The Last 24 Hours
March 15, 2010
Pharyngula
Sunday Sacrilege: Magic words Words are the great ju-ju — some apparently believe we have the power to call up Satan and summon the lightning with the choice use of language. One of the common quirks of many Christian and Jewish sites on...
Respectful Insolence
March 14, 2010
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
Science blogs and public engagement with science: practices, challenges, and talking out of your ass This week a couple of my Sciblings have been abuzz about an article published in some journal I'd never heard of... a minor impact journal...the Journal of Who Gives a Fuck Science Communication. Bora has a great break down of...
Thoughts from Kansas
Pi Day! Let it be said, before explaining the lore of Pi Day, that we're planning to have pie, not cake, at my wedding in August. I adore pie in its many forms. I like eating it and I like baking it. Every year, I get to celebrate pie at least twice. First on March 14, ideally just before 2 o'clock. That'd be 3/14 1:59. The second celebration, favored more by European pie fanciers (fans of tortes and so forth), is July 22, or 22/7. In the states, or at least at NCSE's offices, we celebrate that as Pi Approximation Day, while...
Dot Physics
Activities for Pi Day Oh, I know you missed it. Really, it wasn't your fault. Pi day fell on a Sunday, so how are you supposed to have pi-day activities in class? Don't let it stop you. You are better than that. Do the activity anyway. What to do? Here are some suggestions. (Suggestions aimed mostly at the high school level)
bioephemera
New Sciblings take on the BMI myth One of my pet peeves is the idea that BMI provides an accurate indication of individual health. It doesn't. It's useful across populations (and may be useful to individuals to monitor progress), but when it comes to indicating which individuals...
USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
It's Pi day! t's Pi day or Pi(e) day...either way you look at it today is 3/14 so a good excuse to eat some pie and Scienceblogs and Serious Eats have teamed up to hold a pi(e) contest. Upon discovering this contest I enthusiastically embarked upon dreaming up something fitting for the famous number.
Pharyngula
Hardcore and Hard The Australian had a few things to say about the convention. It sold out. That's probably enough. This convention could have been much, much bigger, with a little more support. Next time — and I did hear the organizers talk...
Pharyngula
I get email There was a bit of unwarranted controversy in Richard Dawkins' talk here at the Global Atheist Convention. In the Q&A at the end, one woman got the microphone, declared that she was a believer, announced that she was grateful...
The World's Fair
Chocolate Pudding Meringue Pi Pi Pie (well, not quite) Warning: this entry may be frightening to children or people who know how to make pies.
Stoat
Casaubon's Book
When You Are Plowing the Ground with a Human Femur... After all that work, you'll want to plant good seeds. Glenn Beck approved seeds, ideally. Well, Stephen Colbert is right on board, aware that in a disaster, we'll all want raddichio.
Stoat
Mothers Day Mothers day, and so like all good fathers I went off rowing, only in this case I went Off a little further than normal, since we were competing in the Hammersmith Head. First, however, I did my fatherly duty by...
Pharyngula
Episode XXXIX: Play ‘Spot the Moron!’ OK, gang, my travels are greatly disrupting my ability to keep up with the thread everlasting, and you're taking advantage of my frequent absences to run up the comment count. Well, here's something to reassure the American audience that...
Effect Measure
Albert Einstein: birthday greetings One of my heroes.
Mike the Mad Biologist
Sunday Links Still raining. While I'm off building an ark, here are some links for you.
SciencePunk
SciencePunk in Ataraxia Theatre Many thanks to Joseph Hewitt at Ataraxia Theatre, who has immortalised me and many other sciencebloggers in comic form. Finally my work is done. I'm especially happy that Joseph has drawn in me in a classy mesh number, as worn...
Greg Laden's Blog
We are totally doomed It was already known that we were totally doomed, but now there is a new and exciting scenario. In this one, comets rain down on us from the Ooort Cloud, said comets loosened by contact and interaction with a star called Gliese 710....
