The theory of evolution
Gene Expression
Over at The Scientist Neil S. Greenspan has an article up, Darwin and deduction: One of the most...
Gas Tax Holiday
the buzz in the blogosphere
05.09.2008
A gas tax holiday proposed by Hillary Clinton is turning into a major debate among the presidential candidates. Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain say that suspending the tax this summer will ease the burden on working-class drivers struggling with rising fuel costs. Senator Obama calls the proposal a "gimmick," and some ScienceBloggers agree.
Stephen Colbert on Gas Tax Holiday
05.08.2008 · Jake Young
...Stephen Colbert skewers as per usual... "If we go to smaller cars, soon we'll be just like Europe." Hat-tip: Greg Mankiw and Tyler Cowen......
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I'm always impressed by how people will completely ignore common sense when listening to that robotic [GPS] voice telling them to turn left or turn right.
The Frontal Cortex · GPS Sucks · May 9, 2008
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Life Science
Microcosm Winner #5: What's Your Favorite E. coli Trick?
The Loom
At last we come to the fifth winning question about Microcosm, from Ceph. Once again, thanks to...
Microcosm Winner #4: What Does E. coli Have to Say About Creationism?
The Loom
Here's the fourth winning question about Microcosm, from Sigmund: Creationists often point to the bacterial cell and say...
A Toyota commercial that uses the "e-word"?
Laelaps
Not only does the commercial dare to mention evolution, but it also features a prominent paleontologist and (gasp)...
Physical Science
Friday Sprog Blogging: can we dissolve an avocado?
Adventures in Ethics and Science
As promised last Friday, today we report the results of our investigation of the solubility properties of an...
Geopuzzle #11
Highly Allochthonous
Spot (and explain, if you can) the differences. It's not much of a hint to say that the...
What's Wrong with "Atom Laser"
Uncertain Principles
Why the phrase "atom laser" bugs me, and why it's ironic given the "framing" argument here.
Environment
For the Triangle locavores
A Blog Around The Clock
A special issue of The Independent on local food scene: The road to real food Farm to table...
Michael Pollan: Chewed Up and Spit Out
The World's Fair
"Big claims. Not too much support. Mostly unconvincing."
Science podcasts heard 12 million times daily
The World's Fair
Some nanotechnology, some environmentalism, a lot of links.
No More UN Aid to Burma
Greg Laden's Blog
The first deliver of aid from the UN World Food Programme was stolen by officials from the Burma...
Humanities/Social Science
Plane Reading
The Frontal Cortex
Sorry about the light posting - I've been traveling. As far as I'm concerned, the best thing about...
Morphometrics, Cladistics, And Human Evolution
Afarensis
Kambiz has an extensive write up of the Nature paper that examines hominid phylogeny....
What's your workbench?
Photos of where you do science could be featured in the next issue of Seed Magazine.
What is in the air we breathe?
Education & Careers
Daniel Drezner on the Benefits of Full Professor
Pure Pedantry
This is funny. Daniel Drezner, having received the full professor status, lists the benefits: 6) Something better than...
What's your workbench?
Page 3.14
Photos of where you do science could be featured in the next issue of Seed Magazine.
Interdisciplinarity
Uncertain Principles
Timothy Burke has some interesting thoughts about the College of the Atlantic, which represents a real effort to...
New UNC Chancellor is a scientist. w00t!
A Blog Around The Clock
Holden Thorp is a chemist and an overall great guy. Good news for NC science and education....
Politics
Creationism and Molecular Evolution
Mike the Mad Biologist
What's nuts about creationists is that the molecular evidence for natural selection is incredibly strong, unless you posit...
An Echoing Press: Saturation Coverage of Pope's Visit
Framing Science
One of the top four news stories of 2008
Medicine & Health
flu like illness on Canadian train
Dynamics of Cats
Passenger train halted and quarantined in northern Ontario...
Journalist becomes the story: Discover Magazine luvs teh denialists.
denialism blog
HT erv. This is truly annoying because it is so patently wrong. It's wrong in lots of different...
World Death Rate Holding Steady at 100%
The World's Fair
Some stunning research results. A lot to ponder. More to come.
Brain & Behavior
Is the Foundation of Prejudice in Native Language?
Mixing Memory
Who says religion and science can't go together well? I just read an interesting paper by Kinzler et...
A birdsong model of creole languages
Pure Pedantry
Language Log has a fascinating article about creole languages and birdsongs: Zebra finches are among the songbirds who...
Double dissociation of sound localization and identification in the auditory cortex of cats
Pure Pedantry
We have known for some time that there is a double dissociation (I will define that term in...
Technology
TechPedia Atlanta
Science To Life
I recently started writing for a new website called TechPedia Atlanta which will launch in Summer 2008....
Linear Programming
Good Math, Bad Math
In my last post on game theory, I said that you could find an optimal probabilistic grand...
165 linux apps running simultaneously
Greg Laden's Blog
How to help people find their love of Linux
Greg Laden's Blog
Linux is not for everyone. Linux is an operating system that is idea for people who need their...
