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Atheist Blog Carnival Proliferation

Atheist bloggers have long had the Carnival of the Godless to publicise their work. Then came MoJoey's Atheist Blogroll. And now there's the Humanist Symposium carnival, whose first instalment came on-line the day before yesterday. If God hadn't wanted you to have contact with other atheists, then he clearly wouldn't have made all these blogging venues. Although an atheist, I rarely feel moved to blog about my unfaith. You see, in Sweden, atheism is no big deal. Expressions of religious faith are the exception here, not the other way around. I believe in no gods, but nor do I believe in…

Viking Period Barrow Report On-Line

As detailed before (here and here) I did a trial dig with friends in an undated great barrow near Sjögestad church in Östergötland last September. We secured samples that allowed radiocarbon dating to the Early Viking Period (9th century) and the identification of several plant species in small hearths that had been lit on the barrow as it was being erected. I filed the excavation report the other day, and it is now available on-line in Swedish for all to read. Check it out! If anything's hard to understand, don't be afraid to ask. [More blog entries about archaeology, Sweden, vikings,…

Temporary Service Interruption

A big thunderstorm last night took out the DSL at Chateau Steelypips (and most of the 518 area code, it seems), and service is still out. So, if you're wondering why I haven't had any online presence since 5pm or so, that's why. I'm going to deal with the essential stuff using my office Internet connection, but I do have a day job, and lots to do for that as well. I would've posted the Thursday Baby Blogging pictures for the week, but like an idiot, I forgot to copy them onto a USB drive to bring to work. We apologize for the inconvenience. Normal service will be resotred as soon as possible.

Links for 2010-11-15

The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education "I've written toward a master's degree in cognitive psychology, a Ph.D. in sociology, and a handful of postgraduate credits in international diplomacy. I've worked on bachelor's degrees in hospitality, business administration, and accounting. I've written for courses in history, cinema, labor relations, pharmacology, theology, sports management, maritime security, airline services, sustainability, municipal budgeting, marketing, philosophy, ethics, Eastern religion, postmodern architecture, anthropology,…

Darwin's Birthday

Today is Charles Darwin's 199th birthday. Aussie blogger John Wilkins provides an eloquent summation of Darwin's significance: So remember Darwin not as the discoverer of anything, but as the guy who set off a fruitful, active, complex and ultimately explanatory research program in biology, which continues to become ever more active. Don't make him a saint, an authority, or a hero. He's just a damned good scientist. Other Darwin miscellanea on the web: For the celebration-minded, Darwinday.org lists local Darwin-related events. The Beagle Project aims to recreate the Voyage of the Beagle, in…

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Zut alors! This blog seems to have developed a following of Frenchmen. The shame of it is, I studied French for 5 years in High School and don't remember a word of it. The French ant-enthusiast forum Acideformik looks like a fine place to hang out on the intra-webs. Most online myrmecology forums are populated by 12 year-olds relating their experiences fighting red and black ants, or trying to trade in their allowance to import a colony of exotic bulldog ants (to kick the butts of both red and black ants, I gather). However, the French are over there having book discussions and…

What do you see?

Or rather, what word do you see first? Ready? Give your answer below... (scroll down) Now, mark off your answer in this poll. This is what I see...(opinion) Thanks for answering. If you're wondering what this is all about, I'm just curious whether there's a particular word that crops up in people's mind the most. I'm trying to design a slide that has a humorous element and can also segue to a discussion on bias. Note: Just added the word "HIST" to the poll as well (might take a minute to appear on the online poll). Missed that one myself - not sure if that's a reflection of a…

Spider Monkeys Use Cologne

Researchers in Mexico have documented wild spider monkeys rubbing themselves with fragrant, chewed up leaves. Though the exact purpose of this behavior is yet to be proven, it appears as if the scents "may play a role int he context of social communication, possibly for signaling of social status or to increase sexual attractiveness," according to an article in the online journal, Primates. My name's Marcel...Sagitarius. Laura Hernandez-Salazar of Veracruz University in Mexico and colleagues witnessed "20 episodes of self-anointing, that is, the application of scent-bearing material onto the…

