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- Science funding: less hot air and more specifics
At the third science debate between the three main British political parties, it was unclear how secure the science budget will be after the upcoming general election - Roger Penrose: Non-stop cosmos, non-stop career
The mathematician and self-proclaimed incurable optimist talks about his cameo in an Oscar-nominated movie and why he has no time for string theory - Accidental origins: Where species come from
Organisms gradually grow apart until they become different species – right? If new research is correct, it's more often down to tricks of fate - Obesity: Food kills, flab protects
Disease and obesity go hand in hand, but an increase in body fat may actually be part of our body's attempts to protect itself from the effects of unhealthy eating - Turning tables on prostate cancer's drug resistance
Prostate cancer drugs trigger the release of a molecule that makes tumours grow – the discovery could lead to a way to keep the cancer at bay - Today on New Scientist: 10 March 2010
All today's stories from newscientist.com at a glance, including: the (accidental) origin of species, why food kills but flab protects, and why women with good genes might get more sex - Zoologger: Mummy, can I have some more carrion soup?
Burying beetles have one of the more disgusting lifestyles known – but hey, they are also terribly good parents - The luck of the Tasmanian devils is in their genes
The meat-eating marsupials are threatened by a deadly transmissible cancer – but the discovery of what makes some animals resistant could save them - Safety issues loom as humanoid invasion approaches
Robots are coming out of their industrial cages and into our lives, prompting engineers to search out new kinds of safety features - Women with good genes may have more sexual partners
Female students with a genetically diverse immune system said they had sex with more people than their peers did
livescience.com
- 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Stores 500,000 Crops
A global seed vault dug out of an arctic mountainside has just reached its half-million mark of seed varieties. - Lifelock Shows Identity Theft Services Not Foolproof
Lifelock has agreed to a $12 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). - Studying Snail Shells to Build Better Body Armor
Shells of unusual snails could lead to development of new types of protective materials. - Cyberbullying Rampant for Lesbian and Gay Teens
Children and teens are being cyberbullied through the Internet in chat rooms, on social networking websites, via email and even through cell phones. - Heat-Sensitive Material Remembers Four Shapes
A new polymer can remember up to four different shapes, and revert to each one at different temperatures. - Mystery of Half-Male Chickens Solved
Sex cells in chickens make some individuals look half male and half female. - God Helps with Personal Decisions, Most Americans Say
God is involved in our everyday lives, most Americans believe. - Big Generation Gaps in Work Attitudes Revealed
Young workers called GenMe are more likely than their elders to value leisure over work and to place a premium on rewards such as higher salaries and status. - Effort to Map Human Brain Faces Complex Challenges
Neuroscientists hope to harness computing power to help map millions of miles of wiring that connects brain cells. - Stress Changes Who Men Find Attractive
Stress can change who men find attractive.
sciencedaily.com
- Sonic hedgehog gene found in an unexpected place during limb development
Sonic hedgehog is at work in mice limb buds in what is known as the ectoderm, the cell layer that gives rise to skin, researchers discovered. Finding Sonic hedgehog here is akin to discovering that ye… - Molecule tells key brain cells to grow up, get to work
About four out of every 10 cells in the brain are so-called oligodendrocytes. These cells produce the all-important myelin that coats nerve tracts, ensuring fast, energy-efficient transmission of nerv… - Galaxy study validates general relativity on cosmic scale, existence of dark matter
While general relativity describes well the behavior of the solar system, Einstein's theory of gravity and spacetime has not been tested on cosmological scales. Now, a team has analyzed data on 70,000… - Study provides better understanding of how mosquitoes find a host
The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood meal. - NoMix toilets get thumbs-up in seven European countries
People in seven European countries have positive attitudes toward a new eco-friendly toilet that could substantially reduce pollution problems and conserve water and nutrients, scientists in Switzerla… - ATV and motocross sports: High velocity toys merit caution, experts say
Over the years, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motocross motorcycles have gained popularity and marketed as toys to consumers. These high-velocity machines can weigh between 300 and 600 pounds, and r… - Osteoporosis drug improves healing after rotator cuff surgery
Tears in the shoulder's rotator cuff, a common sports injury, are painful and restricting. New research shows an approved therapy for osteoporosis, Forteo, may speed healing and improve patient outcom… - First inherited prostate cancer genetic mutation in African-American men identified
Researchers have discovered, for the first time, a genetic mutation in African-American men with a family history of prostate cancer who are at increased risk for the disease. The team identified an i… - Discovery of 'fat' taste could hold the key to reducing obesity
A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat le… - Large mammals need protected areas, forest cover in India
A study of extinction patterns of 25 large mammal species in India finds that improving existing protected areas, creating new areas, and interconnecting them will be necessary for many species to sur…
eurekalert.org
- Research findings expected to ease treatment of low neutrophil counts in cancer patients
New research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators may change neutropenia treatment for all childhood cancer patients. - Panel questions 'VBAC bans,' advocates expanded delivery options for women
An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health confronted a troubling fact that pregnant women currently have limited access to clinicians and facilities able and willing… - Patient safety reporting and drug label accuracy missing vital information
A Perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for change in the way researchers and pharmaceutical companies collect and report adverse symptom information in clinical trials submit… - New drug candidate reduces blood lipids
A thyroid-hormone-like substance that works specifically on the liver reduces blood cholesterol with no serious side effects. This according to a clinical trial conducted by researchers from the Swedi… - Sequencing genome of entire family reveals parents give kids fewer gene mutations than was thought
Researchers at the University of Utah and other institutions have sequenced for the first time the entire genome of a family, enabling them to accurately estimate the average rate at which parents pas… - The American Association of Anatomists approves guidelines for body donation programs
The Board of Directors of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) has approved a set of guidelines to govern programs accepting the donation of bodies for education and biomedical research. The g… - Youth baseball throwing arm injuries are rising dramatically
Throwing arm injuries are on the rise in Little League and other youth baseball programs. After these injuries occur, many players are out for the season; others require surgery and must refrain from… - Gastric bypass surgery increases risk of kidney stones
Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigato… - Risk for patients in the intensive care unit clearly reduced
To get life-threatening diseases under control, patients in the intensive care unit usually are administered many medications at the same time. Even for experts, it is difficult to keep track of the v… - Mysterious cosmic 'dark flow' tracked deeper into universe
Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study led by Alexander Kashlinsky at NAS…
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- Roundup 3/10: Do the Math Edition
Governors and school superintendents from 48 states have released a draft of common math... [Read more] - Review of Climate Panel Aims for Summer Release
Yesterday the United Nations announced that a panel of scientists appointed by a global... [Read more] - Scouring the Whole Genome to Nail Disease Genes
Full DNA sequence of people with inherited disorders portends medicine's future [Read more] - Shot: Titanic Explosion Rocked Early Galaxy
Phenomenon could have choked off star birth in the universe [Read more] - Catalyst for Coastal Smog Shows Up Inland
Wayward chlorine compound could complicate pollution-fighting efforts [Read more] - Ocean Probe Lost at Sea
An accomplished deep-sea exploration robot met a mysterious and watery end while scoping the... [Read more] - No Sexual Confusion for Chicken Cells
While developing mammals wait for hormonal cues, chicken embryos know their sex from the start [Read more] - Stressed Men Fancy Someone Different
Men under stress are more attracted to females who don't look like them [Read more] - Shot: Orangutans Decipher Each Other's Calls
In the Borneo rainforest, females discern what the males are up to [Read more] - Roundup 3/9: The Cleanup Edition
Ahead of an expected general election in May, there are two more calls for improving... [Read more]
sciencenews.org
- Temporary hearing impairment leads to 'lazy ear'
Brain rewiring after ear infections may cause long-term hearing problems, rat study shows - First complete look at families' genes
Genome sequences of parents and children pinpoint disease-causing mutations - Polymer shifts shape with changing temperature
Common material's 'memory' could be exploited for applications - Chicken cells have strong sense of sexual identity
In birds, hormones may not be the last word in determining males and females - Science & the Public: National academies to review IPCC procedures
Global science organizations asked to help evaluate processes that produced 2007 climate report - Science & the Public: Scientists offer compelling images of Gulf War illness
Depicting brain damage, scans distinguish between a trio of syndromes, researchers say - Evolutionary genetic relationships coming into focus
With the evolutionary tree of life nearly half done for birds and mammals, other vertebrates lag behind - Cocktails ward off the bulge
Large study links light to moderate drinking with less weight gain in middle-aged women - Ancient Norse colonies hit bad climate times
Temperatures in Iceland plummeted soon after settlers arrived - Chameleon tongues snappy even when cold
Elastic collagen tissue provides an edge over other cold-blooded hunters
news.bbc.co.uk
- Scientists to review climate body
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. - EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban
EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover. - Starling flock 'falls from sky'
Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky on to the driveway of a Somerset house. - Ancient eggshell yields its DNA
The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say. - Harrabin's Notes
Environmentalists and the EU lock horns over biofuels - Science 'is a key election issue'
The science spokesmen of the three main political parties cross swords on the issue of UK research funding. - World's largest meat-eating plant prefers to eat... small animal poo
The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover. - Ring may be giant 'impact crater'
Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists. - Galapagos tension
Can all species live side by side in unique ecosystem? - Collider to shut for year to fix faults
The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
SPACE SCIENCE
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- NASA Successfully Launches a New Eye on the Sun
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 on a first-of-a-kind mission to reveal the sun's inner workings in unprecedente… - NASA Extends Cassini's Tour of Saturn, Continuing International Cooperation for World Class Science
NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. - NASA Announces News Telecon To Discuss Hubble Images Of Pluto
NASA will hold a news media telecon at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 4, to discuss the latest Hubble images of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. - High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. - NASA to Hold Briefing on Advanced Mission to Study Our Sun
NASA is scheduled to host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST, on Thursday, Jan. 21, to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. - NASA's Wise Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky; Infrared All-Sky Surveying Telescope Sends Back First Images from Space
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light. - Nature's Most Precise Clocks May Make "Galactic GPS" Possible; Pulsing Pulsars Help in Search for Gravitational Waves
Radio astronomers have uncovered 17 millisecond pulsars in our galaxy by studying unknown high-energy sources detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. - NASA Chooses Three Finalists for Future Space Science Mission to Venus, an Asteroid or the Moon
NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. - From Endangered Fish to Saturn's Rings: NASA Science Highlighted at American Geophysical Union Meeting
- NASA's WISE Eye on the Universe Begins All-Sky Survey Mission
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light.
sciam.com
- Shields Up: Magnetized Rocks Push Back Origin of Earth's Magnetic Field
Earth's robust magnetic field protects the planet and its inhabitants from the full brunt of the solar wind, a torrent of charged particles that on less shielded planets such as Venus and Mars has ove… - A Theory Set in Stone: An Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs, After All
Although any T. Rex –enthralled kid will tell you that a gigantic asteroid wiped the dinosaurs off the planet, scientists have always regarded this impact theory as a hypothesis subject to revision… - Impact Factor: Can a Scientific Retraction Change Public Opinion?
