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• March 16, 2010

• Not Exactly Rocket Science

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  The value of "this is cool" science stories How do "this-is-cool" science stories stack up against "news-you-can-use" stories? Do you need to link science to policy and society in order to make it interesting? Is it interesting in itself?

• March 15, 2010

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  What is journalism and do PIOs do it? And what's with advertising? Elia Ben-Ari, on her 'To Be Determined' blog, wrote an excellent, thought-provoking post on the fine distinctions between science journalists and Press Information Officers: More on the Science Journalism Ecosystem and What Is and Is Not Science Journalism ...And an...

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  Goddam, But I Hate Embargoes Even if embargoes are a necessary evil (and I remain unconvinced that they are), how they're applied and dealt with is certainly not uniform, and pretending otherwise is just plain disingenuous.

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  ScienceOnline2010: Talks Between Generations (video) - Part 1 Sunday, January 17 at 9-10:05am E. Science online talks between generations - Beatrice Lugger and Christian Rapp: Description: In huge meetings around the world several organizations try to initiate a dialogue between top scientists and young researchers -the Lindau...

• March 12, 2010

• On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess

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  Ask Dr. Isis - The Industrial Grass Looks Greener... If you've been following the Twitter, you've seen that viruses and bacteria continue to colonize the Isis house. We're basically fighting mutations of a plague we picked up in January. I'm going to shake it. I really, really am. If...

• March 11, 2010

• The Quantum Pontiff

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  Quantum Computing Postdoc at LPS A theoretical condensed matter postdoc of interest to the quantum computing folks:Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Condensed Matter and Quantum Information Science at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences, University of Maryland. Applications are being accepted for physics postdoctoral research positions...

• March 10, 2010

• DrugMonkey

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  Your Grant in Review: The outlier proves I need to appeal!!!! "...it seems one negative reviewer carried the day, and convinced others to pull down the score."

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  New science journalism ecosystem: new inter-species interactions, new niches Almost a year ago, Nature published a set of opinion articles, including Science journalism: Toppling the priesthood by Toby Murcott. I did not react at the time, but JR Minkel and Jessica Palmer did and got some interesting responses in...

• Aardvarchaeology

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  University Degrees that Lead to Jobs in Sweden Here are the degrees where there will be a labour shortage in Sweden for the foreseeable future.

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  Obama Now Experiencing Presidential Puberty Due to Health Care Reform Ezra Klein explains the reconciliation process that Democrats need to pass health care reform and what Republicans can do to drag it out

• March 9, 2010

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  ScienceOnline2010 - interview with Christine Ottery Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this...

• March 7, 2010

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  ScienceOnline2010 - Trust and Critical Thinking, Part 1 Saturday, January 16 at 4:40 - 5:45pm C. Trust and Critical Thinking - Stephanie Zvan, PZ Myers, Desiree Schell, Greg Laden, Kirsten Sanford Description: Lay audiences often lack the resources (access to studies, background knowledge of fields and methods)...

• March 6, 2010

• Christina's LIS Rant

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  Black men in women’s work do not get to ride the glass escalator This post reviews a fairly recent article that examines the experiences of black men in nursing and asks whether they experience the "glass escalator" effect or if the work is racialized as well as gendered. As requested by some...

• March 5, 2010

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  How Will the End of Print Journalism Affect Crazy Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? The decline of the newspaper?? Ransom notes, papier-mâché and slacker gift wrapping will never be the same! Worse, what will crazy old loons pack their houses to the rafters with?

• March 4, 2010

• DrugMonkey

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  Okay, disgruntledocs, NIGMS is listening- go nuts! From the NIGMS Strategic Plan site: NIGMS has a long-standing commitment to research training and biomedical workforce development. As science, the conduct of research, and workforce needs evolve, we want to be sure that our training and career development activities...

• DrugMonkey

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  Your Grant in Review: Where did that fourth critique come from? In theory, you could have 20 or more...

• March 3, 2010

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  LavaAmp: The Amazing Handheld Thermal Cycler This inventor is seeking $upport to help develop and build their new invention, the LavaAmp, a rugged, accessible, DNA diagnostic tool to quickly respond to pandemics and neglected diseases

• February 28, 2010

• Not Exactly Rocket Science

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  Quicker feedback for better performance We do better at tasks the sooner we expect news about our performance. If we think we'll be evaluated quickly, the threat of a negative appraisal looms ever larger. And this greater sense of danger motivates us to work harder.

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  ScienceOnline2010 session videos - Science and Entertainment Part 1 Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging Saturday, January 16 at 2 - 3:05pm D. Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging - Tamara Krinsky and Jennifer Ouellette Description: Over the past several years, the Internet has tangibly changed the way that movies...

• February 25, 2010

• Mike the Mad Biologist

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  Yes, We Have a PhD Glut... ...if you're not a tenure-track PhD (and that will be most of you. Sorry). And why the center model is a good one.

• February 24, 2010

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  North Carolina science journalism/blogging projects getting noticed If you are interested in the topic of science journalism, how it's changing, what's new, and who's who in it, you are probably already reading Knight Science Journalism Tracker. If not, you should start now. They have recently been digging...

• Not Exactly Rocket Science

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  Kill the post-embargo publication window I can't find the paper you've written about and your link doesn't work. What's going on?  I keep having to answer this question and it's getting tiresome (although, as we'll see, this no fault of the people who ask...

• February 22, 2010

• DrugMonkey

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  Mendel's Pink Sheets A treasure of science history

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  ScienceOnline2010 - Journalists: What Scientists to Trust? (video) Part 1 How does a journalist figure out 'which scientists to trust'? Saturday, January 16 at 3:15 - 4:20pm D. How does a journalist figure out "which scientists to trust"? - Christine Ottery and Connie St Louis Description: We will talk...

• February 18, 2010

• Not Exactly Rocket Science

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  How to avoid "he-said-she-said" science journalism Ivan Oransky, editor of Reuters Health, expounds on the tricky issues of journalistic balance and how journalists can choose their sources to avoid "he-said-she-said" journalism.

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

See Also:

Cribsheet: Synthetic Biology
Seed’s downloadable science guide