September 2011
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“Simply put, science is a framework for inquiry that generates knowledge about...”
– Evolutionary Biologist Ryan Taylor, PhD (via jaltoday)
J - Well put … I’m doin’ my part to change it :)
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August 2011
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stormbear asked: Your insights on earning a PhD were deeply appreciated. I also am wanting to earn mine. Might as well do something in this sorry economy. Please keep the horror stories, traveler's tales and associated hijinks about getting a PhD coming!
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WatchHey YOU! Yeah, you!
Watch this video from over at Rolling Stone’s New & Hot video page!
Why? Because it’s some friends of mine, Letting Up Despite Great Faults. The song is “Teenage Tide” from their new EP Paper Crush.
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rondeau asked: Do you think there will ever be a cure or vaccine for HIV/AIDS?
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sixgunsound asked: But isn't the reason the placebo works is because people think it's a real drug? If they "knew" it was a placebo, it might would have no effect instead of extra.
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keepcalm-imgay asked: Are black holes really time/space portals (Wormholes) or is that just an unproven myth?
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saltroseandhoneybee asked: Hi! I just watched the placebo video and had a [rather silly] question: If you had an actual pill, with therapeutic value, and somehow subtly let the patient think that it is a placebo, would that affect how well the pill works?
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If I Go Extinct I Swear I Will Take As Many Humans... →
The butterfly was heard screaming “YOU HEAR ME?!?!” very, very quietly.
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Did Stephen Hawking Just Win the Most Outrageous... →
The Large Hadron Collider has analyzed enough data to eliminate the Higgs Boson with 95% confidence.
Looks like someone may owe Hawking a beer …
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Let RealClimate analyze those new results from... →
And they’ll do it without any politics, mention of economics or any inflammatory language.
It’s important, but very preliminary work, and this does a great job of stating what it does and doesn’t mean for climate science.
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Climate Adaptation: Wikileaks: Climate change and... →
climateadaptation:
The US Embassy reported that rising sea waters could also kill off the rice paddies of the Bangkok plains that contribute to Thailand’s status as the world’s largest rice exporter. ”Other Asian mega-cities such as Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City face similar inundation scenarios.”
The cable observes…
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neamy asked: Hey!
Your blog is informative and awesome; thanks for sharing all that stuff with me and all your followers. So here comes a question: what do you think of manuka honey and all the hype about its miraculous bacteria-vanquishing powers? Are the people marketing this just taking advantage of all the craze for "natural" products at the moment? For the record, I am sceptical,...
Your blog is informative and awesome; thanks for sharing all that stuff with me and all your followers. So here comes a question: what do you think of manuka honey and all the hype about its miraculous bacteria-vanquishing powers? Are the people marketing this just taking advantage of all the craze for "natural" products at the moment? For the record, I am sceptical,...
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After Hurricane Katrina, Years of Post-Traumatic... →
From The Atlantic:
It’s been six years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall and two years since I slammed my head into a cupboard on purpose. Over the years, I’ve come to understand those who witness stories bigger than themselves have a responsibility to tell their stories and keep telling them. It’s through this process that we come to terms with what happened, and, in doing...
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owlsandorange replied to your link: You’ll all be fat by 2030, says health policy professor - or at least 65 million of you
I love your blog but I can’t disagree more…you should look into the work of Linda Bacon and others who are challenging the idea that obese=unhealthy. Not one diet plan has ever been proven efficient…most are actively harmful long term.
I’m not saying that every...
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Why Can't U.S. Students Compete With the Rest of... →
infoneer-pulse:
“We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time,” President Obama said in his State of the Union address this year. “We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and outbuild the rest of the world.” Yet despite the economic crisis facing the country, the U.S. educational system remains frozen in place, unable to adapt to contemporary global realities.
» via...
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You'll all be fat by 2030, says health policy... →
Obesity in the U.S. is simply out of control. There are many factors behind it, from food sources to education to marketing to culture to genetics … and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I mean, there’s a whole blog dedicated to obesity research analysis.
Using a computer simulation model of the rise of obesity in the U.S., a team from Columbia and Oxford Universities...
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Excellent article on companies adapting - on their... →
climateadaptation:
Adjusting and adapting to an inevitably warmer world, more far-sighted private companies are moving forward even in the absence of strong government leadership globally and nationally. Understanding, anticipating and managing their risks are becoming those companies’ new, and challenging, reality.
Source: Yale Climate Media Forum
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WatchWild Wyoming, A Summer of Sunsets & Dark Skies by Eric Hines.
In a week where weather and Earth have reminded us of the violent and disruptive, I think it would be nice to remind ourselves of the beauty it holds, as well. Enjoy this, as big and as HD as possible!
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“Once it’s in place, though, the Webb [Space Telescope] is quite literally...”
– What We Could Lose if the James Webb Telescope Is Killed (via crookedindifference)
J - One question Webb is sure to answer is “How much money can an amazingly important project go over-budget and how much time can we handle delaying it before it gets cancelled?”
It’s over $2...
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“If you dive into the weeds a little bit on this global warming thing, you see...”
– Fox & Friends’ Clayton Morris, just making it perfectly clear where facts fit into the debate for the GOP and science.
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Remember When House Republicans Voted Against... →
itsfullofstars:
In the US, we rely on the National Hurricane Center to forecast storms. The NHC is in turn a division of the National Weather Service, itself a part of the NOAA. Which, in the GOP’s 2011 budget bill, had its funding slashed by $1.2 billion from what was proposed in the president’s own budget bill, a bill that very notably included a $700 million increase over the previous year to...
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lazysea asked: Since following your blog, I've become more aware of the severity of global climate change. It makes me worried/upset/disappointed that so many people refuse to see the problem and change the outcome. C'mon people.
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visualturn asked: Joe, the visual resemblance (and beauty) between a hurricane and a spiral galaxy is easy to notice. Do all spiral-shaped objects share some underlying principles? How are the physics between the two related (or not)? Do convection and the coriolis effect (or similar properties) operate on galaxies? Do we have any real clues as to how similar (or not) our tropical cyclones are to cyclonic weather...
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jellyfresh asked: Do youhave a Facebook?
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culturedfancyfish asked: How did you decide on getting your PhD? I am currently a confused undergrad and I don't really know what I want to do in the future. Right now I work in a bio lab dealing with diabetes research. The grad student in my lab is always stressed and the post docs are pretty crazy too haha.
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jeweli asked: So I'm currently an English major, but I wanna do what you do. Write about science. So any helpful hints you might have?
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frankdavidson asked: First off thanks a million for all the articles you post - it's always nice to have something interesting to read :)
Have to ask though, can you recommend some sites to stay in the loop? I noticed that you seem to post articles from quite a few sources. Thanks!
Have to ask though, can you recommend some sites to stay in the loop? I noticed that you seem to post articles from quite a few sources. Thanks!