When science revises its stance, the field itself follows established protocol to adapt, but public opinion can be slow to catch up. Rather than wiping the slate clean, last month's retraction of a ke… - More evidence piles up that the moon harbors lots of ice
Chandrayaan 1, the first moon mission launched by the Indian Space Research Organization, did not last long-- in August 2009, controllers lost contact with the probe 10 months into its two-year missi… - How the earthquake in Chile could change Earth's axis
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that jolted Chile on Saturday was felt as far away as São Paulo. But NASA scientists are proposing that its repercussions are truly global in a geophysical sense: it lik… - Mars's Environment Shown to Be Hostile, but Not Untenable for Earthly Microbes
Microbes similar to those on Earth would have a tough time surviving the harsh environment of Mars, but it is not inconceivable that they could persist there given a little protection, according to a… - Algae, Art and Attitudes: A Roundtable about the AAAS Conference
Scientific American staffers Mark Fischetti and Robin Lloyd talk with podcast host Steve Mirsky [ left ] about sessions they attended--including those about algae for energy, dissecting the astronomy… - Wild Ride: Comet Sample May Help Constrain the Early Evolution of the Solar System
The comets that come streaking through Earth's neighborhood are visitors from frigid, distant regions in the outer solar system. The icy, dusty bodies formed there billions of years ago, far from the… - Space shuttle Endeavour glides to Earth, several tons lighter
The STS-130 mission came to an uneventful close Sunday night in Florida when space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at Kennedy Space Center. The orbiter touched down at 10:20 P.M. after a two-week tri… - The Moon That Would Be a Planet (preview)
If we had not known the images were coming back from Titan, we might have guessed they were new pictures of Mars or Earth. Some people in the control room saw the California coast, some saw the French…
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- Underwear Bomber Couldn’t Have Brought Down Flight 253, Simulation Suggests | 80beats
We gave the BBC a hard time this morning for going a little overboard in declaring the Large Hadron Collider a broken-down mess. But here’s something cool: In a new documentary, a team simulated the… - Obama’s NASA Plan Draws Furious Fire; The Prez Promises to Defend His Vision | 80beats
You can’t cancel an enormous federal program without hitting pushback, and President Obama is hitting plenty of it over his proposal to end NASA’s Constellation program. In January his budget prop… - Why are psychics ever surprised? | Bad Astronomy
Every time a psychic gets surprised by something, the world gets a little smarter. I hope. If that’s true, then our collective IQ went up a solid 8 points when the Securities and Exchange Commission… - For Almost 40 Years, We Missed This: Apollo Moon Rocks Contain Water | 80beats
Over the last year, scientists have discovered that the moon isn’t a bone-dry place, as we previously imagined. Water ice has been spotted not just at the lunar south pole but also the north pole, a… - Jurassic Park Science: DNA of Extinct Bird Extracted From Eggshells | 80beats
An international team of researchers has discovered how to extract DNA from fossilized bird eggs–including the eggshell of the enormous elephant bird that went extinct four centuries ago. In a resea… - Free Energy and the Meaning of Life | Cosmic Variance
When we think about the “meaning of life,” we tend to conjure ideas such as love, or self-actualization, or justice, or human progress. It’s an anthropocentric view; try to convince blue-green a… - Tobacco Fights Toxins? GM Tobacco Plants Disarm Harmful Pond Scum | Discoblog
The tobacco plant is considered a villain of the plant world because of the harmful effects of smoking it. But now a genetically engineered tobacco plant is enjoying a moment of redemption, as scienti… - Rumors of the LHC’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated | 80beats
It sounded again today like the Large Hadron Collider—previously the victim of technical failure, hackers, and avian sabateurs—was cursed. The BBC reported that the world’s largest particle coll… - A hex on star colors | Bad Astronomy
The website called Today I Found Out has an interesting post on Sun factoids, including its color as designated in hex code: #FFF5F2. That code is actually taken from the site vendian.org, put togethe… - Longer Transcript of Michael Mann/Point of Inquiry Interview Up at Climate Science Watch | The Intersection
Rick Piltz of Climate Science Watch has taken the time to transcribe what may be the most important and revealing part of my Michael Mann Point of Inquiry interview–the end. It’s the part where, a…
jpl.nasa.gov
- Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery
Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant Mars antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery. - Watch Students Compete Using Lego Robotics
Watch school teams test their software-enabled Lego robots via a live Internet program during the annual Southern California NASA Explorer Schools Robotics Competition. - Herschel Finds Possible Life-Enabling Molecules in Space
The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potentially life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion nebula. - Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
Planetary scientists, who have been puzzling for years over the surface features on Saturn's moon Titan, have now found some recognizable analogies to a type of terrain on Earth known as karst topogr… - Mars Dunes: On the Move?
Mars has diversity. In at least one area, Martian sand dunes are actively migrating. In another, they have been stationary for 100,000 years. - NASA's Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in Space
One year ago this week, NASA's Kepler mission soared into the dark night sky, leaving a bright glow in its wake as it began to search for other worlds like Earth. - Robot Vs. Robot: Live in Washington and Across the Nation
NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms and sponsors, launches a nationwide series of high school robotics competitions that begin March 5 and 6. - NASA Mars Orbiter Speeds Past Data Milestone
NASA's newest Mars orbiter has passed a data-volume milestone unimaginable a generation ago and still difficult to fathom - 100 terabits. - Radar Map of Buried Martian Ice Adds to Climate Record
Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble. - Salt-Seeking Satellite Shaken By Quake, But Not Stirred
NASA's Aquarius instrument, and the Argentinian spacecraft that will carry it into space, rode out the Feb. 27 Chilean earthquake without a scratch.
quasar9.blogspot.com
- New Evidence of Dark Matter from Hubble?
The Hubble images provide further evidence that the undisturbed galaxies are enshrouded by a cushion of dark matter, which protects them from their rough-and-tumble neighbourhood.Dark matter can't be… - Trio of Galaxies mix it up
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows three galaxies playing a game of gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them.Located about 100 million light-years away… - The Heart Nebula
IC 1805: The Heart Nebula Credit & Copyright: Daniel MarquardtSprawling across almost 200 light-years, emission nebula IC 1805 is a mix of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds. Its nickname i… - Temporary Migration
Quasar9 is temporarily migrating to Facebook________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Snow in Cambridge
An unusual & rare sightCambridge covered in a blanket of white snow______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Centaurus A
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.; Submillimeter: MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; Optical: ESO/WFI This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole's power.J… - Glass handblown
Glassmaking was accidentally discovered by potters around 3000 B.C. and the technique of glass blowing was invented around 100 B.C. The first glass made in North America was in Mexico in 1535 by artis… - Blown Glass
Blown Glass, Jerusalem, 50 BCE by Laura Duch '98Glass is made from a mixture of sand, potash, soda, and lime or red lead. It has been called a liquid solid, because it solidifies without crystallizing… - Happy New Year
Congrats to Xmichra ond welcome to the 'new arrival'____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - The Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star, is a star in Christian tradition that revealed the birth of Jesus to the magi (or wise men) and later led them to Bethlehem.According to the Gosp…
astroprofspage.com
- Late sunrise
Yesterday, December 21, was the Winter Solstice here in the northern hemisphere. On that day, the Earth was in the part of its orbit where its north pole was tilted as far away from the Sun as it wi… - Christmas Star Parties
I do several public star parties each year. Overall, it probably amounts to a little more than one every two months. Typically, I give a public talk about some topic in astronomy, and then we do v… - LHC sets record, and we are still here.
According to a report on Science Daily, the Large Hadron Collider has set a new energy record. The twin beams were at an energy of 1.18 TeV, beating the 0.98 TeV energy of Fermilab’s Tevatron. T… - CoS 128
I’ve been busy catching up on my classes, so I haven’t posted anything lately. But, you can catch up on lots of great space-related blog posts at the 128th Carnival of Space, being hosted this w… - Ares I-X Launch Photos
It’s been a week since the Ares I-X launch, so you are probably wondering where the pictures are. After the launch, I tried to clean up as best I could in the bathroom at the space center, and I h… - Triboelectrification trouble
Well, the launch did not go as hoped for this morning. Last night, the forecast was for only about a 40% chance of the launch getting off. This morning, when I got up to head over to the space cen… - Ares I-X
If everything works out OK, then NASA will launch a new rocket this coming Tuesday: the Ares I-X. And, if everything works right, I’ll be there to witness it! The Ares rockets and Orion crew mod… - Electrostatic Radiation Shielding
Clearly carrying heavy shielding to protect astronauts from radiation in space is expensive. If you havent’ been reading my space radiation series as I’ve been posting, then you can look over th… - Space Radiation and Humans
As I continue my series on space radiation, the next topic that I want to address is how radiation harms space travelers. I’ve already alluded to this in earlier posts in the series, but I wanted… - Cosmic Rays
Part 3 of my series on space radiation is about the radiation itself. The term cosmic rays is generally used to describe this radiation. Unfortunately, as often happens, the term evolved before th…
planetary.org
- LPSC: Venus
Despite the fact that I began my career in science doing research on Magellan images of Venus, I've often avoided Venus sessions at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference because they've tended to… - Pointing at Helene
I posted already some neat images from Cassini's flyby of Helene last week, and commented on how most of the images from that encounter missed Helene entirely or only caught the moon at one edge of th… - Unbelievably spectacular flight through Candor Chasma
This is one of the things that came out during LPSC last week and all I could do at the time was Tweet it, which doesn't serve most of my readers, I realize. So here it is in blog form: the most unbel… - Joint replacement operation takes Goldstone 70-meter dish offline until at least November
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday that the venerable 70-meter dish at the Goldstone Deep Space Network station is being taken offline so that major surgery can be performed. Part of it… - Phobos has gravity!
