I forgot to mention this, but the Panda's Thumb, the group science blog I co-founded a year and a half ago, has just been named one of the top science websites by Scientific American. They wrote:
If it's in the media and related to evolution, you'll find it posted, dissected and debated on this lively and informative watchdog blog. Devoted to debunking all existing and nascent theories related to the anti-evolution movement, the site's contributors comprise a passel of the world's most vigilant and passionate biologists, geneticists, students and concerned citizens for whom stemming the tide of creationism and its offshoots is a full time job.
Nice to get a little recognition for what is, in fact, more than a full time job.
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Friend of the blog LO alerted me to The Great Turtle Race, wherein a passel of leatherback sea turtles "race" from Playa Grande in Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands.
Now it is no secret that I think that we are facing a major shift in our society, and one that will not be entirely fun, to put it mildly. It should also be no secret that while I love to write jokingly about when zombies come, I don't actually believe we're facing an apocalypse of any kind.
As promised, we had a party on Friday night.
Jen Ouellette takes lethal aim at the myth of the sexless girl-geek in this post, which made me want to pump my fist and cheer and go out dancing in a sexy dress and look in a microscope and write a blo
Wow, that's fantastic. I've been reading PT for about a year now, and I've recommended it to many others since then.
It's great to see it get the recognition it deserves. I consider it a valuable source second only to talkorgins.