Blog Profile / Living the Scientific Life
| URL : | http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Academics / General Science | |
| Posts on Regator: | 3826 | |
| Posts / Week: | 14 | |
| Archived Since: | February 24, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Mystery Bird: Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens
tags: Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens, photographed at Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Brazoria County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 15 July 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0…
SMG/Sb Ethical Lapse Claims Another ‘SciBling’
tags: ethics, journalistic ethics, PepsiCo Food Frontiers blog, advertorial, ScienceBlogs, Seed Media Group, Adam Bly I am greatly saddened to be able to tell you finally that my friend and colleague — no, former colleague — Bora Zivkovic, is leaving ScienceBlogs for good. I suspected and then knew for the past week and a half…
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) #35 is Published!
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power) – Sir Francis Bacon. The most recent edition of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) — “Scientia Pro Publica 35” — was just published at the buttcrack of dawn today by John at Kind of Curious. To share yours, or others’, writing,…
Mystery Bird: Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
tags: Magnificent Frigatebird, Man O’War, Fregata magnificens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Magnificent Frigatebird, sometimes known as the Man O’War, Fregata magnificens, photographed at Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Brazoria County, Texas. Show More Summary
ScienceBlogs = ZombieBlogs
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or you are the CEO of Seed Media Group (SMG), you are well aware that Bora Zivkovic left ScienceBlogs 24 hours ago. Shockingly, despite this important loss, Adam Bly, CEO of SMG, has not communicated with any of us who remain at ScienceBlogs about this loss either by…
Big News: This Blog Has Migrated to a New Home
As one of the initial recruits to Scienceblogs, my years and effort invested into Scienceblogs have been worthwhile. Since I relocated my original blog, Living the Scientific Life, to Scienceblogs in early January 2006, it received more than 6 million visits and nearly 30,000 comments, it helped me build a vibrant and supportive community of…
Big News: This Blog Has Migrated to a New Home
As one of the initial recruits to Scienceblogs, my years and effort invested into Scienceblogs has been worthwhile. Since I relocated my original blog, Living the Scientific Life, to Scienceblogs in early January 2006, it received more...Show More Summary
Mystery Bird: Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
tags: Magnificent Frigatebird, Man O'War, Fregata magnificens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Magnificent Frigatebird, sometimes known as the Man O'War, Fregata magnificens, photographed at Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Brazoria County, Texas. Show More Summary
Mystery Bird: Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens
tags: Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens, photographed at Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Brazoria County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you...Show More Summary
ScienceBlogs = ZombieBlogs
Unless you've been living under a rock, or you are the CEO of Seed Media Group (SMG), you are well aware that Bora Zivkovic left ScienceBlogs 24 hours ago. Shockingly, despite this important loss, Adam Bly, CEO of SMG, has not communicated...Show More Summary
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) #35 is Published!
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
The most recent edition of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) -- "Scientia Pro Publica 35" -- was just published at the buttcrack of dawn today by John at Kind of Curious.
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The Secret Powers of Time
tags: The Secret Powers of Time, time, hedonism, future orientation, education, personality type, popular psychology, society, culture, lucifer effect, teenage pregnancy, Philip Zimbardo, Royal Society of Art, RSA, streaming video In...Show More Summary
A Rocket of His Own
tags: A Rocket of His Own, TIME magazine, astronomy, AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, space travel, Saturn V rocket, The Seven Wonders of America, Marshall Space Flight Center, Neil deGrasse Tyson, streaming video TIME magazine...Show More Summary
Rosa Blume unter Goldenen Blumen
tags: Rosa Blume, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, travel, nature, flowers, image of the day, photography
Rosa Blume unter Goldenen Blumen
Image: GrrlScientist, 14 July 2010, Frankfurt am Main, Germany [larger view]
This pink rose was the only one in a sea of gold roses.
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SMG/Sb Ethical Lapse Claims Another 'SciBling'
tags: ethics, journalistic ethics, PepsiCo Food Frontiers blog, advertorial, ScienceBlogs, Seed Media Group, Adam Bly I am greatly saddened to be able to tell you finally that my friend and colleague -- no, former colleague -- Bora Zivkovic, is leaving ScienceBlogs for good. Show More Summary
Zircons: Time Capsules from the Early Earth
tags: Zircons: Time Capsules from the Early Earth, science bulletins, geology, AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, hadean eon, zircon, rocks, age of the earth, history of planet earth, streaming video Zircons are tiny crystals with a big story to tell. Show More Summary
Late For Work
tags: Late For Work, jobs, employment, humor, funny, comedy, fucking hilarious, social observation, streaming video It's hot, you were up late drinking with your friends and now it's Monday morning -- again! Unlike some videos that I share with you, this one gets straight to the point -- a point that we've all achieved at some time during our lives. Show More Summary
Purpur Passionsblume
tags: Purpur Passionsblume, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, travel, nature, flowers, image of the day, photography
Purpur Passionsblume (Passiflora species)
Image: GrrlScientist, 14 July 2010 [larger view]
Some of the lovely purple passionflowers that are growing at the Vietnamese Restaurant near where I live in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Read the comments on this post...
New Feature: Comment of the Week Awards
My commenters really make my day. Because I am such a crappy commenter, I really appreciate that about you. There have been many times in my life when my commenters have been the only reason I've continued writing this blog, and there...Show More Summary
Birdbooker Report 127
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read...Show More Summary