Last week Mars Express had its closest-ever flyby of Mars' larger, inner moon Phobos. They used the close encounter for radio science, to attempt to probe the inner structure of the little potato. It'… - LPSC: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter results
A week later and I am finally getting to the mountains of notes I took on Moon-related talks I saw at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) held in Houston last week. Unlike previous years… - Stephen Hawking Receives Cosmos Award
by Louis D. Friedman, Executive Director of The Planetary Society The Planetary Society presented the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science to Stephen Hawking in Cambridge Englan… - WISE's weekly featured image
Every space mission has its own style of public outreach; you never know quite what you're going to get until it launches and is in the full swing of operations. So I'm pleased to point out that the W… - Cassini's Helene flyby
I was much anticipating Cassini's encounter with Helene on Wednesday. It looks like there was a problem with the pointing of the spacecraft, something that used to happen much more frequently on Cassi… - Pretty picture: Io, labeled
Jason Perry just posted this lovely labeled image of Io over at his blog, the Gish Bar Times. It's a nice image for providing context whenever any of the named volcanoes are discussed, so I thought I'…
spacedaily.com
- Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA
Washington (AFP) March 9, 2010 - The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told rep… - Russian Volga Region Moves To Produce Flying Saucers
Ulianovsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 - The government of the Ulianovsk Region in the Volga area has approved a five-year program to produce so-called flying saucers - a bizarre hybrid of a hel… - Russia, India May Jointly Make Glonass, GPS Navigation Devices
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 - Russia and India might establish a joint venture to produce navigation equipment for GPS and its Russian equivalent Glonass, the head of the Russian federal… - China's Fourth Space Center To Be Completed By 2015
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 - China's fourth space center, Wenchang, will be put into service between 2014 and 2015, not in 2013 as it was previously announced, the CCTV channel reported… - Russia Shortlists 11 For 520-Day Simulation Of Mars Mission
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 - Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems announced on Thursday the names of 11 volunteers on the shortlist to take part in a 520-day simulation… - Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 10, 2010 - Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant Mars antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery. - NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite Communications
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - NASA has unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, exper… - Most Extreme White Dwarf Binary System Found
Warwick, UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM… - American Aerospace Accepting Research Reservations On Last Shuttle Mission
Radnor PA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - American Aerospace Advisors has announced that it is accepting commercial reservations for research on STS-133 (ULF-5), the last scheduled Space Shuttle mission, which w… - Improving Operational Effectiveness Of Government Satcom Deployments
Fayetteville NC (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - Improved standards of operational effectiveness for U.S. Government agencies is being facilitated through delivery of training that enables high-performance deploy…
spaceflightnow.com
- Delta's late night launch to loft new GPS satellite
Another Global Positioning System satellite is about to launch into space, replacing a craft more than 15 years old. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta 2 rocket is scheduled for early Saturday… - First spacewalk of mission completed successfully
Astronauts Richard Linnehan and Garrett Reisman completed a 7-hour, 1-minute spacewalk overnight that prepare the Japanese logistics module for attachment to the space station and began assembly of a… - Atlas 5 rocket launches from California for first time
America's Atlas 5 rocket made its much-anticipated maiden mission from the West Coast early Thursday morning, piercing ground-hugging clouds and fog that blanketed the launch pad to send a secretive s… - First spacewalk of mission begins tonight
Astronauts Richard Linnehan and Garrett Reisman will press ahead with a near full-duration spacewalk this evening to prepare a Japanese logistics module for attachment to the space station and to begi… - Mission Status Center: Atlas 5 rocket launches from California
The inaugural launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base occurred as scheduled this morning, thundering skyward at 3:02 a.m. local time (6:02 a.m. EDT) carrying a classifi… - Robot pallet experiences power-up glitch on station
A high-tech Canadian robot, launched disassembled on large pallet, was moved from the Endeavour to a work site on the station early today. An initial attempt to route power to the pallet was not succe… - STS-123 Mission Status Center
Complete minute-by-minute coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's final approach and docking with the International Space Station. - Shuttle Endeavour on course for station docking tonight
The Endeavour astronauts are closing in on the international space station today, on track for a docking around 11:25 p.m. EDT to kick off a five-spacewalk assembly mission. - Crew completes evening of heat shield inspections
The astronauts unlimbered the shuttle's robot arm and inspected the ship's nose cap and wing leading edge panels with a laser scanner on the end of a 50-foot-long boom. The areas of the orbiter that e… - Endeavour launch gallery
This collection of images shows space shuttle Endeavour's middle-of-the-night launch Tuesday. The ship soared from pad 39A and disappeared into a low deck of clouds over the launch site a half-minute…
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news.nationalgeographic.com
- Lava, Not Water, Made Mars "Riverbed"
At least one channel thought to have been carved by water was actually built by lava flows, according to a new study of Martian surface features. - Ancient Corpses Ritually Dug Up, Torn Apart, Reburied
For 4,500 years in what is now Mexico, decomposing bodies were pulled apart and reburied, according to what may be the first evidence for ritual double burials. - Water Found in Apollo Moon Rocks
It turns out evidence for water on the moon was right under our noses all along, according to new studies of rocks retrieved by Apollo astronauts. - Exclusive: Chile Earthquake Aerial Pictures
See exclusive views of tsunami-tossed boats, a collapsed bridge, and a crumbled cliff—scenes of the devastating toll of the February 27 Chile earthquake. - "Cove" Movie Assails Dolphin Hunt, Gets Oscar Boost
With its 2010 Oscar win for best documentary, the movie The Cove has reignited debate over annual dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan. - Presented By:
- Photo: "Cove" Movie Seeks to End Japan's Dolphin Hunt
A dolphin hunt in Japan enrages activists. The Cove, an award-winning new movie, condemns it. So why do dolphin hunts go on elsewhere without much controversy? - Turkey Earthquake Pictures: The Day After
A strong earthquake rattled eastern Turkey Sunday, killing at least 51 and crumbling minarets, barns, and flimsily built mud-brick houses. - Chile Earthquake Video: Aftermath in Santa Cruz
Chile's February 27 earthquake caused an apartment building in this small city to collapse, killing 23. Video. - Gamma Rays a Flight Risk?
Earth-based gamma rays are made in storms at the same altitude as many commercial flight paths, possibly creating radiation hazards for air passengers.
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- NASA Hosts First-Ever Water Sustainability Forum March 16 -18
NASA today announced its founding partnership of Launch, an initiative to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to sustainability challenges through a series of forums. - NASA and NOAA's GOES-P Satellite Successfully Launched
The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-P, lifted off Thursday aboard a Delta IV rocket at 6:17 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat… - Media Day Planned for First NASA Global Hawk Science Campaign
Reporters are invited to a media day in April to observe the first environmental science mission of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Forc… - New NASA Web Page Sheds Light on Science of a Warming World
NASA has launched a new web page to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate. - NASA Sets Coverage For Goes-P Weather Satellite Launch March 2
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P, or GOES-P, is scheduled for launch aboard a Delta IV rocket on Tuesday, March 2, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. - NASA Announces Two News Conferences To Discuss The 2011 Budget And A Bold New Approach To Exploration
NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new developments in the nation's civil space effort. - NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. - NASA Cues Up University CubeSats for Glory Launch This Fall
NASA will launch small research satellites for several universities as part of the agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission. - High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. - NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years
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- Flooding in Southern Spain
Acquired March 9, 2010 (top), and March 8, 2009 (bottom), these false-color images show changes brought about by heavy rains in 2010, compared to the same time of year in 2009.Vegetation appears brigh… - Chateaubriant, France
Vestiges of Medieval Brittany mingle with signs of modern civilization in this simulated natural color satellite image of Chateaubriant, France. - Joanne Simpson, 1923-2010
Dr. Joanne Simpson (1923–2010) pores over reams of images of tropical clouds filmed during flights across the tropical Pacific. The photos and her hand-drawn maps of cloud formations became the foun… - Phytoplankton Bloom in the Arabian Sea
Phytoplankton swirled across the Arabian Sea on February 18, 2010, drawn into thin green ribbons by turbulent eddies. - Irrigation Project along the Orange River
Acquired February 15, 2010, this true-color image shows emerald-green irrigated fields along the Orange River, which separates Namibia from the Republic of South Africa. - GOES-P Satellite Launches
This photo shows the GOES-P satellite launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 4, 2010. - Dust Extends from Saudi Arabia to Iran
Acquired March 4, 2010, this true-color image shows a thick dust plume stretching from Saudi Arabia to Iran, obscuring part of the Persian Gulf. - Smoke Plumes over Concepcion, Chile, Following Large Earthquake
Smoke plumes and apparent damage to a bridge are visible in this astronaut photograph of Concepción, Chile, following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake on February 27, 2010. - Growth of Mountaintop Mine, West Virginia, 1984-2009
Based on data from NASA’s Landsat 5 satellite, these natural-color (photo-like) images document the growth of the Hobet mine in Boone County, West Virginia, as it expands from ridge to ridge between… - 8.8 Magnitude Quake near Concepcion, Chile
This map of topography and water depth reveals subduction’s influence on the West Coast of South America near the epicenter of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on February 27, 2010.
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- More on sun-climate relations
Four new papers discuss the relatiosnhip between solar activity and climate: one by Judith Lean (2010) in WIREs Climate Change, a GRL paper by Calogovic et al. (2010), Kulmala et al. (2010), and an on… - A mistaken message from IoP?
Institute of Physics, CRU inquiry, transparency - Arctic Methane on the Move?
