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Grand Rounds goes back home to Blogborygmi for the 3.14 Best of Year edition, with some interesting history (and statistics) of the carnival. This is a real treat with entries being not best of the week, but best of the year.
Here is the background information and here is the growing list of nominations.
I am still looking for a poem, a post about women and/or minorities in science, something from chemistry, geology and/or ecology (not environment/conservation), and a post about stereotypes of scientists in the society…
This is so old (January 02, 2005) yet quite prescient...
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Some blogs have thousands of daily visitors because they were there first. It is like carbonated drinks. Even if you make a drink that is much better than Coke or Pepsi, you are doomed to bankrupcy because they…
Cyberspace May Overcome Ethical Constraints In Experiments:
Psychological experiments that stopped 40 years ago because of ethical concerns could instead be conducted in cyberspace in the future. By repeating the Stanley Milgram's classic experiment from the 1960s on obedience to authority -- that…
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over…
Now that the 2006 Weblog Awards are over (and congratulations to all of my favourites for wins or good showing), we are all warmed up and ready for the Real Deal - the Koufaxes!
First, and most importantly, go over to Wampum and hit their PayPal button (on the left top side-bar), or their Amazon.…
Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.
- Sharon Gold
A cool animation:
"How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also…
The Icons of Evolution finally tested! Who won? Lamarck or Darwin?
Under the fold:
Winning By A Neck: Giraffes Avoid Competing With Shorter Browsers:
The giraffe's elongated neck has long been used in textbooks as an illustration of evolution by natural selection, but this common example has…
You may have seen (or even bought and read) those annual collections of science-related articles that were published in print press over a course of a year, e.g., The Best American Science Writing 2006 or The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006. Wonderful stuff, written by real pros.
But…
Mr. Shakes had a traffic accident. Help the Shakes manor with a little donation on their PayPal button.
Also, Wampum folks need money for the generator in order to run the Koufaxes. Choose between PayPal button and Amazon.com button. While there, make suggestions for new categories and take a…
Below the fold are the pictures of me, Prof. Steve Steve and Rev.Big Dumb Chimp taken immediately after the Ken Miller talk in Raleigh. If we look a little drunk or high, it is because we were just subjected to an overdose of theistic evolution and religious apologetics!
So, why do Creationists and other quacks try so hard to sound all 'scienc-y'? (June 15, 2005)
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Check this guy out - Jim Pinkoski - in the posts AND in the comments here, here and here.
OK, he's a creationist, but he is not even trying to be consistently within ONE…
Here is one person's view. I agree on being careful about revealing personal stuff (especially about other people), but I found that I get lots of comments on those rare occasions when I post a picture of a cat, so there must be a large audience for it out there. I have also been asked to write…
Today's crop of science news is particularly fascinating and I wish I had time to devote a whole post to each item. Hopefully, some of my SciBlings or other science bloggers will write something more about these new studies:
Contrary To Common Wisdom, Scientist Discovers Some Mammals Can Smell…
Carnival of the Liberals 28: Christmas Edition is up on Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted).
Carl Sagan (Pseudo) Memorial / Demon Haunted World (Pseudo) Homage / [50th] Skeptics' Circle is up on Humbug Online.
