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I have a little bit more (tentative) information on the upcoming meet-up in Manhattan on Saturday, August 9 (which is only two weeks away):The time looks like it will fall in the 2:00-4:00 PM time slot.The location is looking like it will be in or near Central...
linked to by 2 added on Sat 26th Jul 08Alexander R. Pico and five co-authors, WikiPathways: Pathway Editing for the People, PLoS Biology, July 22, 2008.The exponential growth of diverse types of biological data presents the research community with an unprecedented challenge and opportunity. The...
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You know, it really annoys me when I see idiocy as idiotic as the in New Jersey:In a lawsuit filed yesterday, a Camden County woman accused her orthopedic surgeon of "rubbing a temporary tattoo of a red rose" on her belly while she was under anesthesia. The...
linked to by 3 added on Sat 26th Jul 08I know nothing about art or music.OK, that's not entirely true-- I know a little bit here and there. I just have no systematic knowledge of art or music (by which I mean fine art and classical music). I don't know Beethoven from Bach, Renaissance from Romantics....
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linked to by 1Some weeks ago, David from bloggingheads.tv asked whether I'd be interested in contributing to their program by chatting with Peter Woit. During the last years, I found that Peter and I, we share some interests when it comes to the problems of the current academic...
linked to by 2 added on Sat 26th Jul 08Welcome to Volume 3, Number 2 of Change of Shift!New year, new logo!I tried, I really tried, to make a logo that wasn’t blue but I just could not do it.I just love blue on blogs!Many thanks to all who have contributed this week, and to those who contributed...
linked to by 2 added on Sat 26th Jul 08What causes the shimmering, ethereal Northern Lights to suddenly brighten and dance in a spectacular burst of colorful light and rapid movement? To find out, NASA launched a fleet of five satellites called THEMIS, the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions...
linked to by 2 added on Sat 26th Jul 08I keep getting asked: why should I participate in blog carnivals?The Wikipedia page about blog carnivals is not really accurate (it includes things that are not carnivals), and also suffers from overzealous, obsessive-compulsive, self-important administrators...
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Jake Doelling from Freethought Fort Wayne’s The Enlightenment Show interviews biblical scholar and acclaimed author Robert M. Price. In this special annotated audio episode, Price talks about his new book Top Secret: The Truth Behind Todays Pop Mysticisms....
linked to by 2 added on Sat 26th Jul 08I was thrilled that several PLoS colleagues attended the ISMB conference this past week in Toronto, where I live. The massive event is the official conference of the International Society for Computational Biology, and PLoS Computational Biology is the official...