Emoticons as a psychiatric treatment guide

There's a humorous post over at Shrink Rap about using patients online communication style (specifically emoticons) to determine what treatment plan to follow. Here is a partial list: :-)stable. cont prozac 40mg. f/u 3 mos. :-))reduce prozac to 20mg. f/u 1mo. :-))))d/c prozac. add lithium 300 tid. check TSH, creat. f/u 1wk. :-Dadd depakote. check lithium level, LFTs, CBC. f/u 1wk. :-|stable. cont prozac 40 mg. f/u 1mo. :-(increase prozac to 60mg. f/u 2wk. :'-(add wellbutrin SR 150mg. f/u 1wk. X-(call 911. send to ER. check for OD. Head over to Shrink Rap for the rest!

I'm back. Now for sleep

Sorry to sound Tweatish, but I've had about 4 hours sleep in the past 40 (I can't sleep on planes even with chemical assistance). I loved Lisbon, and the people who invited and paid for me to go were amazingly hospitable. I had a great time. One of the hapless audients has blogged it here but it is simply false when he says I resemble my avatar. I'm much really a little thinner. There's still no sign of my talk online at Ciências Viva, or the short interview they did with me (I got overenthusiastic), but I'll link to it when I know. Again I thank the amazing Nathalie Gontier, and the…

Some Love From Powell's

I've just found an online interview that I did with the Portland-based bookstore Powell's, where I'll also be appearing tonight. For some reason I hadn't tracked this down before now. You can read it here. Excerpt: Have you ever taken the Geek Test? How did you rate? I'm not sure what the Geek Test is so probably not. But if it's an accurate test I ought to rate fairly highly. I just noticed that Powell's also made the paperback edition of my book a Powells.com staff pick, which I really appreciate. I'm looking forward to checking out the scene tonight at Powell's Technical Books store.....

New York ScienceBlogging Debacle, I Mean, Meetup

So by now some of you may have heard that SEED threw a nice bash for us ScienceBloggers, and a gaggle of us went up to New York City to do whatever it is that online bloggers do when they get together in real life. Well, as to the latter, it involved quite a few rounds of shots and then doing Journey on kareoke. Oh wait, thats just what I did. Heh. Anyway, I just got back late late last night and am officially dead to the world until tomorrow, so I'll be reporting in full about the crazy nerd-soaked weekend I had in New York then. Now for a nap...

Discuss "Unscientific America" Saturday at Firedoglake Book Salon.

For those of you who have been following the various online reviews of and reactions to Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum's book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, you may be interested in the Firedoglake Book Salon discussion of the book. The discussion takes place Saturday (tomorrow), 5-7 pm Eastern (2-4 pm Pacific; those of you in other time zones can probably calculate your local time equivalent better than I), will include author Chris Mooney, and will be hosted by yours truly. Given that I'm pretty convinced I have the best commentariat in the…

Spider Monkeys Use Cologne

Researchers in Mexico have documented wild spider monkeys rubbing themselves with fragrant, chewed up leaves. Though the exact purpose of this behavior is yet to be proven, it appears as if the scents "may play a role int he context of social communication, possibly for signaling of social status or to increase sexual attractiveness," according to an article in the online journal, Primates. My name's Marcel...Sagitarius. Laura Hernandez-Salazar of Veracruz University in Mexico and colleagues witnessed "20 episodes of self-anointing, that is, the application of scent-bearing material onto the…

Did you experience McAfee Rebot Syndrome?

NEW YORK (AP) - Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus. McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download. McAfee could not say how many computers were affected, but judging by online postings, the number was at least in the thousands and possibly in the hundreds of thousands. Details are…

Save the Great Cormorants of Lake Constance

Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU - BirdLife in Germany) is protesting vehemently against the planned destruction of Lake Constance's only colony of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo. "It is hard to believe that Freiburg local authority intends to commit such a destructive act, not only in a National Nature Reserve but especially within a European Special Protected Area (SPA)", said Dr Andre Baumann (chairman - NABU Baden-Württemberg). "This persecution of Great Cormorants not only contradicts common sense, it also contravenes European bird protection legislation and is…

If you need child care at the GSA meeting in Portland this fall...