Methane is like the radical wing of the carbon cycle, in today’s atmosphere a stronger greenhouse gas per molecule than CO2, and an atmospheric concentration that can change more quickly than CO2 ca… - Climate change commitments
Climate change commitment, Matthews and Weaver, adaptation and mitigation. CO2 emissions and concentrations. - Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind
Ben Santer, IPCC, SAR, Chapter 8, discernible influence, scientific cleasning, Guardian, Fred Pearce, Douglass and Christy - The Guardian disappoints
The Guardian, Fred Pearce, Douglas Keenan, Tom Wigley, Phil Jones, Mike Mann, Keith Briffa, Chinese weather stations, fraud, peer review - Throw your iPhone into the climate debate
Who says that the climate debate is not evolving? According to the daily newspaper the Guardian, a new application (‘app‘) has been written for iPhones that provides a list of climate dissidents… - Whatevergate
IPCC, glaciergate, climategate, UK media coverage, Jonathan Leake, David Rose, overton window - Daily Mangle
Yesterday, the Daily Mail of the UK published a predictably inaccurate article entitled “Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995″. The… - IPCC errors: facts and spin
IPCC AR4 errors, glaciergate, amazongate
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- PDAC
As readers doubtless realize, I’ve been a bit inactive on the blog during the past week and will be inactive for a few more days. The Prospectors and Developers Association Convention is a big deal… - Phil Jones called out by Swedes on data availability issue
From an emailed PRESS RELEASE on March 5, 2010 Climate scientist delivers false statement in parliament enquiry It has come to our attention, that last Monday (March 1), Dr. Phil Jones, head of the Cl… - Opening Night Reviews in the UK Press
Richard Drake sent in an interesting selection of opening night reviews for the Parliamentary Inquiry from UK parliamentary reporters, most of whom seem to be new to the climate wars and offering a re… - UK Parliamentary Hearings Today
Try here- http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=5979. I got wrongfooted as I couldn’t get the other feeds. Start at 4 pm (11 am Eastern). Andrew Montfod (Bishop Hill) has article a… - Another “Trick” from the CRU Inquiry
A new controversy involving another “trick” by the Boulton-Russell Inquiry. Today’s post is prompted by a new sentence added to the Inquiry FAQs and an article by Channel Four on the controversi… - “University ‘tried to mislead MPs on climate change e-mails’”
A savage article in the Times today by Ben Webster about the UEA submission to the UK Parliamentary Inquiry – the letter in which they tried to “trick” the Committee about the contents of the le… - McIntyre Submission with Figures
My submission to the UK Parliamentary Committee is here – this version excludes figures. Here is a pdf version with illustrations. In my situation – which is a little, shall we say, unique- it’s… - Institute of Physics Submission
No mincing of words by the Institute of Physics in their submission to the UK Parliamentary Committee. What are the implications of the disclosures for the integrity of scientific research? 1. The Ins… - “Unprecedented” IPCC Meeting
The IPCC held a meeting (in Bali, not Irkutsk) that is “unprecedented” in a milllll-yun years: Participants in the unprecedented meeting – held at the annual assembly of the Governing Council of… - ICO Submission to Parliamentary Committee
The presentations to the UK Parliamentary Committee are online and many are very interesting. Take a look at the submission by UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas here who adhere nicely to the…
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GENETICS & MEDICAL SCIENCE
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- Genetic Genealogy on Faces of America
Quite a line-up of celebrities! Eva Longoria, Meryl Streep, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Malcolm Gladwell, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Kristi Yamaguchi, Elizabeth Alexander, Queen Noor and Louise Erdric… - DNA Network Tweet Cloud
FYI. I tweet about genetics and related science topics under The DNA Network Twitter account @DNAnetwork. Are you on Twitter? by Tweet Cloud - DNA{wesome}
That’s right, baby! via Buzzfeed - Genetics = Real Science
Matchmaking services are adding DNA testing to their list of offers. The DNA test analyzes HLA genes of the immune system that influence a person’s body odor. The theory is that people are attracted… - Larry David’s DNA Test
Larry David found out last night on Lopez Tonight that he “fails as a European” being only 63% European according to a DNA ancestry test. David seemed genuinely surprised by the remaining 37% of h… - Lopez Tonight First Late-Night Show to Offer DNA Testing
Now we know that claim is misleading. Maury Povich and other talk shows have been offering DNA paternity testing for years but I guess those shows are on during the daytime. In any case, Larry David o… - American Genes Don’t Exist
Congratulations to Meb Keflezighi of Eritrean descent, who won the New York City Marathon last Sunday and was the first American to do so since 1982! Why did I mention that he was born in Eritrea? Bec… - Knowledge about Genetic Risk is Power or is it Fear?
A little over two years ago, I confessed that I was “just a little scared of genetic testing.” I have two young children and almost every day I see traits in them that I’m pretty sure they inher… - Murderer Gets Reduced Sentence Because His Genes Made Him Do It
Hey criminals! Here’s how you get out of taking full responsibility for your dastardly actions: Fake your DNA sample Blame it on your identical twin See if you have the genes that predispose you to… - Video: Knome’s Ari Kiirikki Speaks with Medgadget
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- Fear the omniscience of Orac, evildoers!
Orac knows all. Orac sees all. Orac discovers all. Anti-vaccine loons, know this and tremble, as Teresa Conrick over at J.B. Handley's--excuse me, Jenny McCarthy's--home for happy anti-vaccine propaga… - Jenny McCarthy drives the stupidity to ever higher levels on--where else?--The Huffington Post
Way back on May 25, 2005, I first noticed something about a certain political group blog. It was something unsavory, something vile, something pseudoscientific. It was the fetid stench of quackery, bu… - Homeopathy vs. science?
I have a hard time arguing against the proposition that this is the perfect metaphor for homeopathy. Well, not exactly. The homeopath and homeopathy user are both far too rational in this example. Rea… - Taking a vaccine injury case to the Supreme Court
I haven't written much about this before, at least not in this context, but vaccine scares are nothing new, nor is execrably fear mongering journalism about vaccines. Those of you who read Paul Offit'… - "Big supplement" lashes out, and John McCain caves in
If there's one law that (most) supporters of science-based medicine detest and would love to see repealed, it's the Dietary Supplement and Health Act of 1994 (DSHEA). The reason is that this law, argu… - Uh-oh. Randi's million dollars may be in jeopardy...
...because of the power of the vagina. I have a hard time arguing that the hypothesis behind this trial would not be falsified by this test. On the other hand, the link above dates back to 2006. So it… - Time for a refreshing facial of...bird poo?
Feeling stressed? Run down? Is your face not as chipper and toned as it might be? Of course you are. We all are from time to time, particularly as we journey into middle age and beyond. So what better… - Suing DAN! practitioners for malpractice: It's about time
Now that's what I'm talking about! This is what we need to see more of! A father whose child underwent the quackery that is the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) protocol is suing the doctors who administered… - A "homeopathic" bit of breast cancer "science," or: Who knew alcohol was so toxic?
Homeopaths are irritating. They're irritating for a number of reasons. One is their magical thinking, and, make no mistake, their thinking is nothing but pure magic, sympathetic magic to be precise. T… - Quoth Mark "not a doctor, not a scientist" Blaxill: "Help, help, Andy Wakefield's being repressed!"
Help! Help! I'm being repressed. Somehow, that is the image I have gotten in the three weeks since the very last shred of Andrew Wakefield's facade of scientific respectability tumbled. As you may re…
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- CNV and HIV susceptibility
Copy number at CCL3L1 is one of the genetic predictors of HIV susceptibility in humans (Gonzalez et al), with individuals with copy number higher than the population median being less susceptible. A n… - A gut feeling about history
A interesting article in Science on using the (mainly vertically transmitted) human pathogen bacteria Helicobacter pylori to reconstruct the peopling of the Pacific. Which I guess is a finer-scale fol… - Chakravarti on race and kinship
There's an interesting opinion piece at Nature by Aravinda Chakravarti. The part on populations and race covers some pretty familiar ground, but the article is obviously aimed at a more general audien… - R Rocks
I use R pretty much constantly, so I was pleased to see it getting some attention in the NYT (see also Mailund, Hawks, and Dechronization). There is also a followup post by the article's author here.O… - Natural variation in Nature
Nature has a whole slew of reviews on the current progress and prospects of mapping the genetic determinants of phenotypic variation:Association mapping in humans (here)Mapping behavioral traits in mo… - Using admixed populations to separate cis and trans effects
A new article by Price et al. looks at the effects of cis and trans acting variation on gene expression. A number of studies have approached the genetics of gene expression in humans by doing GWA mapp… - A NYT Q&A session with Amy Harmon
Just a quick link to a NYT Q&A session with Amy Harmon, who got the Pulitzer for her DNA age series. Her recent article on challenges of teaching evolution in the States has generated a lot of the que… - Counter-intuitive results using SNP chips
Two recent papers use of high density SNP chips to show counter intuitively that you can locate the geographic origin of a person to within a few hundred miles using only genetic data (Novembre et al.… - hot motif
A paper just out in Nature Genetics (Myers et al) extends what we know about how local sequence determines recombination hotspot activity (hotspots are 1-2kb regions where recombination happens far mo… - A couple of articles on forensic DNA matches
A freakonomics blog piece on the FBI's DNA match probabilities (via Genome-technology). There is also some interesting correspondence (1,2,3) in Nature Reviews Genetics on the reliability and use of L…
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- Armenian genetics
Armenian genes: Scientist in Yerevan launches a project to reveal genetic history of the nation. The description of the science in the piece is very garbled. But, it would be nice to elucidate the gen… - 10 questions for Peter Turchin
Peter Turchin has appointments in ecology & evolution and mathematics at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of five books, three of which, Historical Dynamics, Secular Cycles and War and… - Small genetic effects do not preclude drug development
Daniel MacArthur points me to a Newsweek article on the bankruptcy of Decode Genetics. The author describes (one of) Decode's problems like this:The genetics of illness turned out to be more complex t… - Homo erectus and EDAR?
In Why Evolution is True, Jerry Coyne has the following parenthetical aside about population variation in morphology in H. erectus:(H. erectus from China...had shovel-shaped incisor teeth not found in… - Low IQ correlated with cardiovascular disease?
