Envoronment
March 7, 2010
A Blog Around The Clock
TEDxRTP Yesterday I spent the day at the RTP headquarters, attending TEDxRTP. The TEDx conferences are small, locally organized offshoots of the well-known TED conference. This was the first TEDx in the Triangle region (though Asheville beat us as being the...
A Blog Around The Clock
Spring Awakening On Friday, the Bride of Coturnix, Coturnietta, a friend of hers and I went to DPAC to see 'Spring Awakening'. As you may already know, this is a rock adaptation of an old play located in late-19th century Germany, following...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Birdbooker Report 108 Books, books, beautiful books! This is a list of biology, ecology, environment, natural history and animal books that are (or will soon be) available to occupy your bookshelves (or your library's bookshelves) and your thoughts.
March 6, 2010
Gene Expression
Iceland tells them to shove it Icelanders reject deal to repay British and Dutch: The outcome of the referendum had not been in doubt since Iceland had recently been offered better repayment terms than those contained in the deal on which residents were voting. Partial referendum...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Seeking Your Contributions for Upcoming Issue of Scientia Pro Publica Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival devoted to sharing the best science, medical, environment and nature blog writing with the public, and it is seeking submissions and hosts!
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
The Long Arm of The Law Now I am being threatened by lawyers in NYC to pay a mystery bill, never mind that they refuse to tell me what it's for
Gene Expression
"Cuba of the north" Iceland Voters Set to Reject Debt Deal: After the dust began to settle last year -- after the banks failed, the currency collapsed, the stock market crashed and the government fell -- the dazed inhabitants of Iceland woke up to...
Christina's LIS Rant
Black men in women’s work do not get to ride the glass escalator This post reviews a fairly recent article that examines the experiences of black men in nursing and asks whether they experience the "glass escalator" effect or if the work is racialized as well as gendered. As requested by some...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Star Trek: How It Should Have Ended Space: the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, to seek out new worlds and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before ... this is how Star Trek should have ended!
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Star Trek: How It Should Have Ended Space: the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, to seek out new worlds and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before ... this is how Star Trek should have ended!
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Beware the Ninja Chemistry Professor this is a hilarious video to get you started on your day, and as an added bonus for my bird pals (whom i adore), who would like to identify this mystery bird species?
Gene Expression
Interracial divorce, the matrix of sex & race It has been known for years that interracial marriages have higher than expected divorce rates. But I did not know that the rates varied quite a bit contingent on the combination of race & sex. Gori Girl* has a post...
March 5, 2010
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Friday Sprog Blogging: recent drawings of animals. It's been awhile since the Free-Ride offspring have shared their artwork. Today, we offer some of their drawings of animals. From the younger Free-Ride offspring: Tigers. They may look cute, but you don't want to get near them when they're...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Scientia Pro Publica Needs YOU Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival devoted to sharing the best science, medical, environment and nature blog writing with the public, and it is seeking submissions and hosts!
The Primate Diaries
Repost: An Anthropologist in District 9 In light of the Oscars this Sunday I thought those of you who missed it would enjoy my review of District 9 (which is up for four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay). Inexplicably, a UFO appears...
Aardvarchaeology
Antiquity's Spring Issue Spring has reputedly reached certain areas way south of where I still shovel snow daily, and with it comes Antiquity's spring issue.
The Primate Diaries
Finding Hope Amidst Bartered Skulls and Stolen Memories Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtainfrom the Family of Naasḳuu-isaḳs of the Hupacasath Nation Human beings around the world honor their dead and the memories of their relatives. We have enacted special rituals related to the handling of human remains from the sacred...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Two Girls and One Giant Piano Two women play Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata et fugue on a giant piano -- with their feet. This amazing performance looks like dancing as much as piano playing.
March 4, 2010
Gene Expression
On the fundaments of fantasy Fantasy-nerd in-chief at The New York Times, Ross Douthat points me to an essay, Why is there no Jewish Narnia? As others have pointed out there are plenty of Jewish fantasy writers, including perhaps the most prominent mainstream fantasist today,...
EvolutionBlog
My Review of I Love Jesus and I Accept Evolution In my recent post on Interpreting Genesis, one of the commenters suggested to me the writing of Denis Lamoureux as a good example of defending a non-literal interpretation of Genesis. A quick visit to Amazon revealed that his big book...
Gene Expression
Intelligence, politics & religion My posts below on IQ, politics & religion resulted in a fair amount of blogospheric response, and weird comments. A few quick points 1) I think results on standardized tests are informative and correlate reasonably with a host of life...
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Objectivity, conflicts of interest, and book reviews. Let's say you're a book review editor for a large circulation science periodical. You receive books from publishers and you look for scientists with the relevant expertise to write reviews that really engage the content of the books they are...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
What Kind of Science Fiction Writer Would You Be? [Quiz] Yes, this is a silly and stupid online quiz, so stop your complaining already and take it and tell me which SciFi writer you are most similar to
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
What Kind of Science Fiction Writer Would You Be? [Quiz] Yes, this is a silly and stupid online quiz, so stop your complaining already and take it and tell me which SciFi writer you are most similar to
Omni Brain
Can you guess what this model is for? Here's a snippet of some of the relevant text from the article describing the model below: show attribute/state-oriented functions. Type7. [Useful Attribute/State]: 2.3) Change of structure or object directly make a useful "attribute" including "ability". Type8. [Attribute/State]àInteractionà[Useful State]: 2.4) Change of structure or object makes interaction between its "attribute/state" and...
