Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

Violett Hahnenfuß

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:59:15 -0500

tags: Violett Hahnenfuß, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, travel, nature, flowers, image of the day

Violett Hahnenfuß.

Nordwestzentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Image: GrrlScientist, 7 April 2010 [larger view]

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TONIGHT in NYC: SciCafe at AMNH

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:59:23 -0500

tags: education, public outreach, SciCafe, science cafe, AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, NYC, streaming video

Who: Kristin Baldwin, Assistant Professor at Scripps Research's Department of Cell Biology
What: free public presentation, "The Future of Stem Cells"
When: TONIGHT at 700pm
Where: Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, American Museum of Natural History, Enter at the 81st Street (Rose Center) [directions and maps]
Cost: FREE, and there is a cash bar too! (must be 21+ with ID)

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Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:59:45 -0500

tags: birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

[Mystery bird] photographed on the Katy Prairie, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 1 January 2010 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/80s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

This mystery bird has a weird common name .. can anyone tell me why it has such an odd name?

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ScienceBlogs Kicks Ass

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:59:04 -0500

tags: Seed Media Group, online media, science news, science writing, public outreach, education, announcement, press release

Yesterday, The Mothership (Scienceblogs.com), released their traffic figures from the launch of the site in January 2006 through the first quarter of 2010. These numbers are quite impressive, regardless of which universe you inhabit [free PDF]:

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TEDTalks: Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, Drugs and HIV -- Let's Get Rational

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:59:28 -0500

tags: Sex, Drugs and HIV -- Let's Get Rational, behavior, disease, prostitution, gay men, drug addicts, sex, STD, HIV, AIDS, poverty, medicine, public health, Compassion Conundrum, Elizabeth Pisani, TEDTalks, streaming video

Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations -- from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia -- demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.

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Fur Person

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:59:55 -0500

tags: Fur Person, humor, funny, weird, behavior, cat, pets, animals, streaming video

This short video is really amazing: it captures a cat standing on its hind legs to get a better view of what's happening outdoors.

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Bockenheimer Turm, 3

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:59:35 -0500

tags: Bockenheimer Turm bei Nacht, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, travel, nature, cities, photography

Bockenheimer Turm bei Nacht.

Bockenheimer Warte, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Image: GrrlScientist, 6 April 2010 [larger view]

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Tomorrow Night in NYC: SciCafe at AMNH

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:59:15 -0500

tags: education, public outreach, SciCafe, science cafe, AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, NYC, streaming video

Who: Kristin Baldwin, Assistant Professor at Scripps Research's Department of Cell Biology
What: free public presentation, "The Future of Stem Cells"
When: Wednesday, 7 April at 700pm
Where: Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, American Museum of Natural History, Enter at the 81st Street (Rose Center) [directions and maps]
Cost: FREE, and there is a cash bar too! (must be 21+ with ID)

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Bockenheimer Turm, 2

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:59:26 -0500

tags: Bockenheimer Turm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, travel, nature, cities, image of the day

Bockenheimer Turm.

Bockenheimer Warte, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Image: GrrlScientist, 6 April 2010 [larger view]

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Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:59:20 -0500

tags: birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

[Mystery birds] photographed at the Machias Seal Island, Maine. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]

Image: Paul Sweet, 26 May 2008 [larger view].

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

These stunning birds are the only member of their genus -- can you identify it? As a bonus question, can you tell me about one of its famous relatives?

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TEDTalks: Kevin Bales: How to Combat Modern Slavery

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:59:38 -0500

tags: How to Combat Modern Slavery, philosophy, morality, ethics, behavior, poverty, culture, slavery, human rights, human values, Kevin Bales, TEDTalks, streaming video

In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground research -- and names the price of freeing every slave on earth right now.

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Boys Will Be Girls/Girls Will Be Boys

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:59:27 -0500

tags: satire, humor, funny, weird, behavior, stereotypes, women, men, Untucked Films, Harvard Sailing Team, streaming video

This video is a satire of how women behave when they get together. However, this is highly stereotyped since I've never acted like this, not have any women whom I know. Who are these mythological women? Do you know them? Or are they sitcom women only?

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Scientia Pro Publica 24a&b Published

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:02:39 -0500

Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.

This week's edition of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) has been published at two separate locations: "Scientia Pro Publica 24: Origins Edition" by Andrew at 360 Degree Skeptic and by Andrew at Southern Fried Science. This twin edition is christened (by me): "The Twin Sons of Different Mothers" edition, or perhaps "The Revenge of the Andrews".

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Mystery Bird: Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:59:42 -0500

tags: Lake Gull, Common Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Ring-billed Gull, also known as the Common Gull or Lake Gull, Larus delawarensis, photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, March 2010 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:59:44 -0500

tags: gorilla, death, mortality, science, humor, funny, satire, fucking hilarious, Onion News Network, ONN, streaming video

Tulane University researchers have successfully taught a captive gorilla that he will die one day. The gorilla, named Quigley, is now able to experience the crippling fear of impending death previously only accessible to humans.

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