Medical doctors avoid the e-word when describing their research on the evolution of antibiotic resistance. But science writers are no better; whether they use the e-word depends on whether the original paper they are reporting used it.
A fascinating essay from Janis Antonovics and colleagues at...
You know how it is when you’re idly procrastinating. You click here, you click there, you click way over on the other side -- and before you know it you’ve landed in a place too boggling to imagine. That’s how it was when I flashed from a del.icio.us popular link to investigate Jack Bauer’s gear....
Ok, so they ignored my request to investigate the cost of using [subsidized water to grow biofuel feedstocks] http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=1152, but I’m not bitter. The good folks over at Environmental Economics do a splendid bit of stiletto-work on who’s funding whom. Author Tim Haab says:
I’...
I am reliably informed that Sunday 11 February is [Evolution Sunday] http://www.news-tribune.net/features/cnhinsfaith_story_033075710.html. Hundreds of churches will apparently mark the day with sermons and educational events dedicated to the idea that religion and science don’t have to be sworn e...
Rebecca pointed to an excellent essay on The Merits of Nitpicking: A Doctor Diagnoses House by Henry Jenkins. The basic riff is that popular culture provides a way in for people to get involved in obscure subjects. Jenkins wonders:
how we can incorporate something like the nitpicking proces...
