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https://scienceblogs.com/ ScienceBlogs - Where the world discusses science. the world scienceblogs discusses https://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/11/23/mm-friday-amygdaloids MM Friday - Amygdaloids | ScienceBlogs This Friday is a holiday (in America, at least) and what's better on a holiday than a rerun? Yay for reruns. So, I've written about the Amygdaloids before, but... mm friday scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/planchon-peteroa Planchon-Peteroa | ScienceBlogs planchon peteroa scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2011/04/07/on-entering-the-foster-parent On Entering the Foster Parent World | ScienceBlogs I'm getting a lot of questions via email and comments about our experience entering into the foster parenting world, and I did want to talk about this. Some... foster parent entering world scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/deanscorner/2011/04/20/bp-oil-disaster-one-year-later BP Oil Disaster One Year Later: Sputnik II? | ScienceBlogs Korycheer Happy Children bp oil disaster one year later sputnik ii scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/insolence?s=annals+of+I%27m+not+antivaccine+part+ insolence | ScienceBlogs insolence scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/what-scientology What Is Scientology? | ScienceBlogs what is scientology scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2006/11/14/afa-distortions-on-walmart-and AFA Distortions on Walmart and Gays | ScienceBlogs The American Family Association is really obsessed with Walmart's decisions to court gay customers, so much so that it is willing to completely distort reality... afa distortions walmart gays scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2013/04/23/the-fallacious-fad-of-foregoing-vaccinations Student guest post: The Fallacious Fad of Foregoing Vaccinations | ScienceBlogs It's time for this year's second installment of student guest posts for my class on infectious causes of chronic disease. First one this year is by Dana Lowry. guest post student fallacious fad vaccinations https://www.scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/11/10/the-physics-of-global-warming The Physics of Global Warming | ScienceBlogs "Global warming is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life." -Hal Lewis The most valuable natural resources we have... the physics global warming scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/narcotic narcotic | ScienceBlogs narcotic scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/sciencewoman/2009/10/05/the-scientific-method-and-the Grad students' perspectives on the scientific method | ScienceBlogs Remember this summer when I was working on the course design for my new prep on Experimental Design and Data Analysis? We're now a month into the class, and... the scientific method grad students perspectives scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/tori-amos tori amos | ScienceBlogs tori amos scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/12/12/dumbo-octopus-tattoo Dumbo Octopus Tattoo | ScienceBlogs So I was showing Zooillogix to a few folks at my friend's party in San Francisco and this guy broke out this sweet dumbo octopus tattoo. I'll show you mine, if... dumbo octopus tattoo scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2007/04/21/how-do-you-oppose-mealsonwheel How Do You Oppose Meals-on-Wheels? | ScienceBlogs Remember Conservative Ideologues: You drink his blood after you molest him. It's more fun that way* how do you meals on wheels oppose scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2014/04/29/steelykid-demonstrates-relativity SteelyKid Demonstrates Relativity | ScienceBlogs Before going to the playground Saturday to investigate non-intertial frames, SteelyKid and I went over to campus to do some experiments in relativity.... demonstrates relativity scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/speakeasyscience/2010/02/05/dont-eat-the-um-weeds Don't eat the, um, weeds | ScienceBlogs So one summer evening in 2008, a Maryland family sits down to a dinner of home-made beef stew flavored with mint from the backyard and, oh yeah, some other... don t eat um weeds scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/aecom AECOM | ScienceBlogs aecom scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/guidelines guidelines | ScienceBlogs guidelines scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/01/30/flu-shots-a-tale-of-two-cities Flu shots: a tale of two cities | ScienceBlogs OK, they're not cities, they are states. Or cities in states. Whatever. But when it comes to flu shots they are quite different. First benighted Mississippi: a tale of two cities flu shots scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/evidence-based-conservation Evidence-based Conservation | ScienceBlogs