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March 24, 2010
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Scientia Pro Publica Needs Your Essays! 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!
DrugMonkey
Scientific Research 101: Results! So you've just completed your last assays on physioprofitin signaling in the Namnezian complex. Lo and behold it is qaz-mediated, just like you suspected and the beccans are off the freaking chart. woot! PiT/PlS ratios are within relevant physiological ranges...
Neurotopia
Ask Scicurious: So you want to be a biomedical grad student... A few days ago (ok, maybe it was more than that, the days kind of blur together), Sci got an email in her inbox, and the instant she got it...she knew she had to address the crowd. For it went...
March 23, 2010
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
Why Postdocs Need to Stop Thinking Like Faculty Yesterday, I mentioned that I was going to write about one of Young Female Scientist's posts. Here's what YFS had to say that got Dr. Isis thinking:...
Uncertain Principles
Research Blogging Awards The winners of the first Research Blogging Awards were announced today, and I was very pleasantly surprised to find that this blog was named the "Best Blog -- Chemistry, Physics, or Astronomy." I knew that I was nominated-- I was...
SciencePunk
My new toy: the Gömböc I'm not really one for collecting things. The fact that I move around a lot twinned with the pathetic size of British homes, doesn't square well with building up much of anything. I finally dumped all my CDs last summer;...
A Blog Around The Clock
America's Science Challenges and Opportunities: Past, Present and Future This is a part of Scope Academy 2010 at NCSU (click to see the rest of the program and to register): SAS Hall, North Campus, April 10th, 4:00 pm Scope/Harrelson Lecture Keynote speaker Neal Lane, Malcolm Gillis University Professor at...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify Starting out with some easy bird images to identify, snapped on this remote island sanctuary, and will work into the more difficult-to-ID birds as time goes on .. MANY THANKS to the professional photographer who is so generously sharing these images with us!
Mike the Mad Biologist
Even Diane Ravitch Understands What Makes MA Schools Superb... ...too bad MA Governor Deval Patrick, and for that matter, President Obama, don't.
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
New Supernova Discovered by Young Citizen Scientist There is no age restriction on the chance to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the universe. Caroline Moore, a 14-year-old from Warwick, NY, has made such a mark on astronomy with the discovery of Supernova 2008ha. Not only is she the youngest person to discover a supernova, but this particular supernova has been identified as a different type of stellar explosion
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Sam Harris: Science CAN Answer Moral Questions Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life. *clapping*
March 22, 2010
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Who Will Read Your Excellent Environment Blog Writing? 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!
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
The End of a Surreal Weekend (A Guest Post) Dr. Isis is working on a little hot something in response to this post written by Young Female Scientist. However, Mama's tired and I can't guarantee I'm going to seal the deal tonight. In the meantime, check out a little...
Uncertain Principles
What Every Dog Should Know About Quantum Physics I gave a talk today for a group of local home-school students and parents, on the essential elements of quantum physics. The idea was to give them a sense of what sets quantum mechanics apart from other theories of physics,...
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Best Science Books 2009: The top books of the year! (Updated) For the last little while I've been compiling lists from various media sources giving their choices for the best books of 2009. Some of the lists have been from general media sources, in which case I've just extracted the science-related...
Mike the Mad Biologist
Why Policy Wonks and Academics Need to Understand Politics: The Diane Ravitch Edition It's refreshing to see that even PhDs [/snark] can be suckered by the corporate manipulation of cultural resentments.
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify Here's a screeching wacky-wack bird for you to identify, thanks to a long-time Mystery Bird fan!
A Blog Around The Clock
The 2010 North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair The 2010 North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair will be held at Meredith College in Raleigh on March 26th-27th. You can see the details here. The part that is open to public will be on Saturday March 27th from 2:30...
A Blog Around The Clock
The new issue of Journal of Science Communication is now published The new issue of Journal of Science Communication is now online (Open Access, so you can download all PDFs for free). Apart from the article on blogging that we already dissected at length, this issue has a number of interesting...
The Primate Diaries
Women Make Strides in Science, Barriers Still To Overcome Five years ago Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard, made headlines when he suggested that women are not as well represented in science because of "issues of intrinsic aptitude." By proposing that women are biologically less capable of succeeding in...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Making Violin Strings The best violinists rely on strings that are made from the guts of lambs that are no more than 4 months old at slaughter. Kinda makes you wonder how many vegans and animal rights wingnuts have given up playing and listening to orchestral and other music that relies on gut strings?
March 21, 2010
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
How Dr. Isis Banished Little Isis Remember back when I started blogging as Dr. Isis? Man, oh man, was I a cocky bitch. I thought I had it all figured out. My son was about a 1 1/2 years old, adorable and barely mobile, with an...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Scientia Pro Publica Needs Your Superb Science Writing! 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!
bioephemera
The most ridiculous/depressing student email ever? I know nothing proves you're old as thoroughly as bewailing the foibles of kids these days and complaining that they're not as hard-working as you were. But I have to note that this letter - from a disgruntled student who...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Birdbooker Report 110 Books, books, beautiful books! This is a list of biology, ecology, environment, natural history and animal books that are (or will soon be) available to occupy your bookshelves (or your library's bookshelves) and your thoughts.
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Top Lists
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- 4What's the difference between HeLa and HeLa S3 cells? Part II: The life and careers of Florence Rena Sabin, MD : Terra Sigillata
- 5What's the difference between HeLa and HeLa S3 cells? Part I: Launching the lab : Terra Sigillata
- 1Episode XLII: It's growing! It's enormous!
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- 5The empirical evidence for man-made global warming
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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