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
PalmenGarten Tulpe, 1 Here's one of hundreds of photographs of tulips I snapped while in PalmenGarten (don't worry, I won't show you all of those photographs!)
Built on Facts
Sunday Function Happy pi day!
Not Exactly Rocket Science
'Wasabi protein' responsible for the heat-seeking sixth sense of rattlesnakes Rattlesnakes and vipers have pits on their faces that can sense the body heat of their prey in total darkness. The ability depends on a protein called TRPA1 - in humans, the same protein warns us of noxious chemicals like those that give wasabi and mustard their kick.
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Last Call: Scientia Pro Publica Publishes Tomorrow! Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival devoted to sharing the best science, medical, environment and nature blog writing with the public, and it is seeking submissions and hosts!
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Happy Pi Day! And More Pie Well, it is finally Pi Day—mathematicians and scientists rejoice! The number of pies in our inbox doubled overnight, and we woke up to a virtual bakery's worth of pastries. What did we find? We'll have to break it into two...
bioephemera
TONIGHT! "The miracle of engineering tucked away in his pants." Only National Geographic would dare cross The Amazing Race with the mystery of conception to get. . . The Great Sperm Race: Each of us was the grand prize in an ultimate reality competition, the amazing race a sperm...
Starts With A Bang
Weekend Diversion: Happy Pi Day 2010! So here we have pi squared, which an engineer would call "10." -Frank King It's Pi Day today in the United States: March 14th, or as we write it, 3/14. (Don't know how you do it in Europe, where there...
Top Lists
- 1Gender-Bending Chickens: Mixed, Not Scrambled : Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
- 2The little-known subgenre of Talpanas tribute art : Tetrapod Zoology
- 3New science journalism ecosystem: new inter-species interactions, new niches : A Blog Around The Clock
- 4"The Madam Curie Complex" Sample Chapter: Part One : Thus Spake Zuska
- 5"The Myth of Black Disingenuity": Exploring the Intersection of African American History and the History of Technology : Thus Spake Zuska
- 1Episode XXXIX: Play ‘Spot the Moron!’
PZ Myers 03.14.2010
- 2Episode XXXVIII: Distracted in Oz
PZ Myers 03.12.2010
- 3Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Poul Thorsen: The fine art of distraction from inconvenient facts
Orac 03.12.2010
- 4Glenn Beck Discovers Springsteen is a Liberal
Ed Brayton 03.14.2010
- 5We are totally doomed
Greg Laden 03.14.2010
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The PHYLO project (aka the artist formerly known as Phylomon) - an update
The World's Fair 03.11.2010
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Genetically Modified for the People
Oscillator 03.11.2010
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Marijuana and Divergent Thinking
The Frontal Cortex 03.10.2010
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Disease hunting with whole genome sequences: the good news, and the bad news
Genetic Future 03.10.2010
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Stealth in Space
Built on Facts 03.10.2010
From NYTimes.com
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Latest posts from the GE Collective Imagination blog
More on the Collective Imagination blog
- 1Your daily healthy imagination question: Is your ability to practice healthy habits limited by your home or work environment?
- 2Which makes kids fatter: TV or Computers?
- 3Your daily healthy imagination question: How can messages about healthy practices be communicated better?
- 4Your daily healthy imagination question: What letter grade would you assign to your personal health?
- 5Your daily healthy imagination question: What one thing could you do today to improve your personal health?
SB Basics
Synthetic Biology
Some engineers use cranes and steel to make their designs reality, but synthetic biologists engineer using tools on a different scale: DNA and the other molecular components of living cells. Synthetic biology uses cellular systems and structures to produce artificial models based on natural order. Read these posts from the ScienceBlogs archives for more:
Pharyngula May 30, 2007
“Playing God”
The Loom January 31, 2008
"Frankenstein Was Here": Synthetic Biology as Graffiti
Discovering Biology in a Digital World July 2, 2006
Build your own virus
