Regulatin’ Genes is Crucial to Development

post from Pharyngula on 11 March 2009 02:15:54 PM. © Pharyngula

I hope these guys win a Grammy, because this rap is the bomb.

It's even better than that Narwhal song.

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Anything Not to Destroy Embryos--Even Octo-Mom

post from blog.bioethics.net on 11 March 2009 02:11:00 PM. © blog.bioethics.net

That would appear to be the argument advanced by Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, discussing alternatives to using embryos for stem cell research in a debate with Art Caplan. Not only does such a claim about the...

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More on Conyers and scientific publishing

post from Bad Astronomy on 11 March 2009 02:01:00 PM. © Bad Astronomy

There was some controversy over my recent post about scientific publishing and a bill proposed by Representative John Conyers (D-MI) to make it difficult or impossible for scientists to openly publish their work so that it is freely accessible. The way I[...]

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'Flawed' Red List putting species at risk

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A growing number of conservationists are questioning the scientific quality of the Red List, a hugely influential barometer of extinction risk

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From AC to DC: Going green with supergrids

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Power lines stretching across continents would allow us to ditch fossil fuels for good – and prove Edison right about direct current in the process

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Wordless Wednesday: Blue Oceans, Blue Skies

post from Urban Science Adventures! © on 11 March 2009 01:24:00 PM. © Urban Science Adventures! ©

It's Wordless Wednesday, Week of the Blue style, so it's also a Watery Wednesday.I'm still celebrating all things marine and including a little urban marine ecology, too.These pictures are from my trip to Florianopolis, Brazil to the International Ethological Conference (IEC) in 2003.

This is an aerial shot of Miami, Florida (USA). As one of the nation's largest cities, this coastal city is a typical urban marine ecosystem.

Florianopolis is actually an island, surrounded by beaches of the Atlantic Ocean.

A view from the center of the moderately populated town, the ocean is in the background.Can you see it?A better view of the ocean.

I stayed in a lovely little pousada, appropriately named, Villa of the Water (translated).

This is the view from my door at the pousada. The ocean was literally only 2 blocks away.

The very cold waves crashes. It was August, and that is winter time in the Southern Hemisphere.

The island is connected to other half of Florianopolis and mainland Brazil via the Hercilio Luiz Bridge planned by Gustave Eiffel, yes, the same man who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris (which I hope to visit at my next IEC Conference later this year).

A view of the mainland metropolis city of Florianopolis.

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Harvard Undergrads Getting into the Stem Cell
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In the hopes of riding the wave of this week's Executive Order allowing federal research involving embryonic stem cells, Harvard University has announced a new stem cell biology undergraduate major. CBS News reports that the major in Human Developmental and...

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Hoarse Guy Blogs

post from SCIENCE AIN'T SO BAD: commentaries on science on 11 March 2009 01:14:00 PM. © SCIENCE AIN'T SO BAD: commentaries on science

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SICK

I've been under weather for several days and my voice sounds like a broken harmonica. But I'm now well enough to undertake a few bloggerly thingees.

FOR ENGINEERS

First, before I forget, I want to plug a course by Mike Beach (who happens to be one of my secret weapons in turning crazy ideas into real products). Mike's a fine and insightful engineer and a gifted teacher. Course: ieeeboston . If you do happen to be an engineer and in the area, don't miss a chance to add to your practical knowledge.

FOR EVERYBODY ELSE

HEADACHES & STORMS: When there's a front moving in, I get a headache. The next day, Sue gets hers. I've Googled this many times. My conclusion? I'm alone in the universe. Nobody else gets headaches from storm systems. BUT a new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says we're not (that) crazy. Temperature and barometric pressure are the triggers. Good job, Ken Mukamal. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309161951.htm

SCIENCE: I write about the fruits of science - discoveries, products, methods, general knowledge. But what is "The big S?" - science, itself? I ask because, in spite of the general stuffiness that surrounds it, I believe that there's something great there. I think Science is us at our best. Do you agree? I would appreciate it if you would tell me what you think Science is, exactly. Just leave it as a comment here. I will be glad to give my own opinion, but you go first, OK? Rant's are OK too. Maybe you'll win the big prize. :)

SEPSIS: We just heard that the daughter of one of our great friends developed (and, thankfully, recovered from) sepsis a couple of weeks ago. Sepsis is a medical emergency that gets out of control and kills. This ain't Pepsi spelled backwards; don't let anyone tell you it is. It's a very dangerous disease. Hundreds of thousands die. A group at the University of Rochester Medical Center has found a way to modify the rush of white blood cells which is at the heart of it. Not a cure but it does improve the odds. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224154902.htm

THE MARS BRATS, Rover and Opportunity, recently returned from an unchaperoned spring break somewhere near the Mars equator where they and the other robotic hotties danced and got plenty of rays (Gamma - but who's countin') . They're back on the job now exploring and NASA enegineers are more stunned than ever that these rover/robots which are now 43,000 years old in dog years are still producing real science. As real, anyway, as some of the government bureaucrats back at headquarters. Spirit's still in the vicinity of "Home Plate" and things are going slow because there's loose sand there and she had to take a roundabout route. Still a little hung from Break, I gather. I'm not sure all her wheels are turning in the same direction.

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