carnivals
khannula | June 7, 2009I bet I'm not the only geologist who always wants to list "time machine" in the budget request for every grant proposal I write. Yes, we've got a lot of tools to sort out what's happened in the past, but wouldn't it be a lot easier if we could just go back and see for ourselves? So I love this month's theme for the reactivated Accretionary Wedge carnival.
I want to go back about 1.7 billion years, to see what on Earth was happening when my favorite local rock was being deposited.
This is the Vallecito Conglomerate. It's been metamorphosed, but its sedimentary features are still preserved. It'…
clock | June 5, 2009June Scientiae is up on Sciencewomen
Four Stone Hearth #68 is up on remote central
Friday Ark #246 is up on Modulator
clock | June 4, 2009Special, one-time carnival "Uncovering Ida" is up on Laelaps
Skeptic's Circle #112 is up on Cheshire
clock | June 2, 2009Carnival of Evolution #12 is up on Deep Sea News
Carnival of the Green #182 is up on Green Building Elements
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 37 are up on Health Blawg
clock | June 1, 2009First June Scientia Pro Publica is up on Pro-science
Circus of the Spineless #39 is up on Bug Girl's Blog
Berry Go Round #17 is up on Gravity's Rainbow
Festival of the Trees - Edition 36 is up on Roundrock Journal
The 105th Carnival of Space is up on Space Disco
Friday Ark #245 is up on Modulator
khannula | May 28, 2009When I saw there was going to be a discussion of issues facing mid-career faculty at last year's Geological Society of America meeting, my first thought was: "Call the waaaaaaahmbulance!" I mean, pre-tenure faculty have issues. Job-hunting post-docs have issues. ABD grad students have issues. Mid-career faculty, on the other hand, have stable jobs - more stable than most in this economy (assuming the department doesn't get torn apart during budget cuts). Mid-career faculty have the freedom to do the research that interests them, to teach large intro classes without worrying about getting bad…
clock | May 28, 2009I and the Bird #101 is up on Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
The 104th edition of the Carnival of Space is up on Mang's Bat Page
Change of Shift Vol 3 Number 24 is up on CodeBlog
clock | May 25, 2009Encephalon #71: Big Night - is up on Neuroanthropology
Friday Ark #244 is up on Modulator
Carnival of the Green #181 is up on Green Phone Booth
Praxis is dead (it takes a few months of hand-holding and arm-twisting for a carnival to get its own life,....)
Call for Submissions for the Diversity in Science Carnival is on Urban Science Adventures! The next edition will be on The Oyster's Garter.
khannula | May 24, 2009The Accretionary Wedge, the monthly carnival of geology, is still alive! Or, well, it's still active, at least. Its originator, Brian, got too busy to keep it up, so he handed off responsibilities to Lockwood (of Outside the Interzone), Chris (of goodSchist and the Podclast), and me.
Lockwood will be hosting the next Accretionary Wedge, in mid-June. His theme: Let's Do a Time Warp!
So your mission, should you choose to accept it, is this: "Where and when would you most like to visit to witness and analyze an event in Earth's history?" Suppose you have a space-time machine to (safely and…
clock | May 21, 2009Four Stone Hearth #67 is up on Sorting Out Science
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 35 are up on Healthcare Technology news
The 111th Meeting of the Skeptics Circle is up on Action Skeptics
Carnival of the Liberals, Number #91 is up on Crowded Head, Cozy Bed
denialism | May 21, 2009I have no idea what possessed Action Skeptics to use the Sham Wow guy to present this week's entries, but it's amusing. Check it!
In particular I like ICBS everywhere on this thermography nonsense, and Living better skeptically on yet another cancer quack. It's very upsetting when quack modalities defraud people of hard-earned money. It's even more upsetting when people encourage quackery to replace an legitimate and important screening procedure such as mammography or effective treatments for cancer. These people are the most dangerous kind of quack, if they continue unchallenged they…
clock | May 18, 2009Scientia Pro Publica #4 - In Memory of Stephen Jay Gould - is up on The Primate Diaries
Carnival of the Green #180 is up on Ethical superstore
clock | May 16, 2009The Giant's Shoulders #11 is up on Curving Normality
Friday Ark #243 is up on Modulator
And the next Praxis will be on a new date - May 21st - on The Lay Scientist
clock | May 14, 2009I and the Bird #100 is up on Nature Blog Network
Change of Shift: Volume 3, Number 23 is up on Emergiblog
clock | May 13, 2009Only two ways left to submit!
Next edition of The Giant's Shoulders will be on May 15th on Curving Normality. History of science, 'classical' papers? If you have blogged about those over the past 30 days, please send in your entry.
I understand that the next edition of Praxis will also be on May 15th on The Lay Scientist. Next month, it will be on Quiche Morraine and in July here on A Blog Around The Clock - we need hosts for after that! Let Martin or me know if you are interested.
clock | May 12, 2009Encephalon #70 is up on SharpBrains
Carnival of Space #102 is up on TheSpacewriter's Ramblings
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 34 is up at Health Blogs Observatory
The Carnival of the Green #179 is up on OrganicMania
Friday Ark #242 is up on Modulator
sciencewoman | May 12, 2009Alice and I are teaming up to host the June edition of Scientiae, the carnival by, for, and about women in science, engineering, technology, and math. As is the norm for the monthly Scientiae carnival, I get to choose a theme to help inspire and unite you all to write posts, though submissions on any topic related to women in STEM are always welcome.
At this time of year, some of us are just emerging from the end of the semester, while others still have another month to slog through before getting a reprieve. Some people are within spitting distance of finishing their research project or…
clock | May 7, 2009The latest Skeptic's Circle is up on Ferret's Cage
Carnival of the Liberals, Number 90 is up on Quiche Moraine
clock | May 5, 2009Circus of the Spineless #38 is up on Birder's Lounge
May 2009 edition of Scientiae Part II is up on Endless Possibilities v2.0
Carnival of the Green #178 is up on Go Green Travel Green
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 33 is up on Nursing Handover
clock | May 4, 2009Scientia Pro Publica 3: the Swine 'flu Edition is up on Deep Thoughts and Silliness
Carnival of the Blue 24 is up on Monterey Bay Aquarium's SeaNotes