Greg Laden is a biological anthropologist and science communicator. His research has covered North American prehistoric and historic archaeology and African archaeology and human ecology. He is an OpenSource and OpenAccess advocate. Greg's wife, Amanda, is a High School biology teacher, his daughter Julia is a world traveler and his son Huxley is 2.
Mat Nisbet's Framing Perspective: Interview w/ The Scientist on Ida's Media Strategy
Creationists react to Darwinius masillae at Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge.
Google co-opts Ida. Thus creating Gidagle.
Creationists freak out over Darwinius
(In case you have not seen, here's my non-…
"Bonk" author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. (This talk is aimed at adults. Viewer discretion advised.)
The Mars rover Opportunity has explored Victoria crater, a ~750-meter eroded impact crater formed in sulfate-rich sedimentary rocks. Impact-related stratigraphy is preserved in the crater walls, and meteoritic debris is present near the crater rim. The size of hematite-rich concretions decreases…
Pope Benedict XVI has entered the world of social networking sites and smartphones with a Vatican portal that includes Facebook and iPhone applications.
The Pope2You Web site was launched Thursday and allows Facebook users to send virtual postcards with photos of Benedict. An application for…
For those of you who have never seen Wisconsin, have a look at my friend Elizabeth's blog to get an idea. Really; It pretty much looks like this everywhere I've been in the state, and I used to live there.
I was quite dissapointed this morning to hear the Minnesota Public Radio station interview a guy who had kept medical treatments from his son several years ago withoiut asking some of the truly critical questions that would be needed in this kind of situation. In that case, the father claims,…
... almost.
This is the Solar Birdhouse. The idea is that the bird house sits there and collects energy from the sun all day and stores it in a battery, then at night, there is a kind of nightlight that lights up the perch on the front of the birdhouse.
According to the ad that was mailed to me…
You probably know that there is a new primate fossil, nicknamed "Ida," and that there is quite a buzz about it.
Darwinius masillae, aka Ida
Ida comes from fossil deposits in Germany, and was originally excavated in two different parts by private collectors, and only recently rejoined and…
... tbooks. (get it?)
Josh Rosenau, of the National Center for Science Education, has a piece in Seed online:
The National Center for Science Education, in Oakland, CA, where I work, has tracked hundreds of attacks on evolution education in 48 states in the last five years. In the last two years…
I really have nothing against homeschooling, but it must be admitted that among the homeschoolers, there is a disproportionate share of crazy people that should not be allowed near children. And, the way homeschooling operates politically, the children of homeschooling families are less likely to…
If this is a typical installation of Scientia Pro Publica, then Scientia Pro Publica is the best science carnival out there. Good job Grrrrlllll Sccccientissst..... for creating this carnival.
Go to this link at Nature Network and read the Primate Diaries version of Scientia Pro Publica ... #4…
I used to smoke. And I would roll my own. Bible pages work great for that. So, I'm kinda glad Glddeon has been leaving these bibles around everywhere.
But I don't want them to think it is a good idea. So please visit PZ and learn about the latest poll. For you. To crash.
I know someone (never mind who) who used to tie herself to a chair while studying in order to not randomly get up and go do stuff. (Obviously, she could untie herself in case of emergency.)
Now, there's a new way to do that:
Parents struggling to get their kids to revise in the run-up to exams…
Both, I hear, are rather litigious at times (man, am I ever going to get sued). So, when Microsoft patents Harry Potter's Magic Wand, how will that go?
"Newly-disclosed USPTO documents show that Microsoft is seeking patent protection for a 'Magic Wand,' a device with various gizmos and sensors…
I have always preferred train travel over flying, when practical. I have no fear of flying, and when I do fly, I try to sit by the window because I love looking down at the lay of the land and the tiny cars on freeways. I am still a kid that way. I love to fly, but I would prefer a train...…
Press release from NASA regarding Spirit, which has been stuck in the sand ...
NASA's rover project team is using the Spirit rover and other spacecraft at Mars to begin developing the best maneuvers for extracting Spirit from the soft Martian ground where it has become embedded.
A diagnostic test…
So it came to pass that Amanda seemed to be somewhat ill .... nausea, tired for no reason, that sort of thing. About the same time both of us started to rearrange the furniture a lot and we were both gathering small sticks and pieces of moss and putting them in the bottom of the closet. Then the…
I have an important announcement to make. I am going to make this announcement on facebook first, so if you are my facebook friend already go have a look.
