Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Jim noted to me last night that the stock market is now pretty much back to where it was around the time Charlie was born. Having spent the past ten days writing about vaccines and autism for the Science Blogs Book Club, it’s occurred to me that the whole vaccine-autism issue has been part of, and [...]
Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Three more days to go of the Science Blogs Book Club. Much talk of framing vaccines, framing autism, and more responses from Dr. Offit about his book. And today, I talk about myth, religion, and Jenny McCarthy as a, and perhaps the, false prophet of autism. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, Books, disabilities blog, disability, [...]
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Matt Nisbet recently posted the following message under the title Framing Science Ranked Among Top 15 Science Blogs. For the fourth straight month, Framing Science ranks among the top 15 science-related blogs, as tracked by Wikio. The position of a blog in the Wikio ranking depends on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs. (Blogrolls are not taken into account and Wikio
Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Over at the Science Blogs Book Club I put up a post asking about framing autism. (On framing, see this post on framing vaccines by Orac. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, Books, disabilities blog, disability, framing, Health, immunization, jenny mccarthy, measles, mercury, mmr, Myth, Parenting, paul offit, pdd-nos, Science, shots, Vaccines, warrior motherShare This
Framing Science (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
For the fourth straight month, Framing Science ranks among the top 15 science-related blogs, as tracked by Wikio. The position of a blog in the Wikio ranking depends on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs. (Blogrolls are not taken into account and Wikio only counts links from the last 120 days.) Read the comments on this post...
Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
It’s Day 3 of the Science Blogs Book Club on Dr. Paul Offit’s Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. Dr. Offit has been posting and responding to questions (yesterday he noted that “anti-vaccine forces have taken the autism story hostage,” and I agree). Kev of Left Brain/Right [...]
Philippine Commentary (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
[via Science Blogs] Suck it up Joe Six Pack, but 61 Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine have endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. The signatories include the most famous names in science, so call me names, but I'm definitely with these elitists: Alexei Abrikosov Physics 2003 Roger Guillemin Medicine 1977 Peter Agre Chemistry 2003 John L. Hall Physics 2005...
Laelaps (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Is it just me, or have some science blogs been running out of steam lately? I know earlier this year we had a number of people (either on their blogs or privately) express that they were considering giving up blogging to concentrate on other things. I haven't been paying attention for that long, though, so I thought I would open up the question to whoever might want to chime in. Particularly in the...
Discovering Biology in a Digital Wo (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Calling all scientists and science-fans: you can help with science education by letting students know you're interested. How? Go and comment on classroom blogs and wikis. I've been gradually collecting some blogs from different classes and I've even had some brave volunteers offer theirs for review. So here goes: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
CMM News (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Good observation from one of my favourite indulgences: science blogs. via
A Blog Around The Clock (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
The PLoS Biology article about science blogs and their (potential) relationship to the academic institutions has, as expected, received quite a lot of coverage in the blogosphere. Nick collects the responses and responds to the responses - join in the conversation in the comments there. Read the comments on this post...
Scientific American (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
60-Second Science Blog's favorite medium -- the science blog, of course -- is getting some props this week as a public service from some folks who have a vested interest in the enterprise: scientist-bloggers themselves. [More]
bjoern.brembs.blog (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Yesterday, this obscure blog received a link from P.Z. Mayer's blog, Pharyngula . Pharyngula currently being one of the most visited science blogs, it had the unsurprising effect on the traffic statistics:
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
A new article published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology calls attention to the substantial potential that science blogs have in engaging parties in scientific discussions, enhancing academic collaborations, and informing and involving the general public.
Laelaps (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
How do the conversations that occur on science blogs foster the development of science in academia? While conferences and papers are certainly an important part of the current scientific infrastructure, conversations about those more formal sources of information have always played a pivotal role in the development of science, and according a new paper published by my fellow ScienceBloggers Shelley...