Second Only to Cigarette Smoking in Large Population Study:While lower intelligence scores -- as reflected by low results on written or oral tests of IQ -- have been associated with a raised risk of c… - Jersey Shore nickname
What's your Jersey Shore nickname? I like The Prediction for myself. - Books & guidance
Read More Books!:If you really want to understand any issue more complex than Brad and Angelina's marital status, there's really no substitute for a book. Not instead of blogs and newspapers and Twitt… - Gene Expression Survey
That time of the year. Please take the Gene Expression Survey. I'll put up the analysis and the csv file next week. I have the usual questions, but also added a few more that might seem a bit weird. T… - Delayed childbearing & autism
Independent and dependent contributions of advanced maternal and paternal ages to autism risk: Reports on autism and parental age have yielded conflicting results on whether mothers, fathers, or both,… - Beautiful butterflies & localized adaptation
Two new papers are out in PLoS Genetics which make inferences about adaptation using butterfly species which exhibit Mullerian mimicry. I'll give the author summaries instead of the abstracts.Genomic…
johnhawks.net
- Professors banning computers
Washington Post: Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls: Professors have banned laptops from their classrooms at George Washington University, American University, the College… - An Arab view on the history of Darwinism
Eric Michael Johnson gives an account of the history of science work of Mirwa Elshakry: Darwin and Spencer in the Middle East. Elshakry's thesis explored how views of Darwin and Darwinism changed in t… - Quote: Louis Leakey and the destruction of mankind
From the Popular Science archive, June 1963 (p. 24): Too much specialization? Man--like the giraffe--may have stuck his neck out too far, says British anthropologist Louis S. B. Leakey. The threat is… - "A sort of bovine contentment"
Smithsonian magazine has a feature highlighting the fleshed-out hominin reconstructions of John Gurche (A Closer Look at Evolutionary Faces). While Homo erectus, which lived at about the same time, wa… - Quote: Popular Science on 1929
More from the Popular Science archive, in the January 1929 issue: What the World Owes to 1929. Writing the short Anthropology summary was Ales Hrdlička. Weidenreich published the first account of the… - Quote: Popular Science on Taung (1924)
A reader passes along a link to the Popular Science archive, now available free. So naturally, I searched immediately for Australopithecus. And in the April 1925 issue, they covered Raymond Dart's dis… - Pigment controller OCA2
Razib: OCA2 makes East Asians white and Europeans blue.He discusses a study out of Esteban Parra's lab in PLoS Genetics (open access), which characterizes a non-synonymous polymorphism in China that l… - Deep versus wide genomes
Remember Genome 10K? Well, here's a new study by Michel Milinkovitch and colleagues, that points out the deficiencies of comparative data from 1X genomes: 2× genomes - depth does matter Here, using r… - Quote: R. A. Fisher on chance and natural selection
From p. 37 of the Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (1930): The statement of the principle of Natural Selection in the form of a theorem determining the rate of progress of a species in fitness to… - 23andMe
From Razib: Creative destruction in the personal genomics industry? I’m hearing about rumblings at 23andMe, and not in a good way. Last year: 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey leaves.
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- Sen. Scott Brown, Pink Leather Shorts, and the Absurdity of Politics by Archetype
One of Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown's campaign gimmicks was to drive everywhere in a pickup truck, thereby 'proving' that he's a regular guy (never mind that he's very wealthy). One wo… - JAMA: Vaccinating Kids Protects Unvaccinated Adults
I've argued many times on this blog that an influenza vaccination policy, as opposed to the non-policy we currently have, would focus on vaccinating the people who are likely to spread the disease. Or… - Will Mismanaging the Everglades Hurt Florida Gov. Charlie Crist?
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has been trying to run as a moderate in his re-election campaign (he's even toyed with running as an independent). He is to the left of the Republican Party on several i… - Tuesday Links
Merry Tuesday. Links for you. Science: 95 per cent chance that Man is to blame for global warming, say scientists 6 reasons why the iPad could be the 'Star Wars' of tablet computing Natural Advantage… - More on Misunderstanding Deficits and Why It Matters for Science (and Education and...)
I knew when I posted about deficits I would catch some grief (you should see my email. Actually, you probably shouldn't. And why do I get many more emails than comments?). Before I get to addressing s… - Clarifying Commensals: Thoughts on Kristof's Superbugs Op-Ed
I'm conflicted about Nicholas Kristof's recent op-ed about antibiotic resistant organisms. On the one hand, Kristof is one of the only national columnists to raise this issue at all. On the other hand… - Sunday Sermon: In Defense of Deficits
Well, I suppose the snarky response is that your household doesn't have direct control over multiple battle carrier groups. Joking aside, the fixation on reducing budgets is essentially the economic e… - Why I Moved (Some of) My Money to a Community Bank
One of the infuriating things about the collapse of Big Shitpile is that there hasn't seemed to be much you or I can do about it (and that wanker Bernanke is useless). Until now. Move Your Money has d… - What Ten C-17 Cargo Planes the Military Doesn't Want Would Buy Us
If those who are upset about runaway government spending were serious, they would look at defense spending, which has increased in nominal terms by 75% percent. Consider what even a small level of war… - Thursday Links
Thursday means links. Or something. Science: The Upside of Type I Diabetes An 60,000-year old artistic movement recorded in ostrich egg shells Animal Experimentation and Simulation Other: THE MARK OF…
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- Female Condoms and HIV Prevention
The MAC AIDS Fund, the Female Health Company, CVS/pharmacy, Washington AIDS Partnership, and the DC Department of Health (DOH) have teamed up in Washington, D.C., to provide increased access to and mo… - Crab Hash
For something completely different, try this hash recipe. Hash is a casual dish that is meant to be fulfilling and comforting. Using crab brings it to an entirely different – and luxurious – level… - Yogurt: Sweet Treat Without the Guilt
Yogurt is a healthy snack that is tasty too. Recently, Yoplait launched two new bakeshop-inspired flavors that will help you satisfy your desire for sweet desserts — Yoplait Light Red Velvet Cake an… - Phyllo-Wrapped Goat Cheese
For your next dinner party, skip the dips and make a unique, more sophisticated appetizer insted. This appetizer offers a crunchy, flaky exterior and delicate goat cheese center that never fails to pl… - Simple Green Wedding Tips
Maybe you aren’t ready for a completely green wedding. However, there are some eco-friendly practices that you can easily incorporate into your special day. Go Local Use locally grown and seasonal f… - Easy Time Management Tips
With the pressure from family, work, kids and everything else in your life, you may find yourself always frazzled and running behind. Don’t stress yourself out. With a little organization, you can m… - Tommy Bahama Calypso Sun
For the month of March, Tommy Bahama’s signature drink is the Calypso Sun. This fresh, tropical cocktail features Tommy Bahama Golden Sun Rum. It’s perfect for relaxing at home, laying poolside on… - SUNSHINE: A Look at Unwed Motherhood
SUNSHINE, a Karen Skloss’ film about the changing face of motherhood, airs on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 10:00pm on the PBS series Independent Lens. The movie is about how being an unwed mother has cha… - PDA: How affectionate is too affectionate
By Mary Jo Rapini Teens are advertising their relationships out in public all the time. Go to Facebook or MySpace and you can see whom they are dating, whom they formerly dated, and basically everythi… - Maximize Your Small Space
A small apartment or room can look fabulous, if you decorate smart. Many people are tempted to use all small furniture in a small room — but that’s not always the way to go. If you have a small ap…
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- Selected readings 3/8/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate TheoryI’m trying to understand cosmology, why the Big Bang h… - Gamma-ray bursts without the gamma rays?
We discussed supernovae a bit in this recent post on gamma-ray bursts. There is now interesting new information on the connection between supernovae and gamma-ray bursts from two recently-described su… - Spiral galaxies are taking over
Everybody knows what a spiral galaxy looks like. Here's a typical nearby example (M74):Among the largest and brightest galaxies close to our own, about 72% are of this spiral type, like M74. There is… - Selected readings 2/26/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Oceans losing ability to absorb greenhouse gasLike a dirty filter, the Earth's oceans are growing less efficient… - Snowflake-Shaped Galaxy From Hubble
Snowflake-Shaped Galaxy From Hubble (1/15/10)A bluish-white spiral galaxy hangs delicately in the cold vacuum of space. Like snowflakes, no two galaxies are exactly alike. Known as NGC 1376, this snow… - Where have all the protons gone?
Astronomers have long known that there is a rather close relationship between the intrinsic luminosity of a spiral galaxy and the rotational velocity of stars (around the galactic center) in the outer… - Dwarf galaxies start making sense
Cosmology has, for a decade, had its standard model, which largely explains most of the cosmological phenomena that astronomers are able to observe. Except for a relatively small number of things that… - Selected readings 2/19/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Searching ALL the Tevatron data for exotic physicsThe majority of published particle physics papers involve looki… - Far out!
If you're interested in something out of the ordinary, astronomically speaking, the best place to look for the exotic may be as far away (in both space and time) as possible.Perhaps that's why I like… - Selected readings 2/13/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Easy = TrueOne of the hottest topics in psychology today is something called “cognitive fluency.” Cognitive f…
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GENERAL SCIENCE BLOGS
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- First whole genome sequencing of family of 4 reveals new genetic power
SEATTLE, WA -- March 10, 2010 -- The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has analyzed the first whole genome sequences of a human family of four. The findings of a project funded through a... - Gastric bypass surgery increases risk of kidney stones
DALLAS -- March 11, 2010 -- Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT... - The American Association of Anatomists approves guidelines for body donation programs
Bethesda, Maryland -- The Board of Directors of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) has approved a set of guidelines to govern programs accepting the donation of bodies for education and... - Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution, says U of Minn. study
High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University of... - Prehistoric response to global warming informs human planning today
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Since 2004, University at Buffalo anthropologist Ezra Zubrow has worked intensively with teams of scientists in the Arctic regions of St. - 90Q: A curious short-lived 'tropical' cyclone in the southern Atlantic
Tropical cyclones typically don't form in the Southern Atlantic because the waters are usually too cool. However, forecasters at the Naval Research Laboratory noted that a low pressure system off the.… - Low strengthens into Hubert, making landfall in Madagascar
The low that forecasters were watching for development yesterday, March 9, strengthened into Tropical Storm Hubert, and is already making landfall in eastern Madagascar. - Mysterious cosmic 'dark flow' tracked deeper into universe
Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study led by Alexander Kashlinsky at...
