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April 23, 2013

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War was brewing in Yugoslavia back in early 1991. I hopped on one of the last trains from Belgrade to London, then a plane to JFK in New York City, then next day down to Asheville, NC. A week later, … Continue reading →

December 31, 2012

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2:09 AM | 2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 58,000 times in 2012. If it were … Continue reading →

December 31, 2011

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10:25 PM | 2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 68,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert … Continue reading →

July 05, 2011

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12:34 PM | The Big Announcement, this time for real: The Scientific American Blog Network has launched!

It took some time, but it was worth the wait. The network that everyone’s been waiting for is now live. My long post on The Network Central blog, in which I introduce all blogs/bloggers is here. The official press release … Continue reading →

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11:00 AM | New posts on the @sciam blogs

New posts today. Two on the Guest Blog. One last night: Paris: City of Light and Cosmic Rays by Greg Gbur. and one this morning: Scientists Discover that Antimicrobial Wipes and Soaps May be Making You (and Society) Sick by … Continue reading →

July 04, 2011

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1:29 PM | Open Laboratory 2011 – submissions so far

The submission form for the 2011 edition of Open Lab is now open. Any blog post written since December 1, 2010 is eligible for submission. We accept essays, stories, poetry, cartoons/comics, original art. Once you are done submitting your own … Continue reading →

July 01, 2011

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9:50 PM | Too Hard or Too Hot? Two new posts on @sciamblogs

Today on the SciAm Guest Blog, two posts: Too Hot to Handle: The Dangers of Running in the Heat by By Caitlyn Zimmerman Too Hard for Science? Off-the-Shelf Organs By Charles Q. Choi Filed under: Uncategorized

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4:01 AM | Best of June 2011 at A Blog Around The Clock

I posted 35 times in June. There were some announcements last month. Early in the month, I went to World Science Festival in New York and did a panel. There was coverage of it. I teamed up with Perrin Ireland … Continue reading →

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1:08 AM | New posts on the @sciamblogs Guest Blog

Four today: Overprescribing the Healthy Elderly: Why Funding Research and Drug Safety is Paramount By Laura Newman Lindau Nobel Meeting–Cowboy hats and countesses By Lucas Brouwers Lindau Nobel Meeting–The future of biomedicine By Christine Ottery Lindau Nobel Meeting–Glowing brainbows By … Continue reading →

June 30, 2011

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5:00 PM | ScienceOnline2011 – interview with John Hawks

Continuing with the tradition from last three years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2011 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January 2011. See all the interviews in … Continue reading →

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1:55 AM | On @sciam blogs today

On the Guest Blog: Beauty Pageants and the Misunderstanding of Evolution Meet….Again by Susanna Speier Lindau Nobel Meeting–Joke van Bemmel, Chromatin and Epigenetics by Christine Ottery Lindau Nobel Meeting–Evolutionary Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn by Lucas Brouwers Lindau Nobel Meeting–Peter Agre … Continue reading →

June 28, 2011

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2:40 PM | On @sciamblogs today

Three posts on the Guest Blog today: A Journey in Sharing Science: From the Lab to Social Media and Beyond by Jason A. Tetro Lindau Nobel Meeting–Sentences that win Nobel prizes by Lucas Brouwers Lindau Nobel Meeting–If HIV is attacked, … Continue reading →

June 27, 2011

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11:08 PM | Today on @sciam blogs

On the Guest Blog: Education Reform in the Wrong Direction: High-Stake Consequences for New York State Teachers and Their Students by Jeanne Garbarino Lindau Nobel Meeting–Monday’s Researcher: Madhurima Benekareddy by Christine Ottery Lindau Nobel Meeting–Stressed Mind, Stressed DNA by Christine … Continue reading →

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12:54 PM | Open Laboratory 2011 – submissions so far

The submission form for the 2011 edition of Open Lab is now open. Any blog post written since December 1, 2010 is eligible for submission. We accept essays, stories, poetry, cartoons/comics, original art. Once you are done submitting your own … Continue reading →

June 24, 2011

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9:36 PM | On the @SciAm blogs today

On the Guest Blog, three posts today (so far!): Stick to the Science by Michael E. Mann Lindau Nobel Meeting–The Cross-Pollination of Ideas by Christine Ottery Too Hard for Science? Experimenting on Children Like Lab Rats by Charles Q. Choi, … Continue reading →

June 23, 2011

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11:01 PM | Today on @sciam blogs

