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SMG/Sb Ethical Lapse Claims Another ‘SciBling’

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

I am deeply saddened that my friend and colleague, Bora, is leaving scienceblogs. Continue reading →

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Parrots, People and Pedagogies: A Look at Teaching and Education

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

An interesting technique for increasing active student participation in the classroom, improving reading comprehension and familiarizing students with quickly reading and evaluation scientific manuscripts whilst decreasing boredom and that passive classroom atmosphere that gets in the way of actual learning Continue reading →

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MT4 –> WP = Chewing Razor Blades

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

Moving 4.5 years of blog entries, images and reader comments from an MT4 blog platform to WP is nothing less challenging than trying to complete an IronMan athletic event, except it’s three days past midnight after the day of the competition (Ironman competitions traditionally end at midnight of the same day they start) and I am still struggling. Continue reading →

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Yes, I am here, sorta …

Posted on July 13, 2010 by

MT4 –> WP = chewing razor blades! Continue reading →

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Safe Place

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

Have you ever placed an item into a “safe place” so you would not lose it, only to forget where that “safe place” is? Yeah? Well, me too. Continue reading →

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Web Award News

Posted on February 6, 2006 by

I wasn’t going to post anything else here, but I just learned that Scientific Life was awarded the first runner up in the “Biggest Blog Whore” category for the 2005 Best of Blog (BoB) Awards! Congratulations to everyone who was … Continue reