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List of ScienceBlogs posts
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A list of posts/articles of interest published on the (old) ScienceBlogs website.
This is a "sortable" table: clicking the little symbols in the title boxes will arrange the table: first click: ascending alphabetic order; second click: descending alphabetic order.
(that's why the dates are in the format they are)
Date | Title | Blog | Author | Subject | RW ref | Other ref or comment |
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100227 | Neurosurgical patients get closer to God | Neurophilosophy | Mo | Spirituality and brain injury | Spirituality | Several links in body |
100302 | Spinning up the Earth | Built on facts | Matt Springer | Chile earthquake; Maths; Earth rotation | Woo? | Daily News; Bloomberg |
100305 | Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting | A few things illconsidered | Coby | Global warming; Methane; Arctic | Global warming; Methane | "Science" press release in body |
100306 | Billion year contract | Gene Expression | Razib Khan | Scientology | Scientology | NY Times |
100306 | Question for the hivemind | Adventures in ethics and science | Janet D. Stemwedel | Carbon | Global warming | |
100306 | I'm a starry-eyed techno-utopian, and proud of it | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Genetic engineering | Genetic engineering | Freeman Dyson Rod Dreher |
100306 | Nice sign | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Atheist bus | Atheism | The Age (Australia) |
100305 | Buchanan Blathers Ignorantly About Evolution | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Pat Buchanan | Evolution | WND |
100216 | More details emerge in Texas nurse whistleblower affair | White coat underground | PalMD | Texas nurse case | Andrew Schlafly | several in article (including PDFs) |
100307 | Scientology: inside the cult | Living the scientific life | GrrlScientist | Scientology | Scientology | Video embedded |
100307 | More on methane) | Casuabon's book | Sharon Astyk | Methane | Global warming | Real climate |
100307 | AU on the freshwater case | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | The teacher who burned crosses into pupil's arms | Fundamentalism; Creationism; Education | AUSCS |
100307 | Humanist arrested for anti-Islam book | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Atheism; Religion; Islamic book burning |
Atheism | Center for Inquiry |
100307 | Catholic charities end spousal benefits | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | No gays get benefits from us | Sexuality; Religion | Jim Burroway (blog) |
100307 | Scientologists prominently dissed | PharynGula | PZ Myers | Scientology | Scientology | NY Times |
100307 | Jerry Coyne gets email) | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Homeschooling; Education; Religion | Homeschooling; Education; Religion; Evolution; Creationism | Yahoo news Also here |
100308 | A nutritional approach to the treatment of HIV infection---same old woo? | White Coat Underground | PalMD | HIV; Woo; Nutrition; Medicine | Woo; AIDS; Medicine | Several relevant in body. |
100308 | Dreher is really a piece of work | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Rod Dreher, the Templeton director of communications | Templeton Foundation | Jerry Coyne (blog) |
100309 | A hero in the Philippines | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Contraception; Catholicism; Philippines | Birth control; Roman Catholic Church; Condom | AP |
100309 | TN School Settles Church/State Suit | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Church/state; education; religion | Separation of church and state | Ed Brayton; PDF |
100309 | Alexander Rips Thiessen) | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Torture; interrogation | Torture | A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fear-mongering in Marc Thiessen's Courting Disaster. By Matthew Alexander |
100309 | Homeopathy vs. science? | Respectful insolence | Orac | Homeopathy | Homeopathy | Jake Archibald (humorous) |
100309 | Grandiose Crankery: Cantor, Godel, Church, Turing, ... Morons! | Good math, bad math | Mark C. Chu-Carroll | Mathematics, Cantor | Gödel's incompleteness theorems; Infinity | Addressing mathematical inconsistency: Cantor and Godel refuted. J.A. Perez |
100309 | "Our objective over the next 18 to 24 months is to deliver one inverse femtobarn of data to the experiments." | Greg Laden's blog | Greg Laden | LHC | LHC | CERN current situation at the LHC |
100310 | Thought For the Day | Evolutionblog | Jason Rosenhouse | Creationism; evolution | Creationism; evolution | A little point to ponder from Jason Lisle, a YEC with AIG. From his book The Ultimate Proof of Creation |
100310 | Jenny McCarthy drives the stupidity to ever higher levels on--where else?--The Huffington Post | Respectful insolence | Orac | Vaccination; autism | Vaccine hysteria | Huff Post; Several others in body |
100310 | Dr. Kaiser responds What else does Dr. Kaiser have to offer? |
White Coat Underground | PalMD | HIV; Woo; Nutrition; Medicine | Woo; AIDS; Medicine | Response to 100308 |
100310 | Body mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity and health: a critical appraisal | Obesity panacea | Peter Janiszewski | BMI; Body Mass Index | Obesity | What it says on the box |
100310 | Former Scientologists Allege Appalling Abuse | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Scientology | Scientology | Gene Expression; Living the scientific life;PharynGula; passim |
100310 | Orly Taitz Screws Up Registration Form | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Orly Taitz Secretary of state application | Orly Taitz;Birthers | Orly Taitz For Secretary Of State? Talk About A Snowball’s Chance In Hell! (blog) |
100310 | Every cell in a chicken has its own male or female identity | Not exactly rocket science | Ed Yong | Gender of birds | Sexuality (loosely) | Nature (Interesting but not mission) |
100310 | Is there any such thing as Ex-Gay? | Greg Laden's Blog | Greg Laden | American Family Association; Homosexuality; Poll | Sexuality; American_Family_Association | Poll link (OneNewsNow) in article |
100311 | A fine example of apologizing oneself right into a defense of the indefensible | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Child abuse; Religion (Catholic Church) | Child abuse; Roman Catholic Church | Guardian: Andrew Brown |
100311 | More WTF BS at the LHC? | Greg Laden's blog | Greg Laden | LHC; Information | LHC | Discovery; LHC shutting again! |
100311 | Small Town America and institutionalize[sic] hatred | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Lesbianism; Tolerance | Sexuality; Lesbianism; Tolerance | Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap |
100311 | What's wrong with Basic? | Greg Laden's blog | Greg Laden | Computer Programming; BASIC | Where Dijkstra went wrong: the value of BASIC as a first programming language The reinvigorated programmer (blog) | |
100311 | Cities, Solipsism, Scientism, and Spirituality | The questionable authority | Mike Dunford | Science v religion | Science; Religion; NOMA | Who's the Grownup in the Science vs Religion Debate? SANDWALK (Larry Moran) (blog) |
100311 | More on the material and metaphysical: or, trying to unconfuse Larry: | The questionable authority | Mike Dunford | NOMA; Science v Supernatural/paranormal.religion | NOMA; Science; Religion | Kitzmiller v. Dover SANDWALK (Larry Moran) (blog) |
100312 | [http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2010/03/subliminal_flag_shifts_political_views_and_voting_choices.php Subliminal flag shifts political views and voting choices | Not exactly rocket science] | Ed Yong | Mind Control; Subliminal | RationalWiki:To do list | It (apparently) works! |
100312 | The Oath Keepers' Paranoia | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | US Right wing; Paranoia | Political spectrum; Libertarianism?; : | Mother Jones (blog) |
100312 | Sean Penn: Destroy the First Amendment | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Sean Penn; Hogo Chavez | First Amendment;Hugo Chávez | NewsBusters |
100312 | Texas BOE Removes Jefferson From History Standard | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Texas Board of Education. | Education; Texas; History | More silliness in Texas |
100312 | Uh-oh…we aren't being nice and respectful of the faithful | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Australian Atheist convention | Atheism; Religion; Mainstream media; Radio | Questions of faith (blog) Questions of faith (blog) Questions of faith (blog) And more ... |
100312 | How Thalidomide causes birth defects | Greg Laden's blog | Greg Laden | Thalidomide; Research | Essay (WIP) | Science Research article |
100313 | Worldnutdaily and the McCain Birthers | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Birthers, WND | Birthers; WorldNetDaily | WND ("News" organisation[sic]) |
100313 | Greatest. Headline. Ever. | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Humour (Silly headline) | Humeur | Pure lulz (facebook link in body) |
100313 | Court rules against vaccine-autism claims | Greg Laden's Blog | Greg Laden | Vaccine; thimerosal; autism | Thiomersal; Vaccine hysteria; Autism omnibus trial | Reuters News agency |
100313 | Science proves that God created everything out of nothing. | Greg Laden's Blog | Greg Laden | Creationism; Education | Creationism; Fundamentalism; Education | Winning essay (pdf); site |
100314 | Itawamba High School "Private" Prom Planned | Greg Laden's Blog | Greg Laden | Humanism; Lesbianism; school | Humanism; Education | HA! HEE! |
100314 | Scientology Beliefs On Soul | Living the scientific life | Grrlscientist | Scientology | Scientology | Videos embedded |
100314 | A Politically Incorrect History of the Evolution Debate | The primate diaries | Eric Michael Johnson | Evolution; Humour; Religion | Evolution; Religion; Ray Comfort | Video |
100314 | Back on the nets---but why bother | White coat underground | PalMD | Medicine; Internet; Quack Miranda warning | Medicine; Quack Miranda Warning; Alternative medicine | Comment |
100314 | An Essay on Gay Rights in Africa by Desmond Tutu | Greg Laden's blog | Greg Laden | Gay rights; Africa; Religion | Gay rights; Africa; Religion; Homosexuality | Desmond Tutu in Washington Post |
100314 | TONIGHT! "The miracle of engineering tucked away in his pants." | Biophemera | Jessica Palmer | Human reproduction | Sexual reproduction | National Geographic |
100315 | Dismal news from Ireland | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Child abuse; Catholic; Ireland | Child abuse; Roman Catholic Church; Republic of Ireland | The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland. BBC |
100315 | Grand news from Ireland! | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Blasphemy Law; Ireland | Blasphemy; Republic of Ireland | ATHEIST IRELAND; Guardian |
100315 | Sunday Sacrilege: Magic words | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Swearing; Blasphemy; Language | Inflammatory language; Sexuality | Diatribe about squeamish folk who don't like swearing (basically) |
100315 | God is too cute to be a literalist | Gene expression | Razib Khan | Bible; Translation | Bible; CP Bible project; A Storehouse of Knowledge | Amazon |
100315 | The Reality of Waterboarding | Dispatches from the Culture wars | Ed Brayton | Torture; Waterboarding | Torture; Waterboarding | Waterboarding for dummies (Salon.com) |
100315 | The Devil Went Down to Vatican City | Dispatches from the Culture wars | Ed Brayton | Exorcism; Vatican; Reigion, | Exorcism; Roman Catholic Church | Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican (Times online) |
100315 | Ellis Washington Responds. Kind Of. | Dispatches from the Culture wars | Ed Brayton | Evolution; Biblical literalism | Biblical literalism; Evolution; Creationism; Big Bang | Discussion of email EW → EB |
100315 | Me in the Huff Po on Texas Inanity | Dispatches from the Culture wars | Ed Brayton | Texas Board of Education | Education; Texas | How The Texas Textbook Revision Came To Be (Huff Post) |
100314 | I get email | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Evolution; Creationism | Evolution; Creationism | Email received by PZ re: Life will find a way (PharylgulaFeb 2006) |
100315 | I get email | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Evolution; Creationism | Evolution; Creationism | Email responses to: I get email |
100315 | Hate Crimes are OK in OK | Greg Laden's blog | Greg Laden | Hate Crime; Law | Hate crime | Oklahoma Daily "Oklahoma U's Independent voice" |
100315 | The Australian's War on Science 47: Bats aren't bugs | Deltoid | Tim Lambert | Science reporting; Journalism;; newspapers | Science; News; Journalism | Science the victim of dishonest attacks (John Quiggin [blog]) |
100316 | TEDTalks: Eric Mead: The Magic of the Placebo | Living the scientific life | GrrlScientist | Placebo | Placebo | TED talks (You tube vid) |
100316 | Alternative science for alternative medicine | Respectful insolence | Orac | Woo; CAM; SCience | woo; Alternative medicine Science | On Understanding the Very Different Science Premises Meaningful to CAM Versus Orthodox Medicine: Part I—The Fundamentals (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine) |
