Daily Archives: January 1, 2010
Do the right thing.
Is “Blacks have excellent rhythm” a racist thing to say?
Well, yes. But the question raises some interesting points.
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Science On Line 2010 is coming up
Not everyone can go to SoTen, but the participants in this upcoming bloggy/onliney conference are tying to keep the discussion broad and involve readers and commenters. The latest effort along these lines is by Ed Young who has posted a post (linking to other posts) pursuant to a panel on science journalism in the age of the web. So you may want to go to his post and poke around.
You may also want to take a look at the whole SoTen program, here. The session I’m involved in, organized by Stephanie Zvan, is to be on trust and critical thinking, and a description of the session and a set of related links is here.
Also, THIS is an important touchstone to some of the topics we’ll be discussing.
Health Care Bill Explained To A Dog
Hat Tip But You Are A Girl
The Foundation Beyond Belief
is a new organization designed to direct charitable contributions towards atheist/humanist projects.
Not everything of interest in science is nine days old or less
Selected Peer Reviewed Blogging posts of continuing from previous Junes and Julys:
Morning Sickness is not a sickness!
The Origins of the Evil Eye and Horticultural Fertility Cults?
The Poison in the Leaf: Macro Evolutionary Patterns in Plant-Herbivore Co-Evolution