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Let's hide that embarrassing conflict in American culture For many years, the NSF has been producing a biennial report on American attitudes (and many other statistics) about science called Science and Engineering Indicators. This year, as they have every year, they got the uncomfortable news that a...
Vote for Evolution!!! Credo (as in Working Assets) gives a percentage of its charges to various organizations. Now, there is a way for you to vote for which organization will get an infusion of cash. One of the choices is the NCSE....
I get letters. Does this blog scream "polymers" to you? It did to someone.
Last Day to VOTE for the Spirit of Innovation Awards!! Today is the LAST day to vote for the conrad awards!! Vote for who you think should win the Spirit of Innovation. Find out more...
Friday Sprog Blogging: bad dreams. The Free-Ride offspring have been enjoying their Spring Break visiting with the Grandparents Who Lurk But Seldom Comment. The night before they left, however, the younger Free-Ride offspring awoke in the wee hours because of a bad dream. As we...
Lunch with a Laureate Meet two very special speakers for our Lunch with a Laureate Program...
There's More to Science Than Evolution The National Science Board made a deeply regrettable decision to omit questions on evolution and the Big Bang from the Science and Engineering Indicators report for 2010. As you might expect, this has stirred up some controversy. I wasn't surprised...
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify This mystery bird is not a mystery to me -- I can still remember the day I saw this species while I was staying in Japan
The Experiment: Can Scientia Pro Publica Get Enough Submissions to Publish Each Week? Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival devoted to sharing the best science, medical, environment and nature blog writing with the public, and it is seeking submissions and hosts!
Woohoo...Astrophysicist Scores! And best of all he loves that where he works brings him into contact with a large body of first generation and low income college students, many of whom never liked or understood science until they took one of his classes.
Second UCLA Pro-Test Rally Sends Strong Message in Support of Science Today, the UCLA chapter of Pro-Test held its second rally in support of animal research. With as many as 400 or so supporters in attendance, it looks like it was another great success! Here are a couple of early reports...
Many Paths Interpretation of Scientific Careers Items sharing a similar topic, meandered onto in the depths of a major outpouring of procrastination... The path less traveled by Andrea Schweitzer (via @mattleifer) on a different way to have a career as a scientist. And for a description...
A Response to Science on the Decision to Not Include Evolution in the NSB Science Indicators Report The NSB is correct about the problems with the evolution question but should have included a careful discussion in the Science Indicators report...
Only TWO days left to vote for the Spirit of Innovation Award! Two days left to vote for the Spirit of Innovation Awards. Here are the finalists in the Green/Renewable energy division and find out how to vote...
Science for Citizens Newly launched website Science for Citizens has partnered with the USA Science and Engineering Festival...
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify This migratory bird that visits North America as well as countries on the other side of the Pacific Ocean shares a species name with which other animals? Can you name them all?
Long Author Lists and Books Not Written Back when I was in grad school, and paper copies of journals were delivered to the lab by a happy mailman riding a brontosaurus, I used to play a little game when the new copy of Physical Review Letters arrived:...
Science Catfight: Climatologists versus Meteorologists "In an alarming trend, temperatures this spring have risen. Consider this: on February 6, it was ten degrees. Today it hit almost 80. At this rate, by August, it will be 220 degrees!" declares Stephen Colbert. "So clearly folks, the climate debate rages on. Which is great because I like debate, and I love rage."
Light My Fire Here's a short video showing a fun trick you can play with fire -- in your own home. It also is a graphic illustration as to why fires are so difficult to extinguish.
Howsitgoin', eh?: Nature offers $10,000CDN for outstanding research mentors It's pretty easy to be a crappy mentor. That's why there are so many.
BAT 2010: The Secular School This is my belated contribution to Blogging Against Theocracy....
Fulton ... The end of the line. I have not been able to blog about the Fulton Idiocy largely because I can't bring myself down to the cool, calm, collected level I usually operate at being that I'm a professional blogger and all. I will blog about it, but later. I'll blog...
Solving Gender Equity Issues One Long, Slow, Pleasurable Step At A Time We are a mere ten years into the 21st century. No jet packs for all yet, but things are moving at a lightning pace at Yale in the policy area.
Three Days left to vote for the Conrad Awards Three days left to vote for the conrad awards. Find all the videos for the Aerospace finalists here. Find out more about how to vote...
TONIGHT in NYC: SciCafe at AMNH What if your cells could be engineered to grow your own replacement organs? Glimpse the future of medicine with Kristin Baldwin from the Scripps Research Department of Cell Biology as she discusses cutting-edge stem cell technologies. While a postdoc in the lab of Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard Axel, she cloned an entire mouse from a single neuron from its nose, an experiment that paid homage to Woody Allen's film Sleeper.
“I LOVE it when my students show up with forms and tell me where to sign, or when they give me several weeks' notice for recommendation letters, with nice neat lists of addresses and deadlines. I wish they would bug me more often about stuff, as I tend to forget what I've agreed to do and let things get buried in my inbox.” Asphericity on Ask Dr. Isis - Can I Be Bossy With My Boss?
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Some engineers use cranes and steel to make their designs reality, but synthetic biologists engineer using tools on a different scale: DNA and the other molecular components of living cells. Synthetic biology uses cellular systems and structures to produce artificial models based on natural order. Read these posts from the ScienceBlogs archives for more:
Pharyngula May 30, 2007
The Loom January 31, 2008
Discovering Biology in a Digital World July 2, 2006