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laelaps | May 3, 2008The latest edition of the Boneyard is up over at Familiarity Breeds Content. The next edition will be back here in two weeks, but it isn't going to be your usual collection of links. The next edition will bring with it the potential to win a copy of Ralph O'Connor's The Earth on Show, Edwin Colbert's Men and Dinosaurs, and a few other books from my own library. I'll divulge all the details this coming Monday.
laelaps | April 23, 2008This past January I was somewhat shocked to discover that one of my posts had been voted into the 2nd edition of The Open Laboratory, a collection of 50 of the best science posts published in 2007 by writers from all over the science blogosphere. Now you can purchase the book via amazon.com, although the best place to get it is still lulu.com. Why? Because proceeds from the lulu.com sales will go towards ScienceOnline'09 (the official site to be launching soon), an event that I hope to be attending next January.
Also, don't forget that you can start nominating excellent posts for the next…
laelaps | April 21, 2008The newest edition of The Boneyard went up this past Saturday at Archaeozoology. It's a good one, so make sure you check out what's been going on in the paleo subsection of the blogosphere. The 19th edition will go up at Familiarity Breeds Content on May 3rd.
laelaps | April 18, 2008The next edition of the paleo-carnival The Boneyard is going to be up at Archaezoology tomorrow, so send in your entries there or to me a.s.a.p.! I'm also in need of a host for the following edition on May 3rd, so please let me know if you're interested in hosting.
laelaps | April 15, 2008The NCSE website Expelled Exposed has now gone live, and it's full of great information debunking the conspiracy theories in the film. There will also be an anti-Expelled blogswarm and a "To Hell With Expelled" blog carnival this Friday for those who have posts critiquing the film.
laelaps | April 7, 2008The latest edition of The Boneyard is up at Greg Laden's blog. The next edition will be at Archaezoology on April 19.
[Thanks to Will for the correction]
laelaps | March 24, 2008
I have little sympathy for human-like "dinosauroids," but apparently they're more popular than even I originally thought. Darren, master of "things that make you go 'Huh?!', has a summary of some "anthroposaurus"-related literature, including details of the nuclear Cretaceous apocalypse.
The latest edition of the Accretionary Wedge is now up, featuring plenty of excellent posts about geology in the movies. Pop some corn and check it out.
The way our species gives birth is a bit frightening in itself, but I have to say I am glad that human babies aren't born like this.
Bioephemera features…
laelaps | March 23, 2008Will has got it up over at The Dragon's Tales. Greg Laden will host it next on April 6th.
laelaps | March 21, 2008Tomorrow the next edition of The Boneyard is going to go up at The Dragon's Tales, so get your entries to me or Will soon! I'm in need of a host for the next edition on April 5th, so just let me know by e-mail or in the comments and I'll pencil you in. And if you can't think of a science-heavy post to write, you could always come up with some LOLSauropods...
The deadline for the Accretionary Wedge #7 is also quickly approaching, and the theme is geologists in the movies. I'm sure we're all thinking Jurassic Park, but I'm sure there are a few other old crusty films I can dust off for this one.
laelaps | March 20, 2008
This has to be seen to be believed; the creationists behind Expelled are so threatened by PZ that he was threatened with arrest if he attempted to see the film, but Richard Dawkins made it in without a problem. I'm sure the internet will be a-buzz with whatever Dawkins has to say about the film when he eventually posts his thoughts (the news about what happened to PZ is already making the rounds), but I can't imagine why the producer of Expelled singled out PZ. (Also of interest, "Nomad" has posted some thoughts on another recent screening of the film.)
And now for something completely…
laelaps | March 20, 2008
I had a feeling that other people were going to weigh in on Chris Mooney's latest article about "enablers" when I hit the "publish" button and shut down the computer yesterday afternoon, and I guess I was right. ERV, PZ, and Mark H have put forth their take on the article as well (ERV's comparison of Mooney 2006 and Mooney 2008 is a must-read).
For your further enjoyment, Bora collected a set of links about communicating science yesterday, and Blake was kind enough to provide another link to something I wrote out of frustration in relation to a post T. Ryan Gregory wrote.
I'd love to say…
laelaps | March 17, 2008Josh Donlan of Shifting Baselines wants to know what you think of Pleistocene Re-wilding. I recently aired some of my complaints about the hypothetical plans after reading Paul Martin's Twilight of the Mammoths, but while I don't support the idea I would encourage you to take the survey and add your thoughts to the discussion about this controversial topic.
laelaps | March 14, 2008If you do, head over to Ask a Biologist and help them celebrate one year of answering science questions on the web.
laelaps | March 14, 2008Bora has been tirelessly interviewing seemingly anyone and everyone who was in attendance at the 2nd annual Science Blogging Conference (including me), but now he's had his turn in the hot seat. Check out the interview with the "Crazy Uncle" of science blogging over at Confessions of a Science Librarian.
laelaps | March 11, 2008We're starting a new program here at Sb where specially-selected readers have the ability to pick out the best of what's appearing in the whole of the community. It works like this; I get to pick two readers who then get the ability to tag three posts per week that will go into an RSS feed that will appear on the Sb frontpage (According to the information I was sent, "All of this will be run using a shared del.icio.us account, where you install bookmarking buttons in your browser that make tagging posts quite simple. Should you accept, we'll send you detailed instructions later on how to set…
laelaps | March 8, 2008I'll be putting up the next edition of The Boneyard this afternoon, so you've still got until about 4PM (eastern time) to get your posts in. Any submissions can be left in the comments or sent to me directly at evogeek AT gmail DOT com.
laelaps | March 7, 2008The Trilobite Blog has part one of a three part series about birds & dinosaurs, featuring a famous paleontological legend involving T.H. Huxley.
John Wilkins wasn't impressed with Richard Dawkins (although Jim Lippard has presented a kinder summary of the ASU event).
If you haven't seen it yet, the second edition of the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach is now available.
Welcome the two newest members to the Sb community; Josh Donlan at Shifting Baselines and Jane at See Jane Compute.
Jessica delves into the D&D bestiary at Bioemphemera.
Garfield, minus Garfield. Trust me, it'…
laelaps | March 6, 2008Today I had the pleasure of giving an interview to a local NPR radio station about the infamous Hesperopithecus, and I'll provide you all with a link as soon as the feature is up. I was a little bit nervous, but I think I did alright.
[As an aside, if things have been a little light on here lately it's because this past week has been, in no uncertain terms, hellish. Between midterms, being sick, writing a few pages of my book every night, and still fighting the university to let me major in evolutionary anthropology, I've been feeling a little drained. Spring break is coming up soon, though,…
laelaps | March 6, 2008This is definitely the most interesting thing I've seen this week. And you can even make your own...
laelaps | March 3, 2008The dynamic duo of Shelly from Retrospectacle and Steve from Omni Brain have now teamed up to bring you Of Two Minds. Also, Josh Donlan has started his stint as a contributor to Shifting Baselines, so there may be more about Pleistocene re-wilding on Sb in the near future.