 21, 2007. Can't wait!