clock | January 4, 2007Tenth in the series of mini-lecture notes for the speed-class BIO101 for adults. Find errors. Suggest improvements. (May 21, 2006)
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Ecology
BIO101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 3 - Part 2
Ecology is the study of relationships of organisms with one another and their environment. Organisms are organized in populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes and the biosphere.
A population of organisms is a sum of all individuals of a single species living in one area at one time.
Individuals in a population can occupy space in three basic patterns:…
clock | January 4, 2007Being added to my blogroll today:
i-Science
Getting Things Done in Academia
Neurevolution
Insurgent American
Feral Scholar
Sicheii Yazhi
The Smirking Chimp
Scobleizer
Altair4 Redux
Jim Buie's Blog
Mark Maynard
Ang's Weird Ideas
The Angry Lab Rat
Vagabondvet's Blog
Trade Street Journal
Random Thoughts from Reno
Reno and its Discontents
Kleinschmidt 2005
Left of Center
Blue Hampshire
Michigan For Edwards
Montana Maven
Female Triumvirate of Evolution Experts
Evolving in Kansas
clock | January 4, 2007Mouse Lemur Species Not Determined By Coat Color:
A team of researchers has found that nocturnal lemurs thought to belong to different species because of their strikingly different coat colors are not only genetically alike, but belong to the same species. The team, which includes Laurie R. Godfrey, professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and UMass graduate student Emilienne Rasoazanabary, has just published its findings in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.
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The lemurs they tested had three different coat colors and lived in…
clock | January 4, 2007
Betsy Muse is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 3, 2007[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
Thomas Dekker (1572 - 1632)
clock | January 3, 2007Oy, vey! In Russia, a test of God vs. Darwin:
....She did not attend the first two court hearings and seems far less interested in the outcome than her father, Kirill Shraiber, who spoke to the court on her behalf, and Anton Vuima, a family friend who heads a public relations firm called Spiritual Heritage.
Vuima, whose firm goes by the slogan, "We Create Sensations," believes that nothing short of society's collapse is at stake when it comes to the teaching of evolution. He, like the lawsuit, contends that Darwinism, while not a political ideology, stems from Marxist-Leninist ideology;…
clock | January 3, 2007If you do not know who Roper is, read this, this and this. A total fundie wingnut in charge of a large teaching hospital! Oy vey! I did not know that fact when I originally wrote this post, but this explains it....(From July 15, 2005)
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Do you know what's wrong with the US health-care system? It was taken over by MBAs, meddling - again - in areas they know nothing about. They have implemented the "business model" of health-care, which is the most nonsensical way imaginable. Medicine never was, is not, should not be, and cannot be a business. It is…
clock | January 3, 2007New Species Of Lizard Found In Borneo:
Chris Austin, assistant curator of herpetology at LSU's Museum of Natural Science, or LSUMNS, and adjunct professor in biological sciences, recently discovered a new species of lizard while conducting field research in Borneo.
Sleep Disturbances, Nightmares Are Common Among Suicide Attempters:
In the first known report of its kind, a study published in the January 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that sleep disturbances are common among suicide attempters, and that nightmares are associated with suicidality.
Narcolepsy May Be Caused By Environmental…
clock | January 3, 2007...about the launch of the Edwards campaign can be found and linked on this Diary on DailyKos. Go and Recommend it.
clock | January 3, 2007
Ben Chung is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 2, 2007Calendars are for careful people, not passionate ones.
Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, September 8, 2003
clock | January 2, 2007100th Edition of the Carnival of Education is up on Teaching in the Twenty-First Century
Carnival of Homeschooling - Week 53 - the Anniversary edition - is up on Why Homeschool
clock | January 2, 2007...right now.
The list of all nominations is now up to date.
Ten of my friends are already busy reading all the posts, helping me decide which 50 to include. I will make the final decision by the end of the weekend and post it here. All the other finalists will be linked from the book website once it is up. Of course, once the book is done, I'l let you know where and how to get it.
Thank you all for participating - I had a great time reading all these posts and I wish I could include them all!
clock | January 2, 2007First posted on December 15, 2003, then reposted on August 25, 2004, it is interesting how everything changed in two years - I would have never written this if I knew then what I know now and how the whole thing would turn out in Iraq. I was too optimistic. Based on some interviews with Iraqis at the time of their elections I got the impression that there was much stronger national identity with the state of Iraq and did not predict a slide into sectarian violence and civil war. Also, three years ago I expected that, by now, the Iraqi government would be much more independent and would…
clock | January 2, 2007Grand Rounds 3.15 - A Veritable Explosion of Information - now up on Musings of a Distractible Mind
clock | January 2, 2007Link Between Insomnia And Hypersomnia, Depression In Children:
According to a study published in the January 1st issue of the journal SLEEP, sleep-disturbed children are more severely depressed and have more depressive symptoms and comorbid anxiety disorders compared with children without sleep disturbance. To ensure the most effective care, parents of sleep-disturbed children are advised to first consult with the child's pediatrician, who may issue a referral to a sleep specialist for comprehensive testing and treatment.
Zebrafish Study Yield Novel Genes Critical In Organ Development:…