clock | January 13, 2007The 'Basic Concepts' series has started. Here are the first two, defined and explained:
Evolution
Clade
We are thinking of a way to store all of these posts in one place for easy reference. I'll let you know when that happens.
clock | January 13, 2007
Steven Hamelly is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 12, 2007There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
clock | January 12, 2007
Russ Campbell of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 12, 2007In a time-crunch like this, one can always count on Buzz Skyline to save the day.....
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Compared to my brother and to my lab-buddy Chris who have travelled to, like, every continent, I have been pretty…
clock | January 12, 2007I know I kinda burried that at the bottom of the previous post, but now that I see that a number of my SciBlings are trumpeting it loudly (see Chad, Tara, Janet, Afarensis and Mark, so far), I guess I'll make a little bit louder call myself.
When you are immersed in a scientific field for a number of years, it is easy to forget that not everybody undrestands the basic concepts and terms of your field. While I always try to keep that in mind, I am sure I baffled you on occasion. Does everyone know the difference between phase, period and amplitude, the difference between phase-delay and…
clock | January 12, 2007
Eric Roach of Blogburst is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 12, 2007Just a couple of quick notes on the run. Busy, busy, busy these days.
The conference is next week. Everything is falling nicely into place - the program is taking its final shape, the swag is growing and we have 160 people registered so far - only a couple of more spots left. Lots of things to do over the next few days to make sure that everything goes well.
The anthology is in its final proofreading phase - watch this place for the Big Announcement!
I also have to clean the house as we are having guests on Sunday, and the kids are both at home sick today (and there is no school on…
clock | January 12, 2007Big-brained Birds Survive Better In Nature:
Birds with brains that are large in relation to their body size have a lower mortality rate than those with smaller brains, according to new research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. The research provides the first evidence for what scientists describe as the 'cognitive buffer' hypothesis - the idea that having a large brain enables animals to have more flexible behaviours and survive environmental challenges.
The Price Of Vanity: Mating With Showy Males May Reduce Offspring's Ability To Fight Off…
clock | January 12, 2007
Ernie Hood, the host of the local science radio show Radio In Vivo is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 11, 2007Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
clock | January 11, 2007
Susie and Dave Moffat are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 11, 2007
Three good blog-friends of mine, Bill Hooker of the Open Reading Frame blog, Larry Moran of the Sandwalk blog and David Warlick of the 2 Cents Worth blog are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 11, 2007Continuing with the Thursday series of the BIO101 lecture notes. Check for errors of fact. Suggest improvements (June 01, 2006):
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BIO101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 4, Part 1
Adaptation vs. Diversity
Biology is concerned with answering two Big Questions: how to explain the adaptation of organisms to their environments and how to explain the diversity of life on Earth.
Much of the course content so far engaged the question of the origin and evolution of adaptation, and much of the remainder of the course will also look at particular adaptations of humans…
clock | January 11, 2007Why Doesn't The Immune System Attack The Small Intestine? New Study Provides Unexpected Answer:
Answering one of the oldest questions in human physiology, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered why the body's immune system - perpetually on guard against foreign microbes like bacteria -- doesn't attack tissues in the small intestine that harbor millions of bacteria cells. In a study in the February issue of Nature Immunology, and which is currently available on the journal's Web site as an advanced online publication, investigators led by Shannon Turley, PhD, of Dana-…
clock | January 11, 2007For some reason, Dr.Charles is not allowing comments on this post. If you read it and find yourself nodding your head in agreement, stop and think again. Then read this as anti-toxin. Don't fall for the rhetoric of people whose financial interests are at stake here.
Then read this book and see for yourself whose mind and heart is on the right side of the issue.
Update: Pharyngula and Dave have more. The post by Dr.Charles is now open to comments. I found myself in a very unenviable position of simultanously defending my friend Dr.Charles while attacking his post at the same time, and…
clock | January 11, 2007
Robert Gotwals of the NC School of Science and Mathematics and Jon Hill from WCHL radio are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 10, 2007Those of you who were around the Progressive Blogosphere a couple of years back probably remember Mick Arran and his Omnium blog (or his other blogs). Due to financial difficulties, Mick had to shut down all his blogging and online activities about a year ago. Fortunately, his life took a turn for the better and now Mick is back online, with his brand new blog Witness For The Prosecusion. Go say 'Welcome Back'.