June 2011
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liveloveurlife-deactivated20120 asked: Hey I know your on vacation, but when you get back could you do me a favor? I've never been good at finding things online, could you please find the scientific research behind the belief that second hand smoke is dangerous? Thanks
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“I have the impression that people who aren’t scientists often think there...”
– Mike the Mad Biologist
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The science may sound funny, but it's still... →
Someone should tell Sen. Tom Coburn that just because he doesn’t understand a scientific research project doesn’t mean it’s not important to our nation’s science. Here’s a few examples where he gets it wrong …
summerteeth asked: We Are Scientists T-Shirt?! Just started following, I love your blog! :)
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“Yes, there are mortality connections, but it’s silly to say this will tell...”
– Liz Blackburn, Nobel Prize co-winner for discovery of the telomere, commenting on news reports of new “telomere length life tests”.
Spit test offers guide to health - Nature News
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Ooof. Just landed back in reality. I am definitely going to need a vacation from my vacation. Ever had that feeling? Just too much fun :)
So, what did I miss?
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WatchIt’s estimated that 80-90% of deep sea creatures create light through a process called bioluminescence. Here’s a great TED talk from earlier this year featuring Edith Widder, who is perhaps the world’s most glowing expert in bioluminescent life forms.
Man, my puns have been bad lately.
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I’ll be on a very special vacation all weekend, so posting will be thin for the next several days! Try not to miss me too much and let’s hope no major scientific discoveries are made in the next few days. Enjoy your weekend! Go explore something fun…
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Watch50 years ago today, John F. Kennedy delivered a speech that set a bold path for American science. To put a man on the moon within the decade. We could use more of this motivation today.
(via NASA)
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"Please come into journalism and take it over."
“Please come into journalism from non-journalistic backgrounds.
Please come into journalism with radical ideas on how to transform and improve the industry.
Please come into journalism with an open desire to advocate, if you have one.
Please come into journalism from blogging. No matter what anyone tells you, they are not two separate activities.
Please come into journalism with a...
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reactivepupils asked: I enjoy your tumblog and the articles you post a lot...What are the top 5 tumblogs you follow?
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NY TIMES: "NASA said on Tuesday that it was... →
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asspocalypsenow asked: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6200593424291031420#
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Marketing for Scientists: I Can’t Tell My Editor... →
“I’ll give you an example from medical research. There’s a study that comes out that they learned something about mice and Parkinson’s disease. It might have implications for humans, but the truth is that it probably won’t.
But I can’t tell my editor the truth, which is that this research probably won’t have any implications for human health. Her response is going to be to tell me:...
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Telescopes, yo.
alestar89 replied to your photo: Uranus. Yep, that’s what it looks like. It’s just…
Why the use of parabolic mirrors?
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hcdragon asked: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/a-new-branch-found-in-the-fungal-tree-of-life.ars
Thought you might be interested in this.
Thought you might be interested in this.
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A link between climate change and Joplin... →
Nothing to see here, folks … pay no attention to the man-made climate change behind the curtain or any of its possible effects on current global weather patterns or disasters. Instead, let’s all hug and see what’s on TV.
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