clock | December 7, 2009There are 21 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Comparison of Trunk Activity during Gait Initiation and Walking in Humans:
To understand the role of trunk muscles in maintenance of dynamic postural equilibrium we investigate trunk movements during gait…
clock | December 6, 2009I went on a diet - had to go on two diets at the same time 'cause one diet wasn't giving me enough food.
- Barry Marter
clock | December 5, 2009Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood. But everyone has something to give.
- Barbara Bush
clock | December 5, 2009
Continuing with the introductions to the sessions on the Program, here is what will happen on Saturday, January 16th at 3:15 - 4:20pm:
A. Government 2.0 - Anil Dash
Description: Introducing new tools for scientists to give feedback to the Obama Administration and asking for feedback on making it work, and work well. Discuss: here.
B. Open Access Publishing and Freeing the Scientific Literature (or Why Freedom is about more than just not paying for things) - Jonathan Eisen
Description: Open Access (OA) publishing in science has and continues to spread. We will discuss a variety of issues…
clock | December 4, 2009We measure success and depth by length of time, but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay the same.
- Barbara Hershey
clock | December 4, 2009If you follow @ScienceBlogs on Twitter, you may have seen a cryptic tweet yesterday, just saying:
ScienceBlogs will soon be making a very exciting announcement - so stay tuned!
SciBlings (who by then knew what the news was going to be, but were asked to keep it under the wraps until the official announcement) had some fun teasing everyone else - here are some examples:
RT @ScienceBlogs: ScienceBlogs will soon be making a very exciting announcement - so stay tuned! (We are ALL Belle de Jour)
RT @ScienceBlogs: ScienceBlogs will soon be making a very exciting announcement - stay tuned! (We plan…
clock | December 4, 2009It was 25 years ago yesterday that thousands dies in the Bhopal disaster.
Yesterday, Rhitu Chatterjee did the story about it (listen or read the transcript) on PRI The World.
Also yesterday, Rhittu and Elsa Youngsteadt interviewed Henrik Selin of Boston University about the topic (download the MP3 of the podcast here) and you can ask questions and join the discussion in the forums. Dr. Selin will be checking in and responding from now until next Thursday, December 10th.
clock | December 4, 2009
As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference, but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what.
Mary Ann Spiro is a Biotechnology graduate student and science writer/media director in the Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University. She writes for Baltimore Science News Examiner and tweets. At the conference, Mary will lead a workshop on Storyboarding your science video and posting it online and do an Ignite-style presentation "The Story of…
clock | December 4, 2009Michael Specter, the ScienceOnline2010 Keynote Speaker, was on DailyShow with Jon Stewart last night. Watch it:
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clock | December 4, 2009The 125th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle is up on Effort Sisyphus
Friday Ark #272 is up on Modulator
clock | December 4, 2009Seasonal Differences of Gene Expression Profiles in Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Hypothalamus in Relation to Territorial Aggression:
Male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) are territorial year-round; however, neuroendocrine responses to simulated territorial intrusion (STI) differ between breeding (spring) and non-breeding seasons (autumn). In spring, exposure to STI leads to increases in luteinizing hormone and testosterone, but not in autumn. These observations suggest that there are fundamental differences in the mechanisms driving neuroendocrine responses to STI between seasons.…
clock | December 3, 2009May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.
- Baron Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897-1974)
clock | December 3, 2009
As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference, but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what.
Kirsten Sanford, better known as 'Dr.Kiki', is a neuroscientist, a journalist, a blogger and a twitterer. She hosts The Weekly Science Talk Radio Program and Dr. Kiki's Science Hour on TWiT.tv. At the conference, she will co-moderate two sessions: on Podcasting in science and Science on Radio, TV and video.
John Timmer is the Science Editor of Nobel Intent at Ars…
clock | December 3, 2009There are 14 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
A Biological Rationale for Musical Scales:
Scales are collections of tones that divide octaves into specific intervals used to create music. Since humans can distinguish about 240 different pitches over an…
clock | December 2, 2009I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning I say: What is my exciting thing for today? Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.
- Barbara Charline Jordan (b. 1936)