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- Victory for science, humiliation for antivax nut [White Coat Underground]
A few months ago, attorney Ames Grawert and I wrote about a defamation case filed by noted anti-vaccine crank Barbara Loe Fisher against respected journalist Amy Wallace, vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit… - Disease hunting with whole genome sequences: the good news, and the bad news [Genetic Future]
Lupski, J.R., et al. (2010). Whole-genome sequencing in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. New England Journal of Medicine advance online 10.1056/nejmoa0908094Roach, J.C., & et al. (201… - What else does Dr. Kaiser have to offer? [White Coat Underground]
The other day I told you about a doctor promoting a dietary supplement for the treatment of HIV, despite the lack of any significant data to support his claims. If there's anything medical bloggers ha… - Body mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity and health: a critical appraisal [Obesity Panacea]
If you go to your physician's office and inquire about your weight status, he or she will measure your height and weight to derive your BMI (weight in kg divided by height in m squared). Then they wi… - Your daily healthy imagination question: What letter grade would you assign to your personal health? [Collective Imagination]
This is the eighth daily question on the Collective Imagination blog. Every day, respond to the question (or another commenter's answer) and you will be eligible to win a custom ScienceBlogs USB drive… - JAMA: Vaccinating Kids Protects Unvaccinated Adults [Mike the Mad Biologist]
I've argued many times on this blog that an influenza vaccination policy, as opposed to the non-policy we currently have, would focus on vaccinating the people who are likely to spread the disease. Or… - Dr. Kaiser responds [White Coat Underground]
I was pleased to see that Dr. Kaiser responded to post from earlier this week. If you'll recall, Dr. Jon Kaiser is a doctor in California who is promoting a nutritional supplement to help treat HIV di… - State of sequencing technology in 2010 [Genetic Future]
Dan Koboldt has a very nice recap of the various sequencing technologies presented at last week's Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting. I totally agree with his central point:Something ha… - Jenny McCarthy drives the stupidity to ever higher levels on--where else?--The Huffington Post [Respectful Insolence]
Way back on May 25, 2005, I first noticed something about a certain political group blog. It was something unsavory, something vile, something pseudoscientific. It was the fetid stench of quackery, bu… - A Worm Free World [Tomorrow's Table]
Check out this great post by Mary M on biofortifed. In it she reviews a new research paper that describes how the use of Bt could potentially save the lives of millions. You can download a video about…
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- Climate Change Skeptics
Paul Krugman has a piece on climate change on his blog at the NY Times. One commenter responds:One thing they are gong [sic] to do is point out that if the ppm increase in atmospheric CO2 is solely du… - Chemical Urban Legends: pH
What does the p in pH stand for?The term pH has been in use for more than a century. It is a logarithmic measure of the hydrogen ion concentration ([H+]): pH = -log10[H+]. (Technically, there aren't b… - Open Laboratory 2009
Open Laboratory 2009 - a juried anthology of the best of the science blogosphere from last year has appeared. Edited by scicurious, it's available here. I have a piece in it - a cleaner version of thi… - Nobel Conversations
I vividly remember the first time I met a Nobel Prize winner. I was a graduate student in my 3rd year, and Roald Hoffman had recently won the Prize in chemistry (1981). A group of us went up with our… - Are scientists palatable?
In the early part of the 19th century, the word scientist had yet to be coined. As the scope of materials and phenomena that natural philosophers and historians dealt with increased, there was a growi… - Science blogging at its best: Open Laboratory 2009
In 2006, Bora Zivkovic brought us the first edition of Open Laboratory, a print collection of the best science blogging of the year. Now in its 4th year, the 2009 edition, guest edited by scicurious a… - Chemistry on Holiday: Science Cookies
'tis the season for baking on the home front. It's been mostly biologically based leavening (yeast) at my house, but some strictly chemical rising has been going on as well. For an interesting mix of… - Unfortunate Acronyms: PUS
When I was lecturing on lasers this week, I was surprised to discover how many of my students were unaware that laser was an acronym (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). Science… - Sex and the scientist
(Cross posted at my other blog.)I am in the midst of writing an essay for Nature Chemistry - about why people are so curious about stereotypes of scientists, but seem less so about other fields. There… - Feeling quizical?
Pew tracks American's familiarity with the news of the day - my kids took the latest quiz (and each scored in the top quartile for adults and so were quite pleased with themselves). I played with some…
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- This and That
The Nobel Foundation goes YouTube.Have you ever wanted to ask a Nobel Laureate a question? Now, here's your chance! Ask a Nobel Laureate is offering you a unique opportunity to communicate with some o… - What's in a book?
In the comments to my recent post Addicted!, Steven, Christine and I were discussing the value of science books. Steven let us know he has a sick addiction to Science books and Christine writes I want… - The Box-Problem in Deformed Special Relativity
As you know, I'm presently visiting Perimeter Institute. I was asked to speak in today's Quantum Gravity group meeting about one of my recent papers:The Box-Problem in Deformed Special Relativity, arX… - Gravity is Entropy is Gravity is...
I've been thinking recently about Erik Verlinde's paper On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton (arXiv:1001.0785v1 [hep-th]). Some of you will have noticed it's been discussed in the blogosphe… - Yes, We Can't
Elementary logic is arguably the most basic ingredient to fruitful argumentation. Nevertheless, you don't have to look far in the world wide web to figure most people have one or the other problem wit… - The Stephen Hawking Centre
Last year, I told you about Perimeter Institute's expansion. According to their 5 year plan (which you can download here) the recruitment goal is approximately 25 Faculty members (11 at present) and 2… - Happy Birthday
... it's four years of backreaction today!You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~ Albert Einstein - Interna
I'll be visiting Perimeter Institute the coming three weeks. If I manage to get to Toronto that is. I'm flying with Lufthansa, but Lufthansa decided they'll go on strike, starting today. According to… - Addicted!
I meant to just try it once, but then I couldn't stop. CAPITAL LETTERS! They were demanding immediate attention, captivating, impossible to ignore. I GOT STUCK IN CAPS LOCK. Now I'm on withdrawal. WIT… - Endless Talking
Yesterday, I read that Chad Orzel decided he won't read any blogs for Lent. I'm not Catholic, so can't really relate to the religious aspect of the decision, but some of his remarks might resonate wit…
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- Back to blightly
Apologies if updates are a little irregular, as I'm currently on my way back to the UK for a three week visit. This is largely because I've been asked to speak to the 'All-Party Parliamentary Group on… - In the Exploratorium's distorted room
The San Francisco Exploratorium is the Mind Hacks of science museums - every exhibit is hands on, giving you the chance to experiment with and experience for yourself scientific principles. Obviously,… - How cannabis makes thoughts tumble
Cannabis smokers often report that when stoned, their thoughts have a free-wheeling quality and concepts seem connected in unusual and playful ways. A study just published online in Psychiatry Researc… - Tracking the unborn brain into childhood
A brain scanning technology called MEG is being used to track the function of unborn babies' brains as they grow inside the womb until after they've been born. The full name for MEG is magnetoencephal… - A man with virtually no serotonin or dopamine
Neuroskeptic covers a fascinating case of a man born with a genetic mutation meaning he had a severe lifelong deficiency of both serotonin and dopamine. The case report concerns a gentleman with sepia… - The disembodied tic
There are numerous forms of body distortions and out-of-body experiences reported in the neurological literature but this is the first case I've found of someone who experienced tics that seemed to oc… - Go Cognitive guide to the brain
Go Cognitive is an awesome free video archive of interviews and discussion that aims to explain some of the core topics in cognitive neuroscience. It's a project of the University of Idaho who've mana… - Future neuro-cognitive warfare
Every year the US Army holds an annual conference called the "Mad Scientist Future Technology Seminar" that considers blue sky ideas for the future of warfare. Wired's Danger Room discusses the confer… - In the blood
Wikipedia has a page on the idea that blood type predicts personality, a discredited theory that nevertheless remains widespread in Japanese and Korean popular culture. The idea seems to hold a simila… - Skate deck neuroscience
Designer Emilio Garcia has created a series of skate decks decorated with fantastic cortex graphics. It means every time you boardslide, you can see exactly how your brain has been lesioned. Garcia is…
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- Neutron interferometer
Lubos Motl: You have completely misunderstood the neutron gravitational interference experiment. They showed that the force acting on the neutron is simply not negligible. Quite on the contrary, these… - Trivium:Three Roads
Logic is the art of thinking; grammar, the art of inventing symbols and combining them to express thought; and rhetoric, the art of communicating thought from one mind to another, the adaptation of l… - Calorimetric Equivalence Principle Test
With Stefan shutting down the blog temporary I thought to gather my thoughts here. GravitomagnetismThis approximate reformulation of gravitation as described by general relativity makes a fictitious f… - Physicists Discover How to Entangle at High Temperatures
While I do not just like to echo in the world of information it is important to me to see how we can use entanglement to give us information about quantum gravity. Is it possible? Entanglement is the… - Economy, as Science
A shift in paradigm can lead, via the theory-dependence of observation, to a difference in one's experiences of things and thus to a change in one's phenomenal world.ON Thomas Kuhn Control the info… - Article From New York Times and More
Brookhaven National Laboratory HOT A computer rendition of 4-trillion-degree Celsius quark-gluon plasma created in a demonstration of what scientists suspect shaped cosmic history. In Brookhaven Coll… - GOCE delivering data for best gravity map ever
30 September 2009 Following the launch and in-orbit testing of the most sophisticated gravity mission ever built, ESA’s GOCE satellite is now in ‘measurement mode’, mapping tiny variations in E… - A Yearning for Truth
Beauty, Plato wrote, is not easy to define, but something that slips through and evades us. For this reason, many logic-oriented philosophical approaches tend to divorce and even oppose truth and beau… - The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
The problem of heat can be a frustrating one if one can contend with the computer chips and how this may of resulted in a reboot of the machine( or it's death) into a better state of existence then wh… - A New Time Travel Scenario?
