Science Report
Daniel Lemire
I am not opposed to the Publish or Perish mantra. I am an academic writer. I am what I publish. We all think of researchers as people wearing laboratory coats, working on exotic devices. And my own laboratory includes a one-million-dollar computer cluster with a SAN server as large as a fridge. I also [...]
The Multiverse According to Ben
Today I tried out Siri, the new AI “personal assistant” app for the iPhone. It has some very smart people behind it, and is based on some code and ideas from the DARPA-funded CALO project. Siri’s earlier prototype version impressed me with its integration of dialogue and [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Second generation sequencing on the one hand. First generation methylation mapping on the other. What’s a poor bitechnologist to do?
Site of the birth of MesoAmerican agriculture pinpointed.
Meta-analysis says mating system does not affect magnitude of local adaptation. Ok, I really need to understand this one, because it’s kinda counter-intuitive..
Boffins produce longer-lasting tomato. Which, [...]
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Björn Brembs
Discussing "Defrosting the digital library" in our journal club right now.
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Started with DOIs – Björn Brembs
Now going through some literature databases – Björn Brembs
Moving on to Mendeley and citeUlike. – Björn Bre
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Dr Shock MD PhD
Both the hidden and informal curriculum take place after or next to the theoretical teaching, the formal teaching and has an important part in the shaping of the medical students’ professionalism and professional values. Moreover, these forms of the curriculum have a major impact on the learning potential of med students. Yet [...]
Silliman University Physics Blog
Here is the line up of activities for the college week:
Feb 15
CAS Physics Department Open-House
8:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00
Physics Olympics
8:00-12:00
Tacheon Run (Quizbowl)
12:00-5:00
Stargazing
7:00
Feb 16
Physics Department Faculty and Staff retreat
5:30-7:00
Stargazing
7:30
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Against Monopoly
An email I just received:
My name is Luke Mroz and I am a Ron Paul supporter in NYC and a fan of your work at Mises.org. I just wanted to share a brief story with you from an event I went to last night:
Last night I attended a Comedy Central taping [...]
Against Monopoly
GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY write in the New York Times today a long story about how Goldman Sachs raped AIG and in the process, got us tax payers, all of the unemployed in America, and all of the savers who received low interest rates because of the need to stimulate the economy link [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
In case anyone out there is still wondering why all those early promises of drought-resistant crop varieties have been so long arriving, Ford Denison has a wonderfully clear explanation. He takes as his starting point a 2004 paper about the development of Drysdale wheat, bred in Australia for water use efficiency. And he [...]
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Björn Brembs
Independent: Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers – http://www.independent.co.uk/environ…
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Is the future of genebanks the sort of trait or adaptation specialization exemplified by the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture in the UAE? Makes more sense than having national genebanks, doesn’t it?
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Against Monopoly
The mainstream blogs occasionally cover intellectual property. Andrew Sullivan, for example reproduced a few letters from his readers criticizing commentary on Yglesias’s blog. I suppose he picked these letters because he thought they were the most sensible? I thought just for fun I would fisk one of them, mostly because it is the kind [...]
The Multiverse According to Ben
Today I tried out Siri, the new AI “personal assistant” app for the iPhone. It has some very smart people behind it, and is based on some code and ideas from the DARPA-funded CALO project. Siri’s earlier prototype version impressed me with its integration of dialogue and [...]
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
We had an email from Yvonna Tan alerting us to the Ashoka Changemakers competition for innovative solutions to improve nutrition. Yvonna wanted us to recommend her project to our readers, but we’re uncomfortable doing that. There are lots of great-sounding projects in the list, from fake goats to vegetable gardens. So while we’re [...]