The August edition of Geological Society of America's monthly online news, GSA Connection, has just been posted. There's lots of useful news, but this one might be crucial: Sign up now if you need childcare during the Annual Meeting! If minimum attendance is not met, the program may be canceled, so please don't delay. KiddieCorp has provided quality care for children ages 6 months to 12 years at conventions and tradeshows since 1986. I'm not traveling with the kid, but I know the hassle of trying to sort out childcare. So I figured this was an urgent enough message to post. Details for…

Good News and Bad News

OK, bad news first. Although I was told I would have internet in my house today, I still don't, despite the militaristic tactics I've resorted to using with BT. However, BT tells me I should be online tomorrow. We'll see. Once that happens, I should be able to get back to some actual serious blogging, unlike what's been going on here lately.... The good news is that I got my copy of Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science today, so expect a review shortly. In fact, publishers have been sending me books like crazy lately (Is it the sudden hotness?), so you can actually look forward…

Star sign predicts traffic accident likelihood.

Are you kidding me? A study of 100,000 drivers finds that the month you were born is far more significant than your age in predicting car crashes. The study, based on North American driving statistics as gathered by an online insurance quoting service, ranks the likelihood of getting involved in an accident or receiving a traffic ticket -- and both -- based on an individual's astrological sign. Are you worried about your risks of getting in an accident? You should be if you are a Libra since they seem to crash the most! Can you think of any reason for these results? Here's the full list of…

Be part of "24 hours in Lawrence"

The Lawrence Journal-Worlld is putting together a project called 24 Hours in Lawrence. Tomorrow, they'll send out reporters throughout the community, the Watkins Community Museum will be set up to take oral histories, and you can submit your own content. They'll pull all the material together in reports online, on the air and in the paper. They also hope to store everything they get in the Museum as a permanent record of a day in the city's life. If you live here, write up an account of your day, your neighborhood, or something interesting in your life, and send that in to the Journal…

How to Save $40,000 A Year

Go to Yale for free. Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible. While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said. The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. They…

So the Poor are People...Really?

A week ago, one of our former foster sons celebrated his ninth birthday.  He's now living with family in another state, and we have kept in regular touch.  We sent a gift, a card with some pictures we thought he'd enjoy, and on the afternoon of his birthday, we tried to call and wish him happy, but the phone had been disconnected. This was not a total shock.  It had happened once before, during the process of getting him ready to move.  His family loves him and he's very happy there - but they live very, very close to the economic margin.  Both of the adults in his family  have serious health…

Medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates soar in California as SB 277 makes personal belief exemptions unavailable

Before I get into the topic at hand, I want to explain why there was no post yesterday. Some of you on Facebook might have seen my post about why, but basically, we lost power last night. We're still without power. In fact, the only reason I can write this is because I'm staying at my parents' house tonight. No, it wasn't weather. Rather, basically a nearby substation caught fire. Michigan infrastructure is great, and I really need to get a generator. It also reminds me how much I wouldn't mind living in California. For one thing, it's a beautiful state. Even better, California was willing to…

Two New Papers on Integrin Activation

Just as I was in the process of finishing my doctorate in August, I found out that my first first-author paper had been accepted for publication by The EMBO Journal. This was good news, because we were reporting some pretty fundamental findings in a relatively saturated field, and one of our competitors had managed to successfully stall the acceptance of this paper since March. Up until that point, witnessing this happen firsthand had been a somewhat frustrating and disillusioning experience for a young scientist, but I think that we were vindicated in the end. Anyway, this paper--and another…

Trial of Mining CEO Blankenship: Quotes from Week 4

The criminal trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship concluded its fourth week. Chris Blanchard the former president of Massey Energy’s Performance Coal Company was the prosecution's witness for the entire week. The Upper Big Branch mine was part of the Performance Coal Company subsidiary. The Charleston Gazette's Ken Ward Jr. provides updates several times a day from the federal courthouse. This week's featured a sparring match between the prosecution and defense attorneys over and about Blanchard’s testimony. Thanks to Ward’s reporting, I present some of my favorite exchanges from…

iPolitics series on Canadian science policy

Sarah Boon (Twitter, blog) has organized a series of posts on science policy in Canada over the next month or so to be published in the iPolitics online magazine. The first four are out with another eight (two approximately every Monday) between now and November 18th. Which is just in time for the upcoming Canadian Science Policy Conference in Toronto starting November 20th. The articles are available open access. I'll list the first bunch here, including my own contribution comparing what's going on at Library and Archives Canada with similar assaults on science. I will update this post as…

POPSCI IS BACK AS A VALUED FESTIVAL MEDIA PARTNER!

