- Welcome Maryn McKenna and her blog Superbug to Sb! And, in case I forgot to mention it before, make sure to check out Deborah Blum's blog Speakeasy Science, too!
- Wildlife experts use civetone-containing cologne to lure big cats
- In a scene reminiscent of the ending of Kingdom of the Spiders, caterpillars blanket the English countryside with webs.
- Coming soon, Inside Nature's Giants, series two.
- John Lynch shares the introduction to Follies of the Present Day: Scriptural Geology from 1817 to 1857.
- So you want to be a scientist? Learn to write!
- How to make a blockbuster - the creative process behind Toy Story 3.
- Attack of the killer sponges!
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A few of the recent pieces I've liked:
A special investigative series by several reporters at Center for Public Integiryt/iWatch News and NPR: Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities
Deborah Blum at Speakeasy Science: About Pepper Spray (also see her followup, Fox News Food Products)
and…
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014, edited by Pulitzer-winning writer and professor Deborah Blum, features two pieces that remind us how public-health interventions can become less effective if we as a society don't use them appropriately -- and, based on the spelling of the authors'…
This is going to be a quick welcome to Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) who has just moved her blog, Speakeasy Science, to ScienceBlogs.
Why quick?
Because I am only 22 pages away from finishing her latest book, The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.…
A few of the recent pieces I've liked:
Charles Ornstein at ProPublica: Cardiac Society Draws Bulk of Funding from Stent Makers
Deborah Blum at Speakeasy Science: A Chemical (Battle) Cry
Tara C. Smith at Aetiology: Ebola in Uganda: current and past outbreaks
Tim Lougheed in Environmental Health…
Huge thanks for the kind welcome!