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Cash posted a blog entry
University Science Writing Competition – Winners Announced!
The winners of our first-ever writing competition here at Scientific Blogging were announced this week, and we couldn’t be...
The winners of our first-ever writing competition here at Scientific Blogging were announced this week, and we couldn’t be...
Cash posted a blog entry
How To Not Get Blinded With Science
From The Times, a journalist global warming skeptic changes his tune:I thought global warming was all bog-standard,...
From The Times, a journalist global warming skeptic changes his tune:I thought global warming was all bog-standard,...
Cash posted a blog entry
Briny With A Rich Seafood Essence
My google news alert for "squid" frequently pops up recipes and restaurant reviews, most of which I dismiss out of hand. But...
My google news alert for "squid" frequently pops up recipes and restaurant reviews, most of which I dismiss out of hand. But...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Richard Dawkins in Auckland – update
I reported recently that Richard Dawkins will speak in Auckland next March.Looks like there has been an overwhelming demand...
I reported recently that Richard Dawkins will speak in Auckland next March.Looks like there has been an overwhelming demand...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Richard Dawkins in Auckland next March
This guy leads an extremely busy life. I know he is promoting his recently published books The Greatest Show on Earth and...
This guy leads an extremely busy life. I know he is promoting his recently published books The Greatest Show on Earth and...
Cash posted a blog entry
From Trade-off To Mutuality: Modeling The Transition To Free Green, Free Flex, And Free Qual
Does it cost money to be green, or can a company make greater profits by being green? Even a decade ago, most companies thought...
Does it cost money to be green, or can a company make greater profits by being green? Even a decade ago, most companies thought...
Dsten posted a blog entry
Persistent Vegetative States and the Problem with Facilitated Communication
If you read the print version of the NZ Herald today you would have seen featured on the front page a miraculous case of a man...
If you read the print version of the NZ Herald today you would have seen featured on the front page a miraculous case of a man...
Cash posted a blog entry
Diamonds Are A Driver's Best Friend
Missouri can proudly claim it is first in the nation - first to test a new "diverging diamond" interchange that improves...
Missouri can proudly claim it is first in the nation - first to test a new "diverging diamond" interchange that improves...
Cash posted a blog entry
Networking For Freelancers
What do rock climbing, book clubs, and sci fi have in common? The answer is they all help an astrophysicist with job hunting....
What do rock climbing, book clubs, and sci fi have in common? The answer is they all help an astrophysicist with job hunting....
Cash posted a blog entry
Economizing Happiness: What's It Worth To You?
Dr. Paul Frijters has recently made the mainstream news go haywire. It's not because he was recently named this year's Best...
Dr. Paul Frijters has recently made the mainstream news go haywire. It's not because he was recently named this year's Best...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Galileo and Hollywood
I have always enjoyed Carolyn Porco’s talks. She is the director of CICLOPS, the Cassini Imaging Science Team. Cassini is...
I have always enjoyed Carolyn Porco’s talks. She is the director of CICLOPS, the Cassini Imaging Science Team. Cassini is...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Distorting Darwin
Poor old Charles Darwin. In this year of celebration, when me mark the 200th year since his birth and the 150th year since the...
Poor old Charles Darwin. In this year of celebration, when me mark the 200th year since his birth and the 150th year since the...
Cash posted a blog entry
Hawaii's Beaches Soon To Be Lost To The Sea?
Hawaii's beaches are infamous. The sparkling sands here attract around 7.5 million people a year who spend nearly $13 billion...
Hawaii's beaches are infamous. The sparkling sands here attract around 7.5 million people a year who spend nearly $13 billion...
SF Girl posted a tweet
Met with Joe Schwarcz, McGill University's Director of Science and Society and discussed the need for literacy in science writing...Yuh...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
The rules of science
PZ Myers has a great post Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Intelligent Design. It briefly discusses, and...
PZ Myers has a great post Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Intelligent Design. It briefly discusses, and...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Twittering in space
All going well the STS-129 Shuttle launch will occur on Monday 2.28 pm EST, USA (8.28 am Tuesday, NZ time).Here’s a...
All going well the STS-129 Shuttle launch will occur on Monday 2.28 pm EST, USA (8.28 am Tuesday, NZ time).Here’s a...
