Blog Carnivals
grrlscientist | December 19, 2008How could I let Friday sneak away without letting you know about the latest edition of the Friday Ark? This is, as you know, a photographic celebration of all non-human life forms on this planet, a spin-off of Friday Cat Blogging, so I hope you go there to appreciate living things other than humans.
grrlscientist | December 18, 2008Here's some newly published blog carnivals to keep you informed and entertained!
Carnival of Evolution, issue 7. This little blog carnival is really starting to get a readship as well as attracting some interesting submissions, so please go there and enjoy the submissions they have!
Carnival of Satire, issue 108. Yes, it's a fun read, so don't miss it!
sb admin | December 17, 2008Larry Moran points to a couple of posts critical of microarrays (The Problem with Microarrays):
Why microarray study conclusions are so often wrong
Three reasons to distrust microarray results
Microarrays are small chips that are covered with short stretches of single stranded DNA. People hybridize DNA from some source to the microarray, which lights up if the DNA hybridizes to the probes on the array.
Most biologists are familiar with microarrays being used to measure gene expression. In this case, transcribed DNA is hybridized to the array, and the intensity of the signal is used as a proxy…
grrlscientist | December 15, 2008Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy, hot off the presses!
Carnival of Evolution, issue 7. Unfortunately, this is a small edition this time, a bummer, reeally, but it still has some interesting essays there.
Oekologie, the Season's Greetings edition. This blog carnival is filled with a bunch of science-y essays about a wide variety of topics.
Carnival of Cool Homeschoolers, which has apparently been renamed the Homeschool Showcase due to a change in hosts. Anyway, this is an interesting homeschooling blog carnival and I see that a few of my fellow scientist colleagues are also…
grrlscientist | December 12, 2008Here's the most recently published blog carnivals for you to enjoy;
Friday Ark, issue 221. This blog carnival is all about animals; sharing photographs of animals (pets mostly). Go here to get your furry or feathery snuggle fix.
Just Write, 12 December 2008 edition. This blog carnival is fairly large and is filled with all sorts of writing and advice about writing, for those who wish to live the writing life, even if only vicariously.
grrlscientist | December 11, 2008Here's the latest blog carnivals that have been published;
Carnival of the Vanities. This is the original blog carnival and it focuses on gathering together the best blog writing regardless of topic.
I and the Bird, issue 90. This blog carnival focuses on discussions of wild birds and birdwatching.
grrlscientist | December 10, 2008Today's collection of carnivalia have been published for you to enjoy.
Encephalon, issue 60. This is the second time I've hosted this carnival, which is devoted to collecting all reports on neuroscience into one place for you to read and enjoy.
Linnaeus' Legacy, a blog carnival that focuses on reports about the world's biodiversity.
Carnival of Education, issue 201. This blog carnival, predictably, focuses on essays about education and teaching.
Carnival of the Conservatives, where my essay was out-numbered by a tremendous number of conservatives. Well, at least my submission was included…
grrlscientist | December 9, 2008Here's more blog carnivals that are hot off the presses for you to read!
Carnival of Economics, 9 December 2008 edition. This is a huge blog carnival, featuring a variety of essays about the economy, alhtough most of them discuss various aspects of the current economic disaster that Bush and his buddies have proudly overseen.
Carnival of Homeschooling, issue 154: anniversary gifts. I know that some of you are offended by this blog carnival, but if you are, I encourage you to go to the specific entries that offend you and argue with the authors about the errors in their logic (certainly,…
grrlscientist | December 8, 2008Here's the latest carnivalia to keep you entertained;
Movie Monday, which is fileld with all sorts of movie news, including lots of trailers.
Review Bloggers Carnival, issue 32. This blog carnival is all about consumer reviews of items (and books) that they've enjoyed .. or not. Useful for those of you who can still afford to do some Christmas shopping!
grrlscientist | December 7, 2008Here's the latest blog carnivals to entertain you and to keep your mind happy while you are engaged in other, less pleasant activities;
Book Review Carnival, which, as its name implies, is filled with book reviews. I find it interesting to see that the number of non-fiction book reviews outnumbers reviews for all other genres -- this is encouraging for me, since I am getting ready to take the plunge and write my own book (thanks to some encouragement from my SciBling colleagues).