evidence based conservation scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/2010/01/08/in-the-cloud-next-gen-dna-sequ In the cloud, Next Gen DNA sequencing computes | ScienceBlogs These days, DNA sequencing happens in one of three ways. In the early days of DNA sequencing (like the 80's), labs prepared their own samples, sequenced those... in the cloud next gen dna sequencing scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/06/26/the-autism-omnibus-the-difference-betwee The Autism Omnibus: The difference between real scientists and crank scientists | ScienceBlogs The Autism Omnibus trial continued last week, which was devoted primarily to the government's case. Consequently, there were a variety of real experts, as... difference between autism omnibus real scientists https://www.scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2010/06/06/photo-of-the-day-938-mule-deer Photo of the Day #938: Mule deer | ScienceBlogs Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), photographed at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. photo of the day mule deer 938 scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/09/07/gardasil-hpv-vaccine-bits-of-dna-sanevax-sin-hang-lee Gardasil, HPV vaccine, bits of DNA, SaneVax, Sin Hang Lee | ScienceBlogs There has been concern over the safety of Gardasil (and other?) HPV vaccines. This concern emanates from the usual Anti-Vax sources. The Anti-Vax people are... hpv vaccine gardasil bits https://scienceblogs.com/sciencewoman/2007/12/14/how-to-get-your-lab-up-and-run How to get your lab up and running in 10 easy steps | ScienceBlogs Step 1. Spend all of your start-up money. Or not. Step 2. Who needs lots of lab renovations? Just use a space last used by another department. Cabinets are... how to get up and running https://scienceblogs.com/tag/liveblog liveblog | ScienceBlogs liveblog scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2007/12/19/links-for-20071219 links for 2007-12-19 | ScienceBlogs Monkeys perform arithmetic as well as college students I knew that. links for 2007 12 19 scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/terrasig/2008/08/01/the-friday-fermentable-a-mento The Friday Fermentable: A Mentor Gets A Well-Deserved Break | ScienceBlogs This morning our dear friend and colleague whose wine escapades often fill this spot awoke to the rewards of retirement. My senior cancer research colleague,... friday mentor gets well deserved https://www.scienceblogs.com/comment/1466472 Letter To President Obama: Investigate Deniers Under RICO | ScienceBlogs The following is the text of a letter written by a number of scientists asking for a federal investigation of climate science denial under the RICO statute.... letter to president obama investigate deniers rico https://scienceblogs.com/?s=smell%20and%20memory&page=3 ScienceBlogs - Where the world discusses science. the world scienceblogs discusses https://www.scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2009/08/04/radiation-heat Hot Hot Heat | ScienceBlogs A few days ago we calculated the radiative power output of a very radioactive source like cobalt-60. CCPhysicist suggests we also calculate its surface... hot heat scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/08/30/classifying-abstracts-on-globa Classifying abstracts on global climate change | ScienceBlogs Via William Connolley I find another attempt to claim that there is no consensus in the scientific literature: global climate change classifying abstracts scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/04/04/a-curve-ball-from-the-nz-seafo A Curve Ball From the NZ Seafood Industry | ScienceBlogs Greenpeace map suggesting that areas proposed for clousre by the NZ Seafood Industry are unfishable and thus not under threat. a curve from the seafood industry ball nz https://scienceblogs.com/tag/sanitizer sanitizer | ScienceBlogs sanitizer scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/fourth-july Fourth of July | ScienceBlogs fourth of july scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/04/17/glenn-reynolds-syndrome Glenn Reynolds Syndrome | ScienceBlogs Back in 2004, Glenn Reynolds declared that the election here in Australia was in no small part a referendum on the Iraq war. This was wrong, as anyone who was... glenn reynolds syndrome scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/aborted-fetal-cells aborted fetal cells | ScienceBlogs aborted fetal cells scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/whitecoatunderground/2010/04/27/a-little-help-please A little help, please | ScienceBlogs a little help please scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2006/04/11/every-day-i-write-in-the-lab-b-1 Every Day I Write (in) the (Lab) Book | ScienceBlogs One of the features I always like in the print edition of Seed is the lab notebook pictorial. Every month (or, at least, all three of the months that I've... in the lab every day write book scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/florida florida | ScienceBlogs florida scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/09/17/raptorex-tiny-king-of-thieves-shows-how-tyrannosaurus-body-p Raptorex shows that T.rex body plan evolved at 100th the size | ScienceBlogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2011/09/29/habitable-zone-planet-finder-f Habitable Zone Planet Finder Funded | ScienceBlogs New high resolution near infra-red spectrograph, designed to find earth like planets in the habitable zone around low mass cool stars, is funded by the... habitable zone planet finder funded scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2010/03/09/grandiose-crankery-cantor-gode Grandiose Crankery: Cantor, Godel, Church, Turing, ... Morons! | ScienceBlogs church turing grandiose crankery cantor godel https://scienceblogs.com/tag/spiza-americana Spiza americana | ScienceBlogs spiza americana scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/integrityofscience/2007/07/23/a-blueprint-for-reconciling-fa A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science? | ScienceBlogs The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby had an interesting thought-piece in yesterday's paper. faith and science blueprint reconciling scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tomorrowstable/2010/11/18/when-it-comes-to-immunity-plan When it comes to immunity, plants and animals are much alike | ScienceBlogs The last common ancestor of plants and animals may have lived 1 billion years ago. Plants and animals have occasionally exchanged genes, but for the most part,... when it comes plants and animals https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/09/12/ask-ethan-2-meet-the-oort-cloud Ask Ethan #2: Meet the Oort Cloud | ScienceBlogs "The great oak of Astronomy has been felled, and we are lost without its shadow." -Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, on the passing of Jan Oort In our new... the oort cloud ethan 2 ask meet scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/denialism/2013/03/06/the-good-not-so-good-and-long-view-on-bmail The Good, Not So Good, and Long View on Bmail | ScienceBlogs Denialism blog readers, especially those at academic institutions that have/are considering outsourcing email, may be interested in my essay on UC Berkeley's... the good long view bmail scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/principles/2006/03/29/so-you-want-to-be-a-grad-stude So You Want to Be a Grad Student? | ScienceBlogs Sean Carroll offers another installment of unsolicited advice about graduate school, this time on the topic of choosing what school to attend once you're... so you want to be grad student scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/08/21/the-world-health-organization-disses-hom The World Health Organization disses homeopathy | ScienceBlogs If there's one form of pseudoscientific health care (if you can call it that) that rests on the most risibly implausible tenets, I'd have to say that it's... the world health organization homeopathy scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/distortion distortion | ScienceBlogs distortion scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/06/18/what-porcelain-o-this-porcelai What Porcelain, O This Porcelain? | ScienceBlogs Chinese police recovered 21 pieces of porcelain from a fishing boat and another 117 pieces from others. When asked where the porcelain came from, the owner... porcelain scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/08/happy-birthday-the-universe Happy Birthday The Universe | ScienceBlogs The age of the Universe is 13.73 billion years, plus or minus 120 million years. Some people might say it doesn't look a day over 6000 years. They're wrong. happy birthday the universe scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/apostasy Apostasy | ScienceBlogs apostasy scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/science-money-0 Science & Money | ScienceBlogs science money https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/ontario ontario | ScienceBlogs ontario scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/2009/01/26/last-friday-the-british-minist An Unsettling Meeting with the UK's Science Minister | ScienceBlogs Last Friday the British Minister of Science, Paul Drayson, visited the science area of Oxford University to give a short speech and take questions. The... meeting with the uk s science unsettling minister https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2010/10/08/yes-we-won-but-now-what Yes, We Won But Now What... | ScienceBlogs John reporting from the ASPO conference. we won but now yes scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/12/02/confirmed-sarah-hershbergers-family-has-fled Confirmed: Sarah Hershberger's family has fled | ScienceBlogs s family confirmed sarah hershberger fled https://www.scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/18/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-falling-synopsis The Hubble Space Telescope Is Falling (Synopsis) | ScienceBlogs "When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to... hubble space telescope falling synopsis scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/tomatoes tomatoes | ScienceBlogs tomatoes scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/comment/1466931 What YOU can do about gun violence | ScienceBlogs Why you have to do something about guns what you can do gun violence scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/tce TCE | ScienceBlogs tce scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/sbc08-interviews SBC'08 Interviews | ScienceBlogs sbc 08 interviews scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/radio-controlled-cats radio controlled cats | ScienceBlogs radio controlled cats scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2011/03/02/upcoming-appearances-new-paltz Upcoming Appearances: New Paltz, NY and Toledo, OH | ScienceBlogs Another shameless self-promotion post, but since I was confirming some arrangements this morning, I thought I'd throw up a post, so: - On March 15, two weeks... new paltz ny upcoming appearances toledo oh scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/webeasties/2011/09/27/nudists-are-infectious-just-li Nudists are infectious just like everyone else | ScienceBlogs In other words, you're more likely to catch a cold from shaking their hand than to get an STI from Sitting on the same bench. just like everyone else nudists infectious scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2010/04/26/links-for-2010-04-26 Links for 2010-04-26 | ScienceBlogs Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 163601 (2010): Direct Observation of Coherent Population Trapping in a Superconducting Artificial Atom links for 04 26 2010 scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/robert-b-laughlin Robert B. Laughlin | ScienceBlogs robert b laughlin scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2010/01/20/what-to-do-with-the-cheater-on What to do with the cheater once caught. | ScienceBlogs Back in December (or as we academics call it, Exam-Grading Season), esteemed commenter Ewan told us about a horrifying situation that was unfolding for him:... what to do with the cheater caught scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2010/09/10/chromium-industry-failed-to-no EPA accuses chromium industry of withholding lung cancer study | ScienceBlogs EPA filed a complaint under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) against the world's largest producer of chromium chemicals for failing to inform the agency... lung cancer epa accuses chromium industry https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2010/10/14/msha-takes-bold-step-to-end-bl MSHA takes bold step to end black lung disease, proposes tough new regulation | ScienceBlogs Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and MSHA asst. secretary Joe Main are proposing new rules to protect U.S. coal mine workers from developing illnesses related to... https://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2008/02/27/oliver-sacks-is-blogging Oliver Sacks blogging at the NY Times | ScienceBlogs A few days ago, I briefly discussed the article by Oliver Sacks about geometric hallucinations in migraine aura. I thought that it was published in the print... the ny times oliver sacks blogging scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/hotel-workers hotel workers | ScienceBlogs hotel workers scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/03/02/science-communicators-of-north-1 Science Communicators of North Carolina meeting at NIEHS | ScienceBlogs The March SCONC meeting will be Wednesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in RTP. The evening will... science communicators north carolina meeting niehs scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/2012/07/15/a-lonely-chair-in-north-london-how-urban-skeuomorphs-speak-volumes-about-the-city A lonely chair in North London: how urban skeuomorphs speak volumes about the city | ScienceBlogs I live in Haringey, an as-yet-ungentrified part of North London, and there's a small park near me with a very curious chair in it. https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/beyonce beyonce | ScienceBlogs beyonce scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/04/11/no-dark-energy-isnt-an-illusion-synopsis No, dark energy isn't an illusion (Synopsis) | ScienceBlogs "Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth." -Ludwig Borne Every so often, an idea comes up in physics claiming that perhaps dark energy isn't... dark energy t an illusion synopsis scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/08/19/an-18-billion-mile-journey An 18 