Science Journalism at The Onion
Son-Of-A-Bitch Mouse Solves Maze Researchers Spent Months Building Despite attempts to condition the mouse by screaming directly into its face, the researchers reported that the subject…
Read articleFraming Science in Science for Non-Scientists, or something.
Read and think about the following sentence, taken from the first paragraph of an article in a peer reviewed publication (link): “Chromium is one of the…
Read articleHuman Computation: Harnessing the Power of Procrastination
In order to comment on a Terry post, you have to fill out a form which looks like this: If you’ve spent any time at all…
Read articleBraaaains. Fish Braaaains.
When I was a kid, I wanted a see-through gameboy. My rich friends had one, so of course I begged for it. My parent’s being the…
Read articleThe Future of the History of Science
This is a re-hash of a topic I previously posted on my own blog, but I’m hoping the larger audience of Terry might provoke a more……
Read articleA happy 200th to Darwin.
Well, since no one else has done it yet, I figured I should step in and wish Darwin a happy birthday (it’s his 200th). A couple…
Read articleRay Pierrehumbert, climatologist and RealClimate blogger, is giving a talk at UBC
One of the scientists behind the award winning RealClimate.org blog, a “…commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists,”…
Read articleDry Science Humour at the BBC
From the following article at the BBC, “Number of Alien Worlds Quantified” came this beaut: While researchers often come up with overall estimates of the likelihood…
Read article(2008) Making Medicines for People, Not for Profit: Mike Gretes
Name: Mike Gretes Talk Title: “Making medicines for people, not for profit.” Notes: Faculty of Science, Biochemistry, PhD student. UBC Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. Topic:…
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You’re Making Me a Sad Man, Mr. Goodyear
By Dave Semeniuk,
Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution. “I’m not…
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