Carnival of Cinema, which includes everything about film, from film reviews to trailers.
Friday Ark, issue 220.…
terrasig | December 5, 2008As I sang the praises the other day about Chris Patil's contributions to a recent PLoS biology paper and in launching the Hourglass blog carnival, I wanted to post the call for submissions:
Hi all --
I just posted the call for submissions for Hourglass V, the fifth installation of our blog carnival about the biology of aging.
This edition will be hosted by me, at Ouroboros.
Please send submissions to hourglass[dot]host[at]gmail.com .
What we're looking for:
> Topics of posts should have something to do with the biology of aging, broadly
> speaking -- including fundamental research in…
grrlscientist | December 4, 2008Wow, this is a truly unexpected honor: one of my essays was chosen by the "MetaCarnival." This blog carnival seeks to bring together the best of the blogosphere by sampling the diverse topics collected in the carnival format.
grrlscientist | December 3, 2008Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy!
Carnival of the Blue, issue 19. This blog carnival focuses on the oceans and everything involved with them -- an important topic in today's world, and one that I write about from time to time.
grrlscientist | December 2, 2008Here's a few more blog carnivals for you to enjoy;
History Carnival, December 2008 edition. This blog carnival focuses on history, both recent and long past history.
Europe Travel, 1 December issue. This blog carnival is crammed with lots of travel photoessays, and lots of gorgeous images, too.
Berry Go Round, issue 11. This blog carnival features one of my images, isn't that cool? I am pleased, of course!
That's Blog, 29th edition, a blog carnival that focuses on .. writing a blog!
grrlscientist | December 1, 2008Oh wow, more blog carnivals to educate and entertain you!
Carnival of Family Life, the Snowman Edition. This blog carnival features all sorts of family stuff, along with a bunch of snowcreatures, almost all of which are nearly identical humanoid snowblobs.
Movie Monday blog carnival, 1 December 2008 edition. Since this is the "movie going season" when the best films are released in preparation for the Oscars, this is a timely blog carnival for those of us who seek to spend our movie funds (and time) wisely.
Holiday Spirit blog carnival, 1 December 2008 edition. Filled with lots of holiday-…
grrlscientist | November 30, 2008Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy;
Everything Worth Reading, the "And Then There Were TEN" edition. Yes, they included something I wrote, which is not guaranteed, so I am happy about this, of course!
Health & Fitness Articles blog carnival, which is huge, filled with lots of articles for you to read.
grrlscientist | November 27, 2008Here are the latest blog carnivals that have been published for you to enjoy. Since I was traveling, I have included all the blog carnivals that I am aware of that were published during that time period;
I and the Bird, issue 89. This blog carnival focuses on wild birds and bird watching.
Encephalon, issue 59. This blog carnival focuses on the brain and neurobiology and how they interact to produce behaviors. I will be hosting this blog carnival in a couple weeks, so be ready to help me by contributing your writings to it!
Carnival of Conservatism, a blog carnival that actually focuses on…
evolgen | November 24, 2008
The 26th edition of Mendel's Garden will be hosted by A Free Man on December 7. If you have written a blog post about any topics in Genetics in the past month or so, send a link to Chris (chris[at]afreeman[dot]org) to be included in the carnival.
We're also looking for hosts for upcoming editions. If you would like to host the original genetics blog carnival, send me an email (evolgen-at-yahoo-dot-com). Every month from February onward is available.
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008Here's some more blog carnivals that are ready for you to read and enjoy;
Carnival of the Green, which focuses on collecting together environmentally-friendly blog entries from around the world.
All Things Eco, issue 25. This is another environmentally-friendly blog carnival for you to read and learn from.
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008Here's the latest carnivalia for you to explore;
"The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality." (George Bernard Shaw). Go read the Humanist Symposium issue 28.