Popular Science, one of the leading sources of news in technology, science, gadgets, space, green tech and more, is returning as a key Americium Media Partner with the Festival! In doing so, Popular Science joins a growing list of other top science media leaders who will be serving as Festival sponsors, including Scientific American, American Scientist, Sigma Xi, ENGINEERING.com, Forbes Wolfe, and PBS Kids, among many others. Popular Science has been a major source of science and technology news since its award-winning magazine was founded back in 1872. Its online version, PopSci.com, was…

DC-Net Connects USA Science & Engineering Festival DC-Net provides Wi-Fi coverage for the first-ever national event.

In case you were wondering about wireless coverage during the Festival, there will be hotspots on the mall! DC-Net will provide free Wi-Fi Internet access for the first ever USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo on the National Mall and Freedom Plaza on October 23 and 24. Hotspot coverage will be available on the National Mall, between the Capitol rotunda and 7th Street, NW and Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between 13th and 14th Streets over the course of the event. The hotspots support 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi standards. People with laptops, smart phones and other wireless-enabled…

Tweetlinks, 10-15-09

Follow me on Twitter to get these, and more, in something closer to Real Time (all my tweets are also imported into FriendFeed where they are much more easy to search and comment on, as well as into my Facebook wall where they are seen by quite a different set of people): Framing the Mexican wolf debate. Beagle Project Blog: Darwin and the Adventure: media linkfest. 10 Huge Successes Built On Second Ideas misses Flickr.... Why I am getting both seasonal and swine flu vaccines and why you should, too. Science Got Ardi Wrong or: The Enigma of Ardipithecus. In which I have seen the future of…

Tweetlinks, 10-05-09

Follow me on Twitter to get these, and more, in something closer to Real Time: Warning, Revisited How Twitter is changing the way wars are fought Come hang out with me at ScienceOnline 2010 Nature Communications: A breakthrough for open access? (and discussion) Using tequila to make diamonds - igNobel: Scientific Diagrams - How not to do it 2009 medicine Nobelists - their PLoS publications - they have all three published in PLoS. Why Does Daniel Lyons Unnecessarily Opt-in To Stupid? (Contribution #1 of this) Blogger Outreach Manifesto Balloon Animals! (video) ROFL - is this Stuart Pivar's…

Unravelling

I am still a little under the weather, but I managed to get online and read and see what I missed - what an eventful week! And a bad week for the Right. Libby is guilty. Heads are falling around the Walter Reed affair. Newt Gingrich blames the NOLA victims for not being good enough citizens to leave before Katrina. The Coulter story keeps on giving. Joe Klein keeps jumping with both feet into his mouth almost daily. Atheism taken seriously in the news. The investigations into the firings of attorneys. The new NSA spying investigation. The Right-wing frothing at the mouth... But we…

Helping Folks in the Northeast Recover

A number of you have requested information about where to donate to in order to help folks in the northeast who are recovering from the floods. Please do donate if you can - there's a lot of need out here, some of which is evolving as it finally dries up and the sun comes out! There's a long slog ahead of a lot of folks here. For Vermont Farmers, NOFA VT has put together a farmer emergency fund to provide grants for farmers who lost crops and livestock. (BTW, I'm more than a little stunned that NOFA-NY has absolutely nothing on their website about NY farmers, flood relief or anything else…

Friday Blog Roundup

Pharmaceuticals seem to be a big topic in the blogosphere this week. Roy M. Poses MD at Health Care Renewal has more on the Zyprexa memos â which, if you havenât been following this issue, reportedly show that manufacturer Eli Lilly suppressed information about this schizophrenia drugâs harmful side effects. Abel Pharmboy at Terra Sigillata reports on the perils of buying drugs online (and, in a post from last week, he worries about the number of people Googling DCA), and Orac at Respectful Insolence delves into the topic of experimental drug availability. As has been the trend recently,…

Occupational Health News Roundup

The state of Kentucky has been in the spotlight lately as legislation to protect social workers and mineworkers has failed to live up expectations. The stateâs House of Representatives stripped funding from the Boni Bill, named after social worker Boni Frederick, who was killed when she took a child to a final home visit with his mother. The billâs sponsors hope funding will be restored in conference committee. In the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee, Representative Jim Gooch has refused to bring a mine safety bill up for a vote; a Louisville Courier-Journal editorial notes…

The Atheist's Revenge!

