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Nature (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
Arising from: J. G. M. Thewissen, L. N. Cooper, M. T. Clementz, S. Bajpai & B. N. Tiwari Nature450, 1190–1194 (2007); Thewissen et al.replyThewissen et al. describe new fossils from India that apparently support a phylogeny that places Cetacea (that is, whales, dolphins, porpoises) as the sister group to the extinct family Raoellidae, and Hippopotamidae as more closely related to pigs and...
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Urban Science Adventures! (c) (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
I have two interesting children's science books on my shelf that are perfect for the Week of the Blue tribute to Marine & Ocean Biology . National Geographic The Kingdom of the Blue Whale television program gave all of us land-locked regular people a chance to experience the life of marine researchers - on the sea and in the lab (or hotel room lab). Hey, scientists are clever and adaptable people....
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Texas Politics (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
State Board of Education member David Bradley, R-Beaumont, has served notice to Chairman Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, that he intends to introduce the following science-related amendment at the board's March 26-27 meeting. New Element Discovered Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and think tank that is advancing the science of strategic talent management, and Enwisen, the leader in Software-as-a-Service based HR Service Delivery solutions, announced today that Enwisen will sponsor HCI's HR Service Delivery and Shared Services online education and research track.
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Matt J. Duffy (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Just a quick link to a post about the global warming-inspired apocalyptic predictions of our current energy secretary. They are not supported by science, yet he tells the Washington Post that he want to remove the politics from science.
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University of Guelph News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Cows are known for their big, beautiful dark eyes. But University of Guelph researchers have discovered it's actually the whites of their eyes that are important when it comes to determining their temperament. Their study, published in the recent issue of the Journal of Animal Science , found that the higher the proportion of visible white in a cow's eye, the more anxious the animal. "Cows whose...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
These are stem cells. President Obama will sign an executive order today overturning a ban on federally financed stem-cell research that President Bush put into place in 2001. At the same time, he'll issue a memo declaring that science will not be influenced by politics in his administration. But Obama will leave a thornier issue — whether to repeal the deceptively funny-sounding Dickey-Wicker...
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Arizona State University will be home to one of the world's most advanced electron microscopes, one that will enable researchers to do work essential to making significant advances in nanoscale aspects of solid state science and materials science and engineering.
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Blog of Hilarity (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Via Idiot Comics comes this comic that teaches us the importance and/or annoyance of Daylight Savings Time. It’s true, farmers aren’t good for shit. I’d rather get my vegetables from a machine or a science lab. This whole “everything has to be organic” movement is ridiculous. Who do you trust more: A robot [...]
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Austinist (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Obama to lift stem cell research restrictions, restore sanity to science via presidential memo Capitalism + The entrepreneurial spirit + Drugs = Cocaine in Spain is hidden by a sprain Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm European welcome Vatican defends Brazil excommunication Teen "sexting" (Don't do it) Facebook and the impending demise of privacy U.S. Downturn Dragging World Into Recession Might...
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Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Currently, I'm working on a post about funding and how it's led to employment problem in science.... Meanwhile, this bit about illegal short selling is jaw dropping. I have no idea of this very long article ( pdf ) is in tinfoil helmet territory or not, but, if it's at all accurate, it looks like Jim Cramer of CNBC is using his media perch to help friends profit from short selling stocks : Read the...
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
For the second time in three years, forensic science has given a family the dreaded answer to a loved one's more than 40-year-old disappearance.
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VOT3R (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
The Washington Post covered President Obama's decision to allow federal subsidies for embryo-destroying stem cell research with the gloss of Science triumphing over politics. The headline on page A-2 was "Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics: Memo to Accompany Stem Cell Action." Or does Obama aim...
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Information Today (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters (www.thomsonreuters.com) announced the launch of InCites, a customized web-based solution that provides users with the tools needed to demonstrate the impact and importance of their institution's research. Through InCites, Thomson Reuters empowers its customers with a one-stop system to quantitatively evaluate productivity and influence in order...
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TigerHawk (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
With great fanfare, President Obama has issued a "presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence." There will be, of course, an acid test of the honesty in the application of President Obama's new directive: Whether scientists who question the prevailing dogma regarding anthropogenic climate change and who propose to...
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speciallink | 03/06/2009
Hypnosis Home Study Course Hypnosis online is currently a medically accepted wing of medical science and has been responsible to many life-changing medically approved therapies. However, this has done very little in quelling the public’s skeptici...
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zoki76 | 03/03/2009
A 56-foot, 60-ton sperm whale died on a beach in Taiwan in January, 2004. Researchers wanted the carcass to perform an autopsy and for research, so they loaded the whale onto a tractor-trailer and set out through the city of Tainan, heading for the Shi-Tsau Natural Preserve.
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elly10 | 02/25/2009
Kayaking Lesson - All What You Need To Know To Begin Kayaking One of the greatest aspects enjoyed about kayaking is when you are kayaking with a dolphin or a whale. It is always an overwhelming incident to get to see whales and dolphins glide along you...
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