All time classic creationist pwnage
Richard Lenski is a biologist who recently found evidence for the emergence of new traits among E.coli bacteria, in a fascinating experiment which he has described in a paper in PNAS (best lay coverage here). His results look a bit like ...
From the Lab to the Market
Developing a life sciences company from the lab to Wall Street is no easy task, as many a failed and successful life sciences entrepreneur can attest. Building a young company out of university-based research depends first on the ...
Breakthroughs in Science: Houston
A BIG thank-you goes out to College of Science Board Member, Rusty Gorman (Zoology ‘73) and Ruth Spence for hosting our Breakthroughs in Science: Solutions for a Changing World event in Houston on May 9. ...
Women and Science Fiction:
Megan McArdle has an interesting post on how to get women interested in science fiction. Some of her suggestions seem plausible. For example, she notes that the closely related fantasy...
Pa. Moves Up in Science, Technology Ranking
When it comes to technology and science assets, Pennsylvania is doing better than four years ago, enough to boost a national ranking from 16th to 13th. The rankings come from the Milken Institute, a California-based think tank, ...
The science of theory
Now, the more astute of you might be thinking, "isn't that just science?", and, you'd be right. Sorta. Schwitzgebel makes the important point that lots of the things that are taken for granted in the philosophy of mind, like what it is ...
Celebrating Science in Scotland
Science is an important facet of Scotland’s history. Innovations, such as the steam engine and penicillin, and the generation of theories such as empiricism, the acquisition of knowledge through experience, are products of the minds of ...
Gender Biased Science
On the one hand, I really love science, and scientists; the fearless work many have done in terms of environmental science, or medical research, and into all sorts of other cool things that I may or may not care about. ...
NOVA Science Now premiers tonight
This is a pretty good show, talking about science in a fun and informal way; in fact it’s pretty much the kind of show I’ve always wanted to do. Sadly, they had to compromise and get Neil Tyson to do it. Neil is a buddy of mine and ...
Q/A: Aran Smith of NBADraft.net - Science on the NBA Draft
As the 2008 Draft approaches tomorrow, GSOM friend Aran Smith from NBADraft.net has popped in to drop a few nuggets of science on our current roster, our potential picks, and the general perception of the available talent as a whole. ...