Misc
ejohnson | October 15, 2008Women in science contend with a unique set of issues in addition to those shared by all working scientists: how to break into what are often strongly male-dominated fields; how to contend with rampant stereotyping and expectations of female scientists; and how to handle pregnancies in the workplace are a few of them.
L'Oreal, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), recognize the achievements of women in science every year with a prize for a woman who has had made a remarkable impact on science. This year, our German counterparts at…
apalazzo | October 15, 2008
You may not have noticed, but yesterday, the US's largest trading partner had an election. Watching the returns with my wife, I was struck yet again how different Canada is from US. Just like Americans, Canadians get upset at the government, but unlike Americans, Canadians want the government to work and are ready to punish their leaders if they feel like they are getting screwed. About three elections ago, the Liberals were punished for a financial scandal (incredibly small for US standards, but too big for the patience of most Canadians). What was the result? In 2004 Canadians couldn't…
ejohnson | October 14, 2008On October 7, ScienceBlogs readers, bloggers, and editors gathered in the Lower East Side for a night of rooftop revelry to celebrate the posting of our millionth comment. We ate, drank, and talked about all things science. In reader Kevin's words, "the party was a big hit! management wasn't even around and we were the only people in the entire bar!"
GrrlScientist chats it up with readers
More pics below the fold!
Grrl and Kevin
Reader Scott with some Seed staffers and bloggers
Talking about particle physics, probably
The lush rooftop of the Delancey
Table of swag
Table of food (one…
amillikan | October 13, 2008Getting back in the swing of things with Channel posts, what's inside: The large versions of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Life Science. This cuttlefish was thrilled to celebrate International Cephalopod Appreciation Day on October 8. From Flickr, by Pear Biter
It always amazes me when creatures such as these are captured on camera. This one looks rather curious.
Physical Science. A long-exposure photo of momentum in action. From Flickr, by velo steve
When I first looked at this picture I thought there…
stoat | October 8, 2008As the perceptive have noticed, I'm in Budapest. Its a lovely place; I like it. I was last here in 1986, just after finals, when I took two weeks to cycle across Europe to stay here for two weeks to play Go. One of the defining experiences of my life.
Its tempting to say either "its changed a lot" or "its much the same" but in truth my memory of 22 years ago is distinctly hazy. The big river is still here; the castle hill is much the same; Heroes Square is no different, though I have a wider lens on my camera now. My sugar wrapper paper collection has gone virtual.
Last time I drank bier in…
stoat | October 7, 2008I'm away on conference for a week, but its all tediously commercial-in-confidence.
Here is a guessing game: where am I?
More useful clues tomorrow.
[Update: its a 5-star hotel, but not with this level of service. Where is JA?]
The post title comes from my run last night. I only ever seem to run when abroad at conference, which means, not very often. But I'm now a bit fitter with my half hour cycle to and fro work so running is easier. 10km yesterday, by my estimate, along the embankment then up the long side of the island, paced by an enormous river barge with two Willi Betz trucks looking…
sb admin | October 1, 2008ScienceBloggers band together. And no, unlike the many parties they've been banding together at recently, this time it's for a good cause: DonorsChoose.org.
Donors Choose is a non-profit that provides schools with the specific equipment a particular classroom needs. Rather than rounding up, say, 1000 notebooks, the website lets educators post the exact item(s) they need and the cost. People can then choose to donate or pay for those items, and know they made a direct difference.
Scienceblogs is not only supporting this group, we're fighting over it. The bloggers are competing to see who's…
sb admin | October 1, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Education and Careers and Politics channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Education and Careers. Math class in Penang, Malaysia. From Flickr, by cleong
Politics. Massachusetts state capitol building. From Flickr, by redjar
Reader comments of the week:
This week in the Education and Careers Channel Chad Orzel of Uncertain Principles took some time out to fantasize about Fixing Science Education. Given unlimited, nigh-Godlike powers, what would need fixing? Chad explained:
The key to fixing science education,…
apalazzo | September 30, 2008One great aspect of the Internet is the amount of information that is to be found out there. Here are some links about the current financial crisis.
First up, a discussion between Bill Moyers and Kevin Phillips from the site:
Bill Moyers sits down with former Nixon White House strategist and political and economic critic Kevin Phillips, whose latest book BAD MONEY: RECKLESS FINANCE, FAILED POLITICS, AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM explores the role that the crumbling financial sector played in the now-fragile American economy.
Next up a couple of recent shows from This American…
ejohnson | September 30, 2008After much anticipation, a date and location for the New York Millionth Comment party have been chosen! The festivities will take place on the evening of Tuesday, October 7 at the Delancey (168 Delancey Street) in the Lower East Side. We will commence the merrymaking at 7:00 and continue til...? Who knows with the rowdy bunch of bloggers and Seed staffers we've invited.
