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Pitfalls And Perils Of Communicating Science

Pitfalls And Perils Of Communicating Science

Nov 29 2007 | comment(s)

It's hard to say when scientists realized that policy makers were not always going to make the best decisions regarding science funding but a safe bet would be somewhere before 3,000 BC.

In the intervening 5,000 years, not a lot has changed in how well scientists, politicians and the public really understand each other. A week doesn't go by when there isn't an article lamenting that one project or another doesn't get funding or that one government bureau is over-zealous or too conservative.

Scientists learned early that the best way to get the message across to the people who can truly influence policy makers was to consult them directly. In past ages it was advisors to kings.

I think we got the issues with the database server fixed.

I think we got the issues with the database server fixed.

Nov 19 2007 | comment(s)

I think we got the issues with the database server fixed. It appears something went horribly wrong with the search indices or the actual modules, we still don't know yet, but disabling them stopped the memory-sucking madness that has been happening. We'll get it fixed tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience and general slowness.
Dan Rhoads just started a site called Bitesize Bio - making

Dan Rhoads just started a site called Bitesize Bio - making

Nov 14 2007 | comment(s)

Dan Rhoads just started a site called Bitesize Bio - making cell and molecular biology make sense. Check it out.
Submissions for OpenLab 2007 can be made here.

Submissions for OpenLab 2007 can be made here.

Nov 13 2007 | comment(s)

Submissions for OpenLab 2007 can be made here. I am not sure what it is, but it's a disservice to science and web 2.0 not to include some of the terrific writing here.
I don't know anything about this Weblog awards other than to

I don't know anything about this Weblog awards other than to

Nov 10 2007 | comment(s)

I don't know anything about this Weblog awards other than to know they really messed up. I have never read Climate Audit but allegations that some vast right conspiracy ( and it's the same old people drumming up this hysteria, time and again ) was stacking the votes for them motivated people to actually stack the votes against them. The solution by these weblogawards clowns? Reward the confirmed cheaters by granting them a tie.
Vote for the 'best' science blog of 2007 here.

Vote for the 'best' science blog of 2007 here.

Nov 08 2007 | comment(s)

Vote for the 'best' science blog of 2007 here. Okay, I'll admit it, I don't read any of them ( and they don't read us - most successful science sites don't read each other because we're busy, you know, writing stuff ) but I see there is the usual "help we're being oppressed" tizzy because a 'global warming denier' ( read: must be a shill for Big Oil, Bush, Religion, Republicans, etc. ) is in the running.