December 2008
17 posts
Reading the parts of Science I shouldn't be...
Sorry if it clogged up anyone’s Dashboard. But look what it lead me to:
Islam & Science: Journal of Islamic Perspectives on Science
The current issue has an article titled: Whose Stem, Whose Cell? On the Islamic Position on Stem Cell Research. I would LOVE to read this, but for some reason my institution does not have a subscription. Seems like the journal is one guy, with an article...
“Opposition to evolution is often not centered on any particular verse from the...”
– Look who’s buddy-buddy now! From Science.
GM technology = not the worst (at least not...
Science 21 November 2008:
Vol. 322. no. 5905, pp. 1190 - 1191 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165961
BOOKS
AGRICULTURE:
Organic and GM—Why Not?
Mark Tester*
Tomorrow’s Table Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food by Pamela C. Ronald and Raoul W. Adamchak Oxford University Press, New York, 2008. 226 pp. $29.95, £17.99. ISBN 9780195301755.
The organic movement’s opposition to...
Good review of good book about autism-vaccine link...
I’m posting the whole thing since it’s from Science and is probably behind a subscription wall:
Science 12 December 2008: Vol. 322. no. 5908, pp. 1635 - 1636 DOI: 10.1126/science.1167173
BOOKS:
Yes We Can! Choose Science in Autism
Catherine Lord*
Autism’s False Prophets Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure by Paul A. Offit Columbia University Press, New...
Words That Don't Exist in the English Language
upsider:
Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Culacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Sgriob: (Gaelic) The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. ...
Ooo Baby Baby
mydailybread:
Vegan Delight: Babycakes Chip-witch, with their famous coconut frosting.
Now I’m dying for one of their chocolate brownies with agave! They’re the perfect size. I can’t wait until their cookbook comes out so I can address these cravings without a subway trip.
Do that many people really move drugs across the... →
Even though the fruit fly lab is two floors down, every time I bring fruit into the conference room the little guys find me within 5 minutes. Get back to smelling and mating!
Journal of Negative Results →
musicbrain:
Open access to the studies that just weren’t sexy enough.
I love open access! Most of my thesis can go here.
Shameless series 2 →
I didn’t even realize there were 5 series. I rented the first one, the only one available in our region. Why haven’t I ever bought a multi-region player at Kim’s?
Watch“half my family came over on a U-boat”
“just shut up, and be delicious”
Mose!
Office extras por vida!
