December 2010
18 posts
Science is self-correcting: Lessons from the... →
Mentions of Facebook, Amygdala Linked to Lack of...
Every so often something happens to remind me why so many people think daily science journalism is a waste. The latest example: coverage of a Nature Neuroscience paper on moderate correlations between the size of one’s amygdala and social network.
There were so many reasons not to get carried away. There were just 58 people in the study, including only 22 women. The findings weren’t...
“Investigators have dissected BP’s well design and Halliburton’s cementing work,...”
– Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours - NYTimes.com
“Many of the children I work with are damaged. Some of them show obvious wounds,...”
– The Day the Computer Tried to Eat My Alligator, December 22/29, 2010, Feldman 304 (24): 2679 — JAMA
The Library: Three Jeremiads →
via @David_Dobbs
“But he warned that in the realm of cultural history, “obviously some of the...”
– In 500 Billion Words, a New Window on Culture - NYTimes.com
“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because...”
– Henri Poincaré, via Stephen Morris
“Since the advent of human neuroimaging, and of functional magnetic resonance...”
– Diane Beck, The Appeal of the Brain in the Popular Press — Perspectives on Psychological Science
A Trans-Species Perspective on Nature →
The phylogenetic scale has a patina of scientific legitimacy because it appears to reflect evolutionary relationships among organisms. Yet, like the scala naturae, the phylogenetic scale is a…
At climate summit, they're feeling like deserted... →
A growing number of scientists say that warming should be held to 1.5 degrees C to prevent widespread catastrophic consequences. Small island states and developing nations such as Bangladesh,…
Bill Ruckelshaus on EPA: 'Battered Agency... →
Maude Barlow: A Healthy Environment Should Be a... →
Smorgasbord: Leftovers from this week's RSS scan
Title: Statistical Classification of Cascading Failures in Power Grids T Lymphocyte-Proliferative Responses of a Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Exposed to Heavy Metals and PCBs in Vitro Social Structure Within the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Population in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
Injury and Subsequent Healing of a Propeller Strike Injury to a Heaviside’s Dolphin...
