Kansas girl wins national spelling bee permlink
Category: Culture
The AP, 13-year-old Kansas girl wins National Spelling Bee: Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled...
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The bubble in irrationality permlink
Category: Culture
Felix Salmon pointed me to The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street today. There really is a boom in these sorts of books recently! Are we overdoing the "irrationality" bit? Probably....
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Category: Blog
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If these mice could speak permlink
Category: Genetics
Nick Wade in The New York Times reports on new research where they inserted human FOXP2 genes into the mouse genome. Here are some of the findings: Despite the mammalian body's dependence on having its two FOXP2 genes work just...
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The "future" of the American automotive industry permlink
Category: Culture
BusinessWeek, The Tough Road Ahead for GM and Chrysler: The upshot is that some 30 significant players worldwide are fighting over a pie that has shrunk by more than 30% in the past 12 months. The industry can make about...
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Scitable, Nature as king of all science media? permlink
Category: Blog
A few weeks ago I was pointed to Scitable, part of the Nature media empire. Here's how it's introduced: A free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science....
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Kate Gosselin before & after! permlink
Category: Culture
I was at the supermarket today and saw some some before and after pictures of Kate Gosselin on the cover of Us Weekly. Pretty crazy, though not as extreme as some of the "pre" and "post" makeup photos of celebrities...
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"The Quarks," prizes for weblog writing permlink
Category: Culture
The first is for science weblog posts. Nominations end the 1st of June. Steven Pinker is picking the winner out of 6 finalists....
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Evolution & the cat permlink
Category: Evolution
Scientific American has a long piece reviewing the recent genetic insights into the origins and development of the most awesome pets of all: It is by turns aloof and affectionate, serene and savage, endearing and exasperating. Despite its mercurial nature,...
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Around ScienceBlogs permlink
Category: Blog
Return of the Quaternary Jared Diamond hides behind the "it wasn't science" defense Building your own Star Opponent-Process Theory: Welcome to the dark side Cloud Computing...
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