On the Guest Blog: Close Encounters of Science and Medicine by Iwona Fijalkowska On Expeditions blog: We Visit Fishy Relatives, Geology Wonderland by Ashley Poust and Hannah Susorney On Extinction Countdown: Platypus Threatened by Climate Change by John Platt On … Continue reading →

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7:53 PM | ScienceOnline2011 – interview with Bonnie Swoger

Continuing with the tradition from last three years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2011 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January 2011. See all the interviews in … Continue reading →

June 22, 2011

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11:53 PM | New posts on the @SciAm blogs

On the Guest Blog: #WSF11: The Invisible Language of Smell by Bora Zivkovic and Perrin Ireland On Expeditions blog: The South Pacific Islands Survey–One Illness Threatens a Cook Islander’s Way of Life by Lindsey Hoshaw Go to Landfill, Find a … Continue reading →

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3:18 AM | New issue of Journal of Science Communication

June 2011 issue of JCOM – Journal of Science Communication – (issue 2, volume 10) is online. Plenty of fodder for blogging! Let me know if you comment on any of these papers. Where is public communication of science going? … Continue reading →

June 21, 2011

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8:37 PM | Big Announcements

No, not that! (Yet) First, let’s get bad news out of the way – in the end, I will not be able to go to the World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha, Qatar. But I will watch (with envy, … Continue reading →

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8:05 PM | On the @SciAm blogs today

Today on the blogs: On the Guest Blog: Book Review: The Future of Water by Matthew Garcia. The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Natural Selection and Evolution, with a Key to Many Complicating Factors by Jeremy Yoder On the Expeditions blog: … Continue reading →

June 20, 2011

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2:52 PM | New posts on the @SciAm blogs

Two new posts this morning… On the Guest Blog: Stem rust Ug99 – The agricultural bully by Tiffany Stecker. On the Expeditions blog: Incredible find in temple museum, harrowing rescue on crumbly mudstone by Betsy Kruk Enjoy, comment, share… Filed … Continue reading →

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12:50 PM | Open Laboratory 2011 – submissions so far

The submission form for the 2011 edition of Open Lab is now open. Any blog post written since December 1, 2010 is eligible for submission. We accept essays, stories, poetry, cartoons/comics, original art. Once you are done submitting your own … Continue reading →

June 19, 2011

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7:03 PM | New posts on the @SciAm blogs

Happy Father’s Day! On the Guest Blog: Good Dads and Not-So-Good Dads in the Animal Kingdom by David Manly and Lauren Reid. See more about The Science of Fatherhood. On the Expeditions blog: MSU China Paleontology Expedition–Beautiful window serves as … Continue reading →

June 17, 2011

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11:31 PM | New posts on @SciAm blogs

Plenty of interesting stuff on SciAm blogs today, something for everyone: On the Guest Blog: Too Hard for Science? Neutrinos from the Big Bang by Charles Q. Choi On the Expeditions blog: MSU China Paleontology Expedition–New season starts with division … Continue reading →

June 16, 2011

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3:10 PM | New posts on the @SciAm blogs, including two on #arseniclife

There are two new blog posts on the #arseniclife saga on the Guest Blog today; Rosie Redfield – From the shadows to the spotlight to the dustbin – the rise and fall of GFAJ-1 And Marie-Claire Shanahan – Arsenic bacteria … Continue reading →

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4:08 AM | New posts on the @SciAm blogs

Since you last heard from me, there were two new posts on the Guest Blog: The Power of Theory in Science by Ethan Siegel. Linking Erosional and Depositional Landscapes by Brian Romans. And we finished the ‘Problems Without Passports’ series … Continue reading →

June 14, 2011

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6:24 PM | Lots of cool stuff on the @sciam blogs today

First, two posts on the Guest Blog: What bats, bombs, and sharks taught us about hearing by Bradley Voytek, includes old, rare, amazing footage from the original 1940s experiments that established that bats use echo-location! Stranded whales on the Key … Continue reading →

June 13, 2011

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4:02 PM | New posts on the @SciAm blogs

Two posts on the Guest Blog today: Weinergate: Private Records in a Public Age by Krystal D’Costa. When Cells Discovered Architecture by Jennifer Frazer. And on the Expeditions blog: Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife – Just … Continue reading →

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1:00 PM | Open Laboratory 2011 – submissions so far

The submission form for the 2011 edition of Open Lab is now open. Any blog post written since December 1, 2010 is eligible for submission. We accept essays, stories, poetry, cartoons/comics, original art. Once you are done submitting your own … Continue reading →

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