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Welcome, welcome to the latest edition of Scientia Pro Publica, here at Deep Thoughts and Silliness. This year is the International Year of Biodiversity, so in honour of that I’ll declare this the International Post of Blogodiversity! Grrlscientist, the carnival’s … Continue reading →

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!! Those of you who really should have a real life will rememebr a previous post of mine in which I bemoaned having a lower h-index that the mis-citations of one of D.R. Cox’s papers. Well, not that I’m anal … Continue reading →

I was bullied volunteered to host the next round of the science carnival – Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the people). This is a traveling blog carnival that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted specifically to the … Continue reading →

From today’s Lemmata (the cartoon blog of a decidedly odd Finnish mathematician):

Sorry, I got a bit distracted from all this blogging. But with the new year, I’m back and might find some time to spew out more of my drivel. Before I start anything new, I should clean up from last … Continue reading →

One day I’ll get back to “proper” blogging, but in the mean time we can have a caption competition…

My arm is being twisted. ScienceBorgs are having their annual DonorsChoose Challenge, to help American children get an education. There are a pile of projects, mainly to help children in deprived areas, and give the schools a little extra help. … Continue reading →

Well, actually it’s over there, at Pleiotropy. There’s lots of good evolutionary stuff, so pop over and have a browse (I also like the way Bjørn has set out the carnival).

I didn’t know… In the US today, it’s National Post-doc Day. In keeping with tradition position of post docs, I expect everybody to ignore this, and demand the writing of 3 more manuscripts. Hm. it does sound bit like National … Continue reading →

Yep, it’s here! The newest, shiniest, issue of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) was just published by the Lab Rat. This is Scientia Pro Publica, the 12th edition It includes on of my pieces, but don’t let that … Continue reading →