Cash posted a blog entry
Mouse Brain Surgery And Mouse Welfare
As a mouse vet, my job is to suggest refinements to make cancer studies as easy as possible on the mice. read more
As a mouse vet, my job is to suggest refinements to make cancer studies as easy as possible on the mice. read more
Dsten posted a blog entry
Rats, Bad Decisions and Jelloshots
It is an accepted fact of life that alcohol and good decision making have only loose a acquaintance with one another. Like...
It is an accepted fact of life that alcohol and good decision making have only loose a acquaintance with one another. Like...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Morality – from the heavens or nature?
Yet another great video from the recent AAI Convention. It’s a presentation by Andy Thomson on the scientific approach to...
Yet another great video from the recent AAI Convention. It’s a presentation by Andy Thomson on the scientific approach to...
admin20 posted a blog entry
You too can be Galileo
Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope at the heavens, and revolutionized our conception of Earth’s place in the Universe....
Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope at the heavens, and revolutionized our conception of Earth’s place in the Universe....
admin20 posted a blog entry
You too can be Galileo
Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope at the heavens, and revolutionized our conception of Earth’s place in the Universe....
Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope at the heavens, and revolutionized our conception of Earth’s place in the Universe....
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Einstein on Galileo’s contribution
Some religious apologists just can’t leave Galileo alone. They are unhappy about the fact that most people accept that...
Some religious apologists just can’t leave Galileo alone. They are unhappy about the fact that most people accept that...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Makers of Universes
It can’t be easy being the guy who has to introduce Albert Einstein. But it helps if you’re George Bernard...
It can’t be easy being the guy who has to introduce Albert Einstein. But it helps if you’re George Bernard...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Makers of Universes
It can’t be easy being the guy who has to introduce Albert Einstein. But it helps if you’re George Bernard...
It can’t be easy being the guy who has to introduce Albert Einstein. But it helps if you’re George Bernard...
Dsten posted a blog entry
TXT Language Redeemed
Working in a laboratory, as I do, abbreviations and acronyms are a way of life. Seriously, if we had to enunciate all of those...
Working in a laboratory, as I do, abbreviations and acronyms are a way of life. Seriously, if we had to enunciate all of those...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Why Evolution Is True
Here’s another great video from the recent AAI Convention. It’s a presentation by Jerry Coyne based on his recently...
Here’s another great video from the recent AAI Convention. It’s a presentation by Jerry Coyne based on his recently...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Richard Dawkins in Wellington next March
Auckland got Richard Dawkins by video this year when he announced the winner of the inaugural Royal Society NZ science Book of...
Auckland got Richard Dawkins by video this year when he announced the winner of the inaugural Royal Society NZ science Book of...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
The clash of science and politics
I am awaiting the Employment Court’s decision of Jim Salinger’s case (see Clamping down on science communication)....
I am awaiting the Employment Court’s decision of Jim Salinger’s case (see Clamping down on science communication)....
Rugfish posted a blog entry
Drugs policy at the crossroads between science and politics
The sacking of Prof. Nutt, the chair of the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs, raises stereotyped responses on both...
The sacking of Prof. Nutt, the chair of the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs, raises stereotyped responses on both...
admin20 posted a blog entry
2,720 budding scientists
The DonorsChoose challenge has now wrapped up. Cosmic variance readers raised an astounding $11,525, with 34 people donating,...
The DonorsChoose challenge has now wrapped up. Cosmic variance readers raised an astounding $11,525, with 34 people donating,...
admin20 posted a blog entry
2,720 budding scientists
The DonorsChoose challenge has now wrapped up. Cosmic variance readers raised an astounding $11,525, with 34 people donating,...
The DonorsChoose challenge has now wrapped up. Cosmic variance readers raised an astounding $11,525, with 34 people donating,...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Judging the internet – and books
Normally I enjoy getting a new book. A chance to leaf through for a general impression and then get stuck into reading.But I...
Normally I enjoy getting a new book. A chance to leaf through for a general impression and then get stuck into reading.But I...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Defending science and reason
Book Review: The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor StengerPrice: US$12.92Paperback: 282...
