clock | December 19, 2006Is Internet going to change the way politicians campaign and the way they are perceived? Check this video, the first in a series of "webisodes" filmed behind the scenes with John Edwards:
Doesn't that completely change your perceptions?
Update: Sorry, forgot the links. You can find this video on YouTube, DU and OAC blog.
clock | December 19, 2006Apparently, I am not the only one to see a hummingbird in Chapel Hill of a species that should not be found around here. While I am quite confident that the visitor to my porch was a female Blue-throated Hummingbird, usually not found this far North, these neighbors of mine have found a Rufous hummingbird. As far as I know, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the only species that should be seen around here.
One individual of one species is an anecdote. Another individiual of another species is another anecdote. But if there are more and more such sightings over the next couple of years, we…
clock | December 19, 2006This is my favourite album of all times. The best holiday present I can get. It is not available on tape, CD or mp3 - only an LP. But I can find a way to make a copy somewhere around here.
Also, does anyone know if she has ever recorded anything else?
clock | December 19, 2006If you really read this blog 'for the articles', you know some of my recurrent themes, e.g., that almost every biological function exhibits cycles and that almost every cell in every organism contains a more-or-less functioning clock. Here is a new paper that combines both of those themes very nicely, but I'll start with a little bit of background first.
Daily Rhythms in Sensory Sensitivity
If almost every biochemical, physiological and behavioral function exhibits daily cycles, it is no surprise that such rhythms have been discovered in sensory sensitivity of many sensory modalities -…
clock | December 19, 2006I know you know this, but it is worth repeating every now and then (May 18, 2005):
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Some interesting statistics, via Jane:
Some statistics:
* About 92 percent of American own at least one copy of the Bible.
* The average household has 3 copies.
* About 67 percent of Americans say that the Bible holds the answers to the basic questions of life.
* The Bible is the world's all-time best seller.
* At least 20 million copies are sold each year.
* Gideon International annually distributes more than 45 million copies.
Biblical knowledge (Biblical…
clock | December 19, 2006The History Carnival's Annual Happy Holidays Party (as Reported by an Ignorant, Belligerent Lush) is up on Acephalous.
clock | December 19, 2006Carnival of the Green #58 is up on Cocolico. It is a strangely formatted blog with no real Permalink and the post is spread over seven pages (you need to keep clicking on the '+' sign). It also looks unusually small (missing my own submission, but perhaps also some others as well).
Update: I have discovered the permalink now.
clock | December 19, 2006I can't wait for Night at the Museum! What a perfect movie to take the kids to during the holidays. My son is quite hyped about it - he only nees to decide if he'll go with me or ask a girl out.
clock | December 19, 2006Shoulder Ligament A Linchpin In The Evolution Of Flight:
Brown and Harvard scientists have learned that a single ligament at the shoulder joint stabilizes the wings of birds during flight. In an advanced online publication of Nature, they explain how this tough bit of tissue evolved to become a linchpin for today's fliers.
Internal Compass Of Immune Cell Discovered:
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered how neutrophils -- specialized white blood cells that play key roles in inflammation and in the body's immune defense against…
clock | December 19, 2006We finally got to the end of the alphabet. Now I'll try to put everything together and provide a link to a complete blogroll. But you can keep telling me what good blogs are missing...
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clock | December 19, 2006The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor were found guilty earlier today, against all the scientific evidence of their innocence. I second PZ's sentiment about this.
clock | December 19, 2006Grand Rounds Volume 3, Number 12.(Christmas Grand Rounds, Charlie Brown!) are up on Nurse Ratched's Place.
clock | December 19, 2006
Laurie McCauley from Lee County School is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
Technorati Tag: sciencebloggingconference
clock | December 18, 2006Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
Robert Heinlein
clock | December 18, 2006Squid-inspired Design Could Mean Better Handling Of Underwater Vehicles:
Inspired by the sleek and efficient propulsion of squid, jellyfish and other cephalopods, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher has designed a new generation of compact vortex generators that could make it easier for scientists to maneuver and dock underwater vehicles at low speeds and with greater precision.
Mmmmm, jellyfish are not cephalopods...ScienceDaily can do better than this!
clock | December 18, 2006Well, not me, but people who know what I know. Heinrich aka Sir Oolius explains how the US military uses the knowledge of circadian rhythms and sleep in applications to torture. Just place the prisoners in a state of perpetual jet-lag and no temporal cues, then interrogate them at the time where their circadian rhythm of cognitive performance is at its lowest.
clock | December 18, 2006We will not be meeting tonight. Check http://www.blogtogether.org for further annoucements.
clock | December 18, 2006Back in March 2005, I asked Heinrich of the She Flies With Her Own Wings blog to guest-post on Circadiana. He wrote two nice posts and this is the first of them (March 18, 2005). Perhaps I can get him to do some more...
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I am really excited to introduce to you my first guest blogger here on Circadiana, Heinrich, not Hindrocket whose blog, She Flies With Her Own Wings (http://coeruleus.blogspot.com/) is a worthy daily read. Heinrich does research on mammalian clocks and sleep, and his first contribution is this post…
clock | December 18, 2006Two Central Mysteries In Genome Inheritance Solved:
The dance of the chromosomes during cell division, first described in the late 1800s and familiar to all high-school students from movies shown in biology classes, has long fascinated biologists. However, the molecular nature of a key component of cell division, the "chromosome-spindle" connection, which is critical for the inheritance of genetic information as cells divide, has remained elusive.
Many Children Discontinuing Use Of ADHD Medication:
Social stigma and feeling lifeless and/or alienated from one's peers are some of the reasons…