Black Hole-Powered Jet of Electrons and Sub-Atomic Particles Streams From Center of Galaxy M87 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Yields Clear View of Optical Jet in Galaxy M87 A NASA Hubble Space Telescop…
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- We need GM plants that benefit consumers and not just farmers | Eoin Lettice
Despite the decision by the European Union last week to approve the cultivation of a GM potato, plant scientist Eoin Lettice argues that consumers will only accept the technology when it provides tang… - Science Weekly podcast: Libel Reform Week and the importance of being vague
Science writer Simon Singh and Tracey Brown from Sense About Science tell us about Libel Reform Week and the campaign to change Britain's libel laws and protect scientific freedom of expression. Simon… - Is this the meaning of life? | John Stewart
John Stewart argues that despite the perception that science has stripped the meaning from life, recent developments in evolutionary theory suggest that humans have a central role to play in the futur… - The meaning of life in a developing universe | John Stewart
In this pre-press article for a special issue of the journal Foundations of Science, John Stewart argues that intentional evolution can give human life meaningEvolutionAstronomyguardian.co.uk © Guard… - Climate scientists must be absolutely honest about data | David Colquhoun
If we want the public to continue to trust us as scientists, we must be absolutely open and never resort to spin or PRI'm not a climate scientist, but I am concerned about the reputation of science an… - Science Weekly podcast: Rockstar physicist Brian Cox; the Flat Earth Society; and Lord Robert Winston
We are privileged to have in the studio the man who dislikes being known as the rockstar physicist. Professor Brian Cox introduces his new BBC TV series Wonders of the Solar System in which he uses lo… - Government-backed report on future jobs in science had major flaws | James Hayton
The Shape of Jobs to Come with its headline-grabbing list of exotic new roles in science was based on flimsy research, says nanoscientist James HaytonIt's a big issue: how to stimulate interest in sci… - MPs' damning verdict: Homeopathy is useless and unethical | Martin Robbins
Homeopaths are evoking grand conspiracies to explain the Science and Technology Committee's brutal report, but in reality they were undone by their own bizarre pronouncementsToday the Science and Tech… - Science Weekly podcast: Can you have too many friends? Plus, the media's cosy relationship with science
Robin Dunbar, professor of evolutionary anthropology at Oxford, joins us in the studio to discuss human friendships and Dunbar's number – the theoretical limit to the number of stable social relatio… - Science Weekly podcast: Why humans make music; plus, what is time?
Science writer and former editor at Nature Philip Ball tells us why humans make and listen to music. He's giving a lecture on the subject at the Royal Institution this week. Sean Carroll, a theoretica…
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- Report puts electoral systems under the microscope
With the prospect of a hung Parliament increasing, Oxford Professor Iain McLean has co-authored a timely report which examines the pros and cons of changing the British electoral system for electing M… - Crews announced for 156th Boat Race
Oxford and Cambridge Universities have announced their crews for the 2010 Xchanging Boat Race, this year held on Saturday 3 April. The race is the 156th in the series. - The future of cities
The Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities has announced that six successful projects will each receive up to £50,000 seed money to develop interdisciplinary research into the shaping of the futur… - Elephant research centre destroyed
- Science festival set for launch
This weekend sees the launch of the Oxfordshire Science Festival 2010 (6-21 March) that will bring over 100 fun and fascinating science events to venues across the county. - Hundreds of students celebrate Oxford’s global mix
Hundreds of Oxford students, as well as local residents of Oxford, attended a festival this week to celebrate the international mix of the University student body, enjoying food and performances repre… - 3D graphics & reality fuse on the fly
- Bodleian Library unveils plans for long-awaited renovation of New Bodleian Library
Oxford University’s world-famous Bodleian Library today unveils its plans for the restoration and renovation of the New Bodleian library building. - HGP is 10: Where are we now?
- Global child health and tuberculosis goals are being ‘missed’
Problems controlling common diseases like HIV, heart disease and diabetes in poor countries could be hindering efforts to meet the world’s key child health and tuberculosis goals, a new study publis…
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- Feathered scapulae
As I wrote Monday's post on the avian poetry anthology Bright Wings, I had just finished reading a cover review in the NYT Book Review of Danielle Trussoni's novel Angelology. I had two kinds of winge… - Osprey, riding gifts of air
As I wrote those words in yesterday's post I was watching an osprey cruise the shore in front of the house. Fish hawk, they call it here. It dipped and soared, hardly moving its wings, its keen eye fi… - ...and with ah! bright wings
House guests brought me as a gift Billy Collins' spanking new anthology of poems about birds, Bright Wings, splendidly illustrated with paintings by David Allen Sibley, who you may know from his Sible… - XA
Click Anne's image to enlarge, then again if you wish. - "Upon this chaos rode the distressed ark"
I've been reading Stephen Baxter's Ages In Chaos, the story of James Hutton and the discovery of geologic time. As someone who has studied and taught this stuff for half a century, there is not much i… - Thinking about thinking
Nothing we know about in the universe approaches the complexity of the human brain. What is it? A vast spider web of neurons, cells with a thousand octopuslike arms, called dendrites. The dendrites re… - So soft the dart
If love's a sweet passion, why does it torment?If a bitter, oh! tell me, whence comes my content?Since I suffer with pleasure, why should I complain,Or grieve at my fate, when I know 'tis in vain?Yet… - Icon
From NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center comes this stunning composite photograph of Earth, the sharpest blue-dot picture yet. Here is the planet that two thousand years ago the boldest of thinkers cou… - "Taking what is, and seeing it as it is"
Last fall, I wrote here about Jan Vermeer's The Milkmaid, which at the time was enjoying a bit of limelight as the centerpiece of a show at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since then, the paint… - The mother tongue
As I mentioned before, during February I presided over a creative writing seminar with a dozen island residents, ten adults and two high school students. Some terrific writing but let me quote here a…
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- Our active earth
In the wake of last month's major earthquake in Chile, media outlets worldwide have been citing the work of Missouri S&T geophysicist Stephen S. Gao.Gao, whose work on measuring seismic activity h… - World's largest snake skeleton
Vertebra from a 17-foot modern anaconda (left) versus vertebra from a Titanoboa (right). An S&T grad played a big role in the Titanoboa discovery. We are working on a story about it for the alumni… - Engineers: the 'Rodney Dangerfields of professions'?
We tell ya, engineers don't get no respect.But it isn't just us saying that. Now, an engineer-turned-writer is repeating that message in a new book, The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not… - At the summit of life sciences
Missouri S&T researchers Roger Brown, Delbert Day and Len Rahaman lead the university's research in bone tissue repair and regeneration. In the spring 2008 issue of Missouri S&T Magazine, an i… - Why EWB students are making a difference
This week Emily Pasch, a senior in mechanical engineering from Lake Zurich, Ill., will travel with her peers and professionals within Engineers Without Borders to Erquis Sud, Bolivia. This will be her… - 3-D technology at S&T
This is the eleventieth time today that we've used this photo. Because we really like it! (Or at least one of us does.) S&T students have built a robot (kind of like the ones NASA sends to Mars on… - Oh, the humanities: of Big Apples, Nazis in Paris, and Freedom Summer
While Missouri S&T is well known for its focus on science and technology, our campus is pretty strong in other fields, such as the humanities. Three top-notch humanities scholars talked about thei… - We are being dispatched to Central America
In recent years, this blog has featured updates from students traveling to Guatemala. The trips are organized by Dr. Curt Elmore, associate professor of geological engineering at S&T. In Guatemala… - The thrill of gravity, the agony of sleet
You probably won't see a physics professor on the cover of a Wheaties box any time soon, but that doesn't mean things like acceleration, mass, friction and energy don't play a crucial role in the Olym… - S&T landscaping is 'green' despite the weather
Grounds crews at S&T spent days digging the campus out from the last snow storm, and this morning more flakes are falling. But that hasn't stopped the custodial and landscape services department from…
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- Monday Puzzle: Fun on Display
Today we have some light fun based on the standard seven-segment number display used in digital LCD and LED clocks and calculators. - The Second Law Strikes Back
In the field of thermodynamics, which abounds in apparent paradoxes, this is one of the most delicious paradoxes ever. - Monday Puzzle: Some Light Number Music
The numbers above are related to a famous person and to the heavenly body in the solar system whose orbit is shown in the figure above. Can you figure out who and what they are? Why has this puzzle be… - Salt Wars
The salt wars can be vicious, pitting what I call the salt reformers against skeptics who say there isn't enough evidence yet to justify public policies restricting salt levels. - Monday Puzzle: Getting Something From Nothing
I've found the secret of making unlimited money with a simple scheme and generate unlimited energy with my new invention, the papaya battery. Both these are based on the successful application of one… - Biology Rappers Return
Check out this new number by the science rappers of Stanford on how the body converts food into energy. - Monday Puzzle: The Case of the Carnival Cups
Should Tom take the carnie's original offer at the 4 to 1 payoff ratio? Is Tom's reasoning about the average number of guesses correct? - Does Awe, or Something Else, Move You to E-Mail Articles?
Dr. Berger and Dr. Milkman are interested in hearing directly from you about the stories you share. - Monday Puzzle: Back to the Future
How many unique day/date combinations are there in a typical year? - Why Do You E-Mail Times Articles?