We've rented out the top floor of the place for the event and will be providing food and a bar tab up to about $600. The Delancey will be suspending their usual cover charge. In attendance will be GrrlScientist, PhysioProf,…
sb admin | September 30, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Environment and Humanities channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Environment. A glacier off the coast of Patagonia. From Flickr, by angela7dreams
Humanities. De humani corporis fabrica in Hunting Library, San Marino, CA. From Flickr, by brewbooks
Reader comments of the week:
It wouldn't be a week at the Environment Channel without some global warming news, and this time it comes courtesy of James Hrynyshyn at Island of Doubt. James looked into All you ever wanted to know about the Global Carbon Budget but were…
sb admin | September 29, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Life Science and Physical Science channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Life Science. A cheetah in the San Diego Wild Animal Park. From Flickr, by HBC4511
Physical Sciences. A Foucault pendulum in Milan, Italy. From Flickr, by sylvar
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This week on the Life Science Channel Ed Yong looked at a study showing Elephants recognise themselves in mirror. Based on similar experiments performed on primates, the experiment places a piece of tape on an animal's face and has the animal look in a…
sb admin | September 26, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Medicine and Health, Brain and Behavior and Technology channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Medicine and Health. From Flickr, by sevenbirches
Brain and Behavior. From Flickr, by Mandroid
Technology. Control electronics for the sidereal tracker stepper motor. From Flickr, by PhliarShamim
Reader comments of the week:
Things got a little sexy at Scienceblogs over the last few weeks with both the Brain and Behavior and the Medicine and Health channels looking at a subject Scienceblog readers are all too…
sb admin | September 24, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Education and Career and Politics channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Education and Career. From Flickr, by foundphotoslj
Politics. British anit-war protest. From Flickr, by dAVIDb1
Reader comments of the week:
The big news this week in Education and Careers was the new paper in the Public Library of Science by ScienceBloggers Nick Anthis, Shelley Batts and Tara Smith. The paper examined how blogging could be used to enhance scientific research. Drug Monkey was one of the first to blog about it, saying:
It is…
sb admin | September 23, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Environment and Humanities and Social Science channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Environment. The ocean off Jamaica. From Flickr, by rappensuncle
Humanities and Social Science. A crowd in Venice Beach, California. From Flickr, by Joseph.S
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The big news in the Environment this week was Hurricane Ike and the destruction it wrought in Texas. Greg Laden's Blog captured the magnitude of the hurricane best in his post 'Flee Ike or Face Certain Death' (What you need to know about Hurricane…
sb admin | September 22, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Life Sciences. Solenostemon, a genus of perennial plants native to tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. From Flickr, by (Bill and Mavis) - B&M Photography
Physical Sciences. A block and tackle. From Flickr, by mrpattersonsir
Reader comments of the week:
On the Life Sciences Channel, Janet Stemwedel of Adventures in Ethics and Science highlights a new article in American Scientist that shows how Citizen scientists help track bee…
sb admin | September 18, 2008We've got some new ScienceBloggers spreading the science and dishing the knowledge. Learn more about A Vote for Science, Genetic Future, Science After Sunclipse and Built on Facts after the jump.
In a recent post, Genetic Future asks: is personal genomics dead?
Welcome to the new blog roundup, where we'll take a look at the newest members of the ScienceBlogs family.
First up is A Vote for Science. Unlike our other blogs, this is almost a channel unto itself. With postings by about a dozen ScienceBloggers and a few outside guests, A Vote for Science is a forum for all things related to the…
apalazzo | September 17, 2008My posting frequency may go down as I will be off to Toronto for a little while. There I'll be meeting up with Larry Moran and checking out what it means to be a Torontonian.
(Larry, it looks like I'll win the bet, but we won't know for sure untill after Nov. 2nd.)
stoat | September 16, 2008So I thought I might read the JASON report of doom. TokyoTom has the details; abebooks doesn't have it, but google books knows it and even has the contents list and pointed me at dualj who I've never heard of, and who spell purchase as "Purhcase" which seems curious. It doesn't seem to have a very good reputation. I don't mind risking $10 (+$21 for postage...), especially from paypal, as long as they aren't going to rip off my password... ah well,I did it.
sb admin | September 15, 2008In this post: the large versions of the Life Science and Physical Science channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Physical Science. A lever of the first class. From Flickr, by zaxl4
Life Science. Rhopalaea Crassa, a fluorescent colored sea squirt. From Flickr, by CybersamX
Reader comments of the week:
The purported first pictures of a wild okapi in almost 50 years made big news last week, with most of the Life Science blogs covering it and the ScienceBlogs staff making it the the Buzz for September 13th. However, In Okapi: More lies than Sarah Palin!!!…