As you've already heard, the Atheist Foundation of Australia was hit with a denial-of-service attack earlier this week (you can learn more about it in this interview of Jason Ball by Catherine Deveny). I rather like their planned unofficial response. This is a call to all non-believers and advocates for freedom of speech to join us in a global co-ordinated minute of prayer with the aim of inundating God (in this context, the Christian god, God, as distinct from the Greek god, Zeus, the Egyptian god, Ra etc etc) with so many useless prayers that it causes his divineness to go offline as as…

I get silly e-mails

Hmmm, they did not actually see the blog - if they did they would notice it has been abandoned more than two years ago and that the top post says, in large bold letters: "This Blogs Is Dead!". And they probably did not see when I hosted Skeptic's Circle (three times). Bwahahahahaha! Anyway, too busy now, but if you want to debunk and make fun of this piece of quackery, go ahead, it's all yours: fromF B reply-tofb200883@yahoo.com tocoturnix@gmail.com dateThu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:47 PM subjectInterested in a review on http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com ? Hello, I'm the webmaster of http://www…

ScienceOnline'09 - Registration is Open!

First, there was the First NC Science Blogging Conference. Then, there was the Second NC Science Blogging Conference. And yes, we will have the Third one - renamed ScienceOnline'09 to better reflect the scope of the meeting: this time bigger and better than ever. ScienceOnline'09 will be held Jan. 16-18, 2009 at the Sigma Xi Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. Please join us for this free three-day event to explore science on the Web. Our goal is to bring together scientists, bloggers, educators, students, journalists, writers, publishers, Web developers and others to discuss,…

ScienceOnline09 - Open Access

Continuing with the Program we have set for theScienceOnline09, here are some sessions dealing with the Open Access, the freedom of information and the world of publishing: Open Access publishing: present and future: This session is moderated by Bill Hooker and Bjoern Brembs: The world of scientific publishing is undergoing rapid change. Where is it now? Where is it going? What will happen to Impact Factors? Will there still be journals 20 years from now? How will a scientific paper look like? Who will be the 'peers' in peer review? Open Access in the networked world: experience of…

My picks from ScienceDaily

Diversity In Primary Schools Promotes Harmony, Study Finds: For the first time, children as young as 5 have been shown to understand issues regarding integration and separation. The research confirms that the ethnic composition of primary schools has a direct impact on children's attitudes towards those in other ethnic groups and on their ability to get on with their peers. Who's More Likely To Do Sports? White, Middle Class, And Middle-aged: The comfortably off, white, and middle aged are the most likely to participate in sporting activities, reveals a 10 year study published ahead of print…

Scienceblogs taking over Europe!

Seed Media Group, publisher of the Seed Magazine and the Seed Scienceblogs (the site you are on right now), made an announcement last week (PDF) about its new international partnership with Hubert Burda Media conglomerate: The partnership will initially lead to the European development of ScienceBlogs, the largest online science community (www.scienceblogs.com). Since its launch in January 2006 by Seed Media Group, ScienceBlogs has grown to include 65 blogs across all areas of science, and attracted more than 1.7 million visits in August (Google Analytics), its twentieth straight month of…

My picks from ScienceDaily

Researchers Can Read Thoughts To Decipher What A Person Is Actually Seeing: Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discovered that, from the firing of this type of neuron, they can tell what a person is actually seeing. Are Humans Evolving Faster? Findings Suggest We Are Becoming More Different, Not Alike: Researchers have discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up -- and has not halted or proceeded at a constant rate, as had…

My picks from ScienceDaily

Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases: The rate at which new species are formed in a group of closely related animals decreases as the total number of different species in that group goes up, according to new research. The research team believes these findings suggest that new species appear less and less as the number of species in a region approaches the maximum number that it can support. Zoologists Unlock New Secrets About Frog Deaths: New research from zoologists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale opens a bigger window to understanding a deadly…