Click here to take a brief survey by researching interested in your e-mailing habits. A
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- If the Cost of Soda Increased 18%, People Would Lose 5 Pounds a Year
The New York City health department has released graphic ads encouraging viewers not to “drink yourself fat”. If the price of regular soda and other sweetened beverages increased by 18%, people wo… - Cancer Mortality Has Declined Since Initiation of ‘War on Cancer’
A new study finds a downturn in cancer death rates since 1990 results mostly from reductions in tobacco use, increased screening allowing early detection of several cancers, and modest to large improv… - New Method to Grow Arteries Could Lead to ‘Biological Bypass’ for Heart Disease
Researchers are reporting a new method of growing arteries could lead to a “biological bypass” — or a non-invasive way to treat coronary artery disease. A new method of growing arteries could le… - Lizard Moms Choose the Right Genes for the Right Gender Offspring
The male of this species can be two to three times the mass of the female, but the females seem to be in control of the genetic destiny. Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards ma… - Scientists Discover ‘Catastrophic Event’ Behind the Halt of Star Birth in Early Galaxy Formation
Artist’s representation showing outflow from a supermassive black hole inside the middle of a galaxy. Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting… - Snake Venom Charms Science World: Novel Protein from King Cobra as Drug Discovery
The King Cobra continues to weave its charm with researchers identifying a protein in its venom with the potential for new drug discovery and to advance understanding of disease mechanisms. The King C… - Blocks of Life Bubbling in the Orion Nebula
It’s confirmed: Space is bubbling with the potential for life. The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared—on board the Herschel Space Observatory—has sent a high resolution analysis of the O… - The Common Sense Guide to “Organic” and Other Food Labels
Organic for REAL? Everywhere you look, food is trying to impress you with how natural it is, but the message is vague and often misleading. What does “organic” actually mean? What separates “gra… - 30 Marvelous Motorcycles
Finally a Motorcycle for the rest of us! Now That’s Nifty has a gallery of thirty unusual motorcycles, including those converted into campers, limos, and tracked vehicles. Among them is the massive… - Web Site Offers ‘Friends’ For Rent
A Web site based in New Jersey that allows users to “rent a friend” for platonic outings said it has 1,200 paying members. RentAFriend.com founder Scott Rosenbaum said the site, which started up f…
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- Summer School on Mathematical String Theory
Summer school involving higher category theory in mathematical string theory. - A Perspective on Higher Category Theory
Extended ramblings. - The Two Cultures Again
Trying to make sense of the two cultures of mathematics - Postdoc Position in Lisbon
There's a postdoc position in Lisbon for someone working on categorification or gerbes. - Categorification in Faro
The XIXth Oporto Meeting on Geometry, Topology and Physics will take place on July 19 -- 23, 2010 in Faro, Portugal. - 2-Branes and Supergravity Theories
What about supergravity theories in dimensions 4, 5, 7 and 11? - In Praise of Dependent Types
Dependent types should be everyone's friend! - Algebraic Models for Higher Categories
On (oo,1)-categories of algebraic oo-groupoids and algebraic (oo,1)-categories. - Rational Homotopy Theory in an (oo,1)-Topos
On rational homotopy theory and differential cohomology from the point of view of oo-topos theory. - An Invitation to Higher Gauge Theory
Read the draft of an expository paper on higher gauge theory by John Huerta and John Baez.
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- Free Energy and the Meaning of Life
When we think about the “meaning of life,” we tend to conjure ideas such as love, or self-actualization, or justice, or human progress. It’s an anthropocentric view; try to convince blue-green a… - From Eternity to Book Club: Chapter Nine
Welcome to this week’s installment of the From Eternity to Here book club. Now for something of a palate-cleanser, in the form of Chapter Nine, “Information and Life.” Excerpt: Schrödinger’s… - Alice’s avatar
In honor of the Oscars, I spent last night watching a movie. It was set on another world, populated by exotic flora and fauna (e.g., a blue creature with a long tail). The good inhabitants of this wor… - Just a Frog on the Dissection Table
We’ve been studied. Bora points to a new paper by Inna Kouper in the Journal of Science Communication. The title is “Science blogs and public engagement with science: Practices, challenges, and op… - The next wave
The New York Times has an article about stand-up paddleboarding. I guess that means it’s now officially mainstream? It’s weird to have seen a sport arise completely from scratch, over a period of… - Buses are bosons, and they condensate
I did my graduate work at the University of Chicago, and lived in Hyde Park. On occasion I would take the bus (the #6 Jeffery Express) to downtown. Although the buses were scheduled to run every 15 mi… - Delayed But Not Denied
First a programming notice: turns out I will not be on the Colbert Report tonight. Never fear — I was just bumped back to next week, Wednesday March 10 (11:30 p.m., 10:30 Central). Business as usual… - Hella…yes!
A physics student here at UC Davis, Austin Sendek, has launched a campaign to add another designator to the list of numeric SI prefixes such as kilo-, mega-, etc. to cover 1027: hella. For example, 1… - From Eternity to Book Club: Chapter Eight
Welcome to this week’s installment of the From Eternity to Here book club. Finally we dig into the guts of the matter, as we embark on Chapter Eight, “Entropy and Disorder.” Excerpt: Why is mixi… - I put it down once to wipe off the sweat
It’s generally easy to write a damning book review. It’s much harder to write a positive and enthusiastic one. So how about a review that includes this paragraph?: I put down Rebecca Skloot’s fi…
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- Whatever happened to the audiophile?
Back in the 1970s my parents had friends who had stacks of hi-fi separates with gold contact wiring and speaker stands on metal spikes. They were only playing Perry Como on vinyl, but that was their i… - Forensic saliva test within spitting distance
The latest issue of SpectroscopyNOW is online. This week I cover everything from MRI for testicular cancer to egg-shaped carbon balls by way of energy molecules, copper proteins, secret writing, first… - Hacking your online identity
Geo-location services are very useful, helping you find a post office, ATM, decent restaurant, or hooking up with friends. They are commonly used in conjunction with smart phones and other mobile devi… - Time-keeping alchemy
Time-keeping with quantum mechanics caught The Alchemist’s eye this week with a truly long-term view while secret writing that uses a mix of sunscreen and boron could lead to new scratch and read pr… - Four ways to connect with Sciencebase
Simply click one of the four icons above to get to the Sciencebase Facebook, Delicious, RSS, and Twitter pages for far too much science and tech than even I know what to do with… Related Posts:RSS A… - Royal stamps for Royal Society
Royal Mail Stamps has issued a commemorative set of stamps in the UK to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society this year. The stamps feature ten of the most prominent fellows of the Roya… - Shedding light on photosynthesis
The rules have changed regarding photosynthetic law, The Alchemist learns, while it turns out that plants use steroid hormones just like those found in mammals. Another type of plant could lead to a n… - Interview with David J Newman (Pt. II)
This is Part II of the unabridged transcript of an interview with Dr David Newman, Chief at the Natural Products Branch of the NCI in Maryland. The interview was conducted for a new quarterly newslett… - A natural interview with David Newman
David Newman is Chief at the Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, DCTD, at the National Cancer Institutes in Frederick, Maryland, USA. I interviewed him for Issue 1 of a new qu… - Prostate problem probed
Pinpointing prostate problems – The chemical cousin of magnetic resonance imaging, MR spectroscopy, could be used to pinpoint the exact location of prostate cancers and to determine the aggressivene…
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- food for juicy, young brains
A few weeks ago I was visiting the Griffith Park Observatory, sitting in the angled chairs of the planetarium, waiting for the lights to go down and the show to start. A wee boy, just out of toddler-h… - my hair is red, my tires are black and their smoke is white
That particular trait -- not being able to sleep when there's something you can't figure out -- is in my mind the fundamental requirement for being a scientist. I was groggily reading my email Friday… - of science and superheroes
It was a whirlwind weekend at the AAAS meeting in San Diego, where the Spousal Unit and several interdisciplinary colleagues expounded on the mysteries of the arrow of time, and Jen-Luc Piquant hobnob… - all you need is....
It's Valentine's Day again, which means it's time for various media outlets to turn an analytical science-y eye on that most magical-seeming human emotion: love. The inevitable tension is best capture… - a few choice words from the red pen brigade
Okay, the Semester From HellTM is over and I'm back to my usual teaching schedule, which means you'll be hearing from me more often. Part of my Semester from HellTM involved teaching basic computer sk… - my kind of town
If it's Thursday, it must be Berkeley. That's where I was a couple of nights ago, having driven up from Los Angeles to attend Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's first-ever Science Cafe, featuring Jaime Pa… - i belong to the tech generation
Millions of Americans were glued to their TV sets Wednesday night watching the State of the Union address, but let's face it, President Obama was overshadowed by the other big news of the day: the dec… - festival of lasers
Fifty years ago, a handy little device was invented that would go on to change the world. I'm talking about the laser: without it, there would be no DVDs or BluRays, no laser light shows, no handy las… - a bevy of bloggers (#scio10)
It was a whirlwind Saturday at Science Online 2010 (a.k.a. Bora!Fest), where I had the chance to catch up with old friends I hadn't seen since the last Bora!Fest in 2008. It was a treat to chat with b… - shameless self-promotion
So, the science blogosphere is all a-flutter about this weekend's Science Online 2010, pretty much the Woodstock of Science Blogging, or as I like to call it, Bora!-Fest 2010. And oh yes, Jen-Luc-Piqu…
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- Spencer: Global Urban Heat Island Effect Study – An Update
by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. This is an update to my previous posts [here and here on WUWT] describing a new technique for estimating the average amount of urban heat island (UHI) warming accompanying an… - IPCC announces “independent” review
A formal announcement was made in a press conference made at 12:30PM EST by the IPCC, which is getting press, for example here. But at the time of this writing, there’s no mention of it whatsoev… - When the IPCC ‘disappeared’ the Medieval Warm Period
IPCC changed viewpoint on the MWP in 2001 – did this have effect on scientific results? Guest post by Frank Lansner Latest News (hidethedecline) A brief check indicates a “warm MWP-consensus” be… - Himalayan Hijinks
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach According to an article in the Hindustan Times by someone for whom English is a second language, I find: Senior scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (… - Wrong way econometricians
People send me stuff. This one reminds me of a famous wrong way: Hi Anthony Today we had some rumour in the Dutch media due to a paper by a couple of econometricians which projected dramatic warming.… - Former Apartheid Spy Appointed to Head UN Climate Change Effort
From the You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up Department. [update, yeah the headline is inaccurate, it is simply reflecting the original story headline from BIGGOVERNMENT.com ~ ctm] Former Apartheid Sp… - Accuracy of climate station electronic sensors – not the best
Given all of the discussions recently on issues with the surface network, I thought it would be a good idea to present this excellent paper by Lin and Hubbard and what they discovered about the accura… - NSIDC Reports That Antarctica is Cooling and Sea Ice is Increasing
By Steven Goddard Last month we discussed how NASA continues to spread worries about the Antarctic warming and melting. A January 12, 2010 Earth Observatory article warns that Antarctica “has been l… - Social Networking Search Request
CEI’s Chris Horner asks WUWT readers for some help in locating “Phil Jones’s Aspirations” So, I’m leafing through another 1,500 pages of emails dumped on me by NASA in an apparent attempt to… - IPCC AR4 Commenter: “I do not understand why this trend is insignificant – it is more than three times the quoted error estimates”
Yet Another Incorrect IPCC Assessment: Antarctic Sea Ice Increase by Chip Knappenberger March 8, 2010 Another error in the influential reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
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