Billion Mile Journey is almost complete! | ScienceBlogs "Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune." -Noam... almost complete 18 billion mile journey https://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2009/03/13/friday-sprog-blogging-a-song-w Friday Sprog Blogging: a song with secret science content? | ScienceBlogs This week, in SprogCast #4, the younger Free-Ride offspring sings and then suggests that the song bears on the planetary subject of the very first Friday Sprog... a song friday sprog blogging secret https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willy-higinbotham Willy Higinbotham | ScienceBlogs willy higinbotham scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/jim-cramer Jim Cramer | ScienceBlogs jim cramer scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/sexuality sexuality | ScienceBlogs sexuality scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/thescian/2009/03/13/twenty-years-ago-this-month Twenty years ago this month | ScienceBlogs twenty years ago this month scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/comment/1470126 Sanders Vs. Clinton Vs. Obama Vs. Clinton: The 2016 primary in context | ScienceBlogs UPDATED: The graphic above is updated from the original post to show the delegate counts this year through the New York Primary. I've also added the projected... in context sanders vs clinton obama https://www.scienceblogs.com/denialism/2014/12/03/nyt-helps-in-typical-rape-victim-smearing NYT Helps in Typical Rape-victim Smearing | ScienceBlogs We should have predicted this when we discussed the UVa Rape story in Rolling Stone last week, it was just a matter of time before people would start... rape victim nyt helps typical smearing https://scienceblogs.com/bushwells/2006/11/27/madcap-hazmat-a-nostalgic-reve Madcap hazmat: a nostalgic reverie of lab accidents | ScienceBlogs So this morning when I walked into the corridors bisecting our labs from our offices, I was greeted by yellow "caution wet floor" signs and my staff scurrying... madcap hazmat nostalgic reverie lab https://scienceblogs.com/moleculeoftheday/2007/08/23/hydrazine-gabriels-toxic-rocke Hydrazine (Gabriel's toxic rocket fuel) | ScienceBlogs Hydrazine, H2N-NH2 is the nitrogen analogue of hydrogen peroxide: It's useful in the Gabriel synthesis of amines via phthalimide (or saccharin, oddly, but I'm... rocket fuel hydrazine gabriel toxic scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2006/04/07/friday-sprog-blogging-theres-a-1 Friday Sprog Blogging: there's a fungus among us. | ScienceBlogs It's been raining here. A lot. Elder offspring: Remember that huge mushroom we saw on the field after soccer practice? Dr. Free-Ride: With all the rain we've... fungus among us friday sprog blogging scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/agility agility | ScienceBlogs agility scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/eb EB | ScienceBlogs eb https://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2009/10/14/birds-of-a-feather-flocking-to Birds of a feather flocking together | ScienceBlogs It's been a few weeks, but I thought I would point you to an interesting post on OkCupid's blog about race and dating. They report an interesting trend of... birds of a feather flocking together scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/03/21/occupational-health-news-roundup-242 Occupational Health News Roundup | ScienceBlogs California farmworkers living in fear of deportation; Ontario health care workers call on officials to address violence in the workplace; West Virginia... occupational health news roundup scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2015/04/27/two-new-reviews-of-the-homogenization-methods-used-to-remove-non-climatic-changes Two new reviews of the homogenization methods used to remove non-climatic changes | ScienceBlogs I've stolen VV's title. Why not? He's the man who knows. Moyhu also has something interesting to say. All I have to say is: WTF? https://scienceblogs.com/tag/penghu-1-hominid Penghu 1 hominid | ScienceBlogs penghu 1 hominid scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/neuronculture/2009/04/27/swine-flu-and-the-mexico-myste Swine flu and the Mexico mystery | ScienceBlogs swine flu the mexico mystery scienceblogs https://www.scienceblogs.com/tag/telescopes Telescopes | ScienceBlogs telescopes scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/tag/bird-field-guides bird field guides | ScienceBlogs field guides bird scienceblogs https://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/2008/06/04/performance-in-human-embryonic Performance in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Correlates With National Policies | ScienceBlogs The conclusion stated in the title of this post may seem painfully obvious, but a new study published in Cell Stem Cell by Aaron Levine (assistant professor at... human embryonic stem cell