100316 | McDonnell Reverses Himself on Discrimination | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Discrimination; Law; Virginia | Discrimination; Law; Virginia | McDonnell Reverses Himself on Discrimination (Executive order pdf); passim; passim |
100316 | Hitchens Revises the Ten Commandments | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Ten commandments; Christopher Hitchens | Ten Commandments; Christopher Hitchens | The New Commandments (Vanity fair) |
100316 | Andrew McCarthy, Meet Gen. Petraeus | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Torture | Torture | The Spurious Slurs of Andy McCarthy (True slant[blog]) |
100316 | Appeals Court Upholds Taitz Fine | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Orly Taitz | Birther; Orly Taitz | Court to Orly Taitz: Pay Your $20,000 Sanction (Washington Independent) |
100316 | Dumbass Quote of the Day | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Texas; Education; Chuck Norris | Education; Texas; Chuck Norris | Don't mess with Texas … textbooks!WND(!) |
100316 | Bad, bad media | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Atheism; Journalism | Atheism; Journalism; Australia | Reporting of the atheist convention. Loads of links in body |
100317 | When Scientists Try Their Hands at Sex Toy Manufacturing... | On becoming a domestic and laboratory goddess | Isis the Scientist | Sex toys | Sex toys | Humour |
100317 | Disco. fever in the brain | Thoughts from Kansas | Josh Rosenau | ID | Intelligent design | Ayala and Falk Miss the Signs in the Genome (Richard Sternberg Evolution News [Discovery Institute]) |
100317 | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Kills Animals | Living the scientific life | Grrlscientist | PETA | PETA | You tube video |
100317 | How to make a snake | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Biology; Evolution; DNA; Hox gene | Evolution; DNA; Biology | Lizard & snake similarities |
100317 | "Censorship." You keep using that word. It[sic do not think it means what you think it means.] | Respectful insolence | Orac | Autism | Vaccine hysteria; Censorship; Balance fallacy | Sebelius Asks Media to Censor Autism Debate (Age of autism) |
100317 | Palin Stumps for Bachmann | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | Politics; Sarah Palin; Michele Bachmann | Politics; Sarah Palin; Michele Bachmann | Palin to host Minneapolis fundraiser for Bachmann (Star Tribune blog) Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann Photo Op Priced At $10,000 (Huff Post) |
100317 | Vox Day's Empty Arrogance | Dispatches from the culture wars | Ed Brayton | WND; Atheism; Dawkins; Hitchens | WorldNetDaily; Atheism; Richard Dawkins; Christopher Hitchens | Against the New Atheism (Vox Day; WND) |
100317) | Kent Hovind is still in jail, and he's going to stay there for a long time | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | Kent Hovind; Creationism | Kent Hovind; Creationism | Hilarious! PZ's been asked to contribute (and pray) for Hovind's appeal! |
100317 | Tiny Cyborgs | Oscillator | Christina Agapakis | Nanotechnology; Robotics | Nanotechnology; Robotics | Several vids in body |
Series[edit]
Start date |
Latest date |
Title | Blog | Author | Subject | RW ref | Other ref or comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100105 | 100115 | Deconstructing Social Darwinism Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 |
The primate diaries | Eric Michael Johnson | Darwinism; Society | Charles Darwin | Knocking "Social Darwinism" in the head |
100108 | 100308 | The Greatest Story Ever Told -- 01 -- Before the Big Bang; -- 02 -- The Graceful Exit; -- 03 -- The Big Bang!; -- 04 -- The Expanding Universe; -- 05 -- Matter vs. Antimatter; -- 06 -- Goodbye antimatter, hello protons, neutrons, and electrons! |
Starts with a bang | Ethan Siegel | Big Bang | Big bang | History of the universe (ongoing) |
100217 | 100304 | Basic female reproduction Part 1 Part 2, get out your iPads Part 3, Oral Contraceptives Part 4, The Reproduction Bit Part 5. Aaaaaand, BABIES |
Neurotopia | Scicurious | Female reproduction | Sexual reproduction | What it says on the box |
100308 | 100308 | Guest Post 1: Male Reproductive Anatomy Part 1: Male Reproductive Anatomy Part 2: Spermatogenesis |
Neurotopia | Ambivalent Academic | Male reproduction | Sexual reproduction | What it says on the box First 2 parts |