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Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 420 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
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Framing the Mexican wolf…
Some cool papers tonight in 4 out of 7 PLoS journals. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and…
DARWIN ON FACEBOOK: HOW CULTURE TRANSFORMS HUMAN EVOLUTION
AFTER HOURS EVENT FEATURING ANTHROPOLOGIST PETER RICHERSON
WHAT SciCafe presents Darwin on Facebook: How Culture Transforms Human Evolution, featuring Anthropologist Peter Richerson.
Help celebrate the 150th anniversary of On…
NCSU AND UNC-CHAPEL HILL PROFESSOR TROY NAGLE TO DISCUSS THE JOINT DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT OCTOBER RESEARCH DIRECTORS MEETING
The Research Triangle Park, N.C. - The Triangle Area Research Directors Council (TARDC) has announced that Dr. Troy Nagle, Professor of Biomedical…
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The Audacity of Greed: How…
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 420 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
There are 17 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as it were a mist, cloaking the perplexities of fact. Insistence on clarity at all costs is based on sheer superstition as to the mode in which human intelligence functions.…
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Blinded by the Light - ecological light pollution.
"Newsroom as cafe is not a concept but a practice in the Czech Republic" - Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic
Thanks @justarikia for a re-do of my…
There are 23 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
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In which I have seen the future of science, and it is male - first issue of Eureka extremely male and even sexist!?
Sell the Vatican, Feed the World - Sarah Silverman's ambitious plan for feeding the world (video).
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Lots of interesting articles in PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (…
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'Male slashes female's throat in UCLA chemistry lab': Violence in a UCLA Lab
'Check out these gorgeous photos of small things': Nikon Small World 2009
Quoting 'Psychics' Like Experts: How Low Can News Judgement Go? -…
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way; if you don't, you'll find an excuse.In times when the passions are beginning to take charge of the conduct of human affairs, one should pay less attention to what men of experience and common sense are thinking than to what is preoccupying the…
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Struggling Museum Now Allowing Patrons To Touch Paintings
A Harvard Skirmish in the Copyright Wars - 'Do your lecture notes violate your prof's copyright?'
60 people ready to discuss ScienceOnline2010 on FriendFeed
Why…
I realize it's been a while since the last blog update on ScienceOnline2010, though bits and pieces showed up on Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook over the past few weeks. You should follow the updates on the News and Updates page and also on the Blog and Media Coverage page on the wiki in order to…
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 420 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
Let's look back at the week and see what's cool. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg)…
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Are you asleep? Exploring the mind's twilight zone - 'How do you know you're not sleeping right now?'
50 Useful iPhone Apps for Science Students & Teachers
OA Week at the University of Belgrade in Serbia
Let's have…
Yesterday, North Carolinians woke up to some very unpleasant news that Dell decided to close its computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC by the end of this year and lay off its entire workforce of 905 employees.
While I may not like it, I can understand the economics of…
Carnival of the Blue #29 is up on Cephalopodcast
The 121st Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle is up on The Mad Skeptic
Scientia Pro Publica 13: Nobel Prize Edition is up on Living the Scientific Life
Friday Ark #264 is up on Modulator
Grand Rounds Vol 6, No 3: The Art of Medicine and Nursing is up on…
There are 17 new articles in PLoS ONE published last night. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook…