Ingratiation

I see words as providing people with a deeper and richer meaning to their emotional and professional lives, especially because much of our lives rely on words. So not every word that I use in this little feature is completely unfamiliar to you, or at least I hope it isn't, because teaching you obscure words is not my primary intention, although I do sometimes do this to give you some fun. Instead, my goal is to demonstrate the beauty, versatility and subtlety of the English language and to acquaint you with the many wonderful languages that have contributed to English. And of course, I hope…

Tech in Education at #140conf (videos)

This week in NYC, at #140 conf, I was most impressed by the talks and panels about education, and the use of online technologies, Web, and particularly social networks like Twitter in the classroom. You know I am interested in this - just search my blog for names like "David Warlick" and "Stacy Baker", or dig through my "Education" and "Science Education" categories. These videos are all short - 10 or 20 minutes long, so I strongly recommend you watch all four clips: Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) - Social Media + Education: Real Time Communication and Education: Aparna Vashisht (@Parentella…

Best of January

I wrote 134 posts in January. Unsurprisingly, a lot of that had to do with ScienceOnline (but there was other fun stuff as well, including some cool videos, images, etc.). I went to see a talk about Ecology, conservation, and restoration of oyster reefs in North Carolina and wrote a post about it. At the beginning of the month I announced the PLoS ONE Blog Pick Of The Month and later introduced the 3-D articles in PLoS ONE. We also announced the posts that will be published in The Open Laboratory 2009! In preperation for ScienceOnline2010, I wrote several posts breaking down the Program by…

What is it with creationists and the iPod Touch lately?

Classy. My Prof Got Run Over By An iPod (Biology) from Mark Nauroth on Vimeo. The fundies are very concerned, because they have rightly noticed that when their kids go off to college, they come back better educated…which often means they become more liberal and reject traditional religious beliefs. What to do? How about creating desperate online courses with 'hip, edgy' music and bad acting to tell teenagers not to do those things? You really have to see that caricature of a movie at that link: a family says goodbye to their sweet little girl going off to college; she comes back 9 months…

Extreme Weather Creates Rare Clouds Over Antarctica

Nacreous clouds above McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Image: Matt Thompson. Nacreous means pearlescene or pearl-like, and these clouds are commonly referred to as "mother of pearl clouds". These rare clouds form at altitudes of 15,000-25,000 meters (50,000-80,000 ft) above the earth's surface only when the sun is several degrees below the horizon, so other clouds at lower altitudes appear black. Their dazzling iridescent colors result from refraction of sunlight through tiny water-ice crystals that are carried by very strong, extremely cold winds in the stratosphere. But because the…

Make your own debate

ScienceDebate 2008 is a an idea whose time has come. But, it may not happen. So, maybe we can make our own debate. via NASAwatch There is a pair of primary debates coming up - Jan 30/31 for the republicans and democrats respectively. It is sponsored by CNN, politico.com and the LA Times. Politico is soliciting on-line for questions to the candidates. Keith over at NASAwatch suggested his reader swamp it with NASA policy questions to try to get one into the actual debate. Scienceblog readers could do the samesomething similar - send in a lot of good, coherent, concise question on general or…

ScienceBlogs and National Geographic

Announced today: Dear Readers, It is our great pleasure to bring you news of an exciting new partnership, starting today, between ScienceBlogs and National Geographic. ScienceBlogs and National Geographic have at their cores the same ultimate mission: to cultivate widespread interest in science and the natural world. Starting today, we will work together to advance this common mission through new content, applications, and initiatives. We will bring acclaimed voices from National Geographic into our rich discussion on ScienceBlogs, and National Geographic will invite their worldwide audience…

Avian Anatomy Books -- New Links

tags: online books, ornithology, birds, anatomyAvian Anatomy books I have been informed that the previous link for one of the avian anatomy books has been deactivated. I am not surprised by this since my source warned me that this would likely happen. But there is still demand for this book, so I have downloaded it, along with the other one, to RapidShare, where you can get your free copies. I have updated the link on the previous blog entry, too. The first book, The Anatomical Atlas of Gallus by Mikio Yasuda is the English edition of the Japanese book published by the University of Tokyo in…