Book Review: The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor StengerPrice: US$12.92Paperback: 282...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Defending Science Isn’t Always Pretty
This month’s issue of WIRED features a great story by Amy Wallace: “An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents...
This month’s issue of WIRED features a great story by Amy Wallace: “An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Defending Science Isn’t Always Pretty
This month’s issue of WIRED features a great story by Amy Wallace: “An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents...
This month’s issue of WIRED features a great story by Amy Wallace: “An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents...
Dsten posted a blog entry
Can Torture Ever Be Justified?
I don’t think I would be going out on too much of a limb if I observed that most of us find the idea of torture to be...
I don’t think I would be going out on too much of a limb if I observed that most of us find the idea of torture to be...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Science education needs a helping hand
We are now in the middle of the Social Media Challenge at DonorsChoose. Many of our generous, loyal, beautiful, intelligent,...
We are now in the middle of the Social Media Challenge at DonorsChoose. Many of our generous, loyal, beautiful, intelligent,...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Science education needs a helping hand
We are now in the middle of the Social Media Challenge at DonorsChoose. Many of our generous, loyal, beautiful, intelligent,...
We are now in the middle of the Social Media Challenge at DonorsChoose. Many of our generous, loyal, beautiful, intelligent,...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Science education needs a helping hand
We are now in the middle of the Social Media Challenge at DonorsChoose. Many of our generous, loyal, beautiful, intelligent,...
We are now in the middle of the Social Media Challenge at DonorsChoose. Many of our generous, loyal, beautiful, intelligent,...
Dsten posted a blog entry
Disgust or Anger?
The ability to recognise the emotional states of those around us is a very useful tool which allows us to act appropriately in...
The ability to recognise the emotional states of those around us is a very useful tool which allows us to act appropriately in...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Empathy’s origins
Book Review: The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society by Frans de Waal Price: US$17.15 Hardcover:...
Book Review: The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society by Frans de Waal Price: US$17.15 Hardcover:...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Galileo, Darwin and the new enlightenment
Here are two interesting talks in Wellington next Sunday?1.00 pm to 4.00 pm, Sunday 25 October 2009Mezzanine Floor,...
Here are two interesting talks in Wellington next Sunday?1.00 pm to 4.00 pm, Sunday 25 October 2009Mezzanine Floor,...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
New bird designed!
I have always found arguments from analogy very weak. Especially as they are usually allied with strong preconceived beliefs...
I have always found arguments from analogy very weak. Especially as they are usually allied with strong preconceived beliefs...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
BCA libels Simon Singh?
Update to A victory for Simon Singh.Apparently the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) have given way to emotion in a...
Update to A victory for Simon Singh.Apparently the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) have given way to emotion in a...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
A victory for Simon Singh
Science writer Simon Singh has won a victory in his chiropractic libel battle!I initially discussed his case in Suppressing...
Science writer Simon Singh has won a victory in his chiropractic libel battle!I initially discussed his case in Suppressing...
Dsten posted a blog entry
Simon Singh Granted Permission to Appeal,
This just in (sort of), for those following the unfortunate case of the British Chiropractic Association suing columnist and...
This just in (sort of), for those following the unfortunate case of the British Chiropractic Association suing columnist and...
Dsten posted a blog entry
Natural Health Expo(sed)?
Driving around Hamilton the past few weeks I couldn’t help but notice the signs sprinkled around the city for the...
Driving around Hamilton the past few weeks I couldn’t help but notice the signs sprinkled around the city for the...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Why We Are Atheists
Book Review: 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists by Russell Blackford and Udo SchuklenkPaperback: 360 pagesPublisher:...
Book Review: 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists by Russell Blackford and Udo SchuklenkPaperback: 360 pagesPublisher:...
diamat1 posted a blog entry
Books in prisons
I came across some information on the programme for the LIANZA (Library and Information association of NZ Aotearoa) conference...
I came across some information on the programme for the LIANZA (Library and Information association of NZ Aotearoa) conference...
admin20 posted a blog entry
Science prize (not the Nobel)
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious and successful astronomical surveys ever performed. It has left an...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious and successful astronomical surveys ever performed. It has left an...
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