Housekeeping
tsmith | April 14, 2008My students are back with their second writing assignment, which I'll be posting for the next few days. As I mentioned previously, constructive comments on their posts are appreciated, but keep in mind that they're students doing this as an assignment and still learning--and comments that I feel are over the top (or attacking me via them) will be removed. Finally, these posts are the students' own; I'm formatting them for publication here, but beyond that their words (and opinions) are their own.
clock | April 11, 2008Astrogator's LogsCranky Sophie's BlogNews from the world of deep-sea whale-falls, polychaete worms and AntarcticaThe Masks We WearMedGadget
jstemwedel | April 10, 2008There is a rather vigorous exchange (although one that fails my test for a "dialogue" in a number of ways) going on in the comments on my post about Kay Weber's efforts to keep going forward with her lawsuit against Fermilab. Since this particular ethics blog is my ethics blog, I'm taking this opportunity to butt in with some comments of my own.
The point of the original post was to pass on information to those who have been following the progress of the case and might want to give Kay what assistance they can in mounting the next appeal. It was not intended to present the complete details…
clock | March 31, 2008Candidate ModelsPlausible AccuracyDolores Labs BlogStupidFilterGraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles.PSD Blog
clock | March 30, 2008JuniorprofBiology BlogsJB Say What?andrew plemmons prattWrite To DoneBIOLOGY & POLITICSSimon's Writing Room
clock | March 21, 2008I know it's an arbitrary number, but it still looks cool:
(Apparently, the 1000000th and the 1000001st visitors arrived simultaneously). Back when I just started I never thought this was even possible.
The millionth visitor came here from Oakland, California, entered the site at this post, and made 17 pageviews in 6 minutes 4 seconds.
clock | March 21, 2008Undergrad MindNeuroanthropologyHalley VIDigitalna knjiznica Univerze v LjubljaniBlue Lab CoatsBook of Answers
tsmith | March 16, 2008Technically, I was supposed to be in Atlanta a good 3 hours ago, but our plane's broken down here in Moline (where I've been for 7 hours and counting now). For the next few days, I'll be at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID). Just scanning the schedule, there's a ton of interesting topics to write about, so I'll try to carve out a bit of time this week to write a few additions to the emerging diseases series. I'll also be giving a talk of my own here on Tuesday; any readers attending?
clock | March 14, 2008Faraday's Cage is where you put Schroedinger's CatMonkey FluidsSociological Images: Seeing Is BelievingPlaying Chess with PigeonsPunk Professor
clock | March 9, 2008Congratulations to Rev. BigDumbChimp for posting the 8000th comment on this blog!
clock | March 7, 2008Modern MechanixPrelinger Library BlogAlmost DiamondsWhen do you think you'll be done?The Happy ScientistA Mad Tea-PartyMother of All ScientistsA Lady Scientist(Non) Scientific Observations from a female scientist
clock | March 5, 2008Trilobite BlogEvolucijaRaw Dawg BuffaloZnanostElle, phdDiary of a PhD studentEducation and ClassThe field negroSee Jane in the Academy
clock | March 2, 2008Perusing SciencePerusing AardvarksAdaptive ComplexityExsisto SaneChimpanzees are not MonkeysMystery Rays from Outer SpacePTETExploring Our Matrix
clock | February 29, 2008The World We Don't Live InMichael NielsenA & A's Excellent AdventureEcosystems and PovertyRat in the LabThe Biology RefugiaFresh Brainz
tsmith | February 28, 2008Just wanted to say how appreciative I am to those of you who took the time to read and/or comment on this week's guest posts from my students. Though a few of them did take part in the comments section (something I didn't require), I know that they were all following along and appreciated the input and questions from y'all. I hope you'll come back for the next installment in April!
clock | February 28, 2008First, the interviews will continue....when I get some answers from one of the six people I sent questions to.... I will also be sending questionnaires to more people soon.
Second, there are some responses now to the 1-2-3, the Goosed/Book meme. First, Chad Orzel provides several interesting quotes. And now Tom Levenson responded with not one but two elaborate, illustrated posts: I've Been Tagged! Reading and writing and all that jazz. and I've Been Tagged! -- Darwin follow up. Update: Eric Roston and Jennifer Ouellette did it, too. And Vanessa as well.
I was also tagged by another meme,…
clock | February 27, 2008SECular ThoughtsFree Range AcademyNimravid's WeblogThesis - with ChildrenFrontal Blogotomy
tsmith | February 24, 2008...my grad students.
My spring semester course is on infectious causes of chronic disease, looking at the role various infections play in cancer, autoimmune disease, mental illness, and other chronic conditions. Since I've often discussed the importance of having scientists communicate with the public, I decided to assign each of them to write 2 blog posts for the course, discussing anything of relevance to the course. Their first round of assignments was due last week, and I'll be posting them beginning on Monday. Constructive comments on their posts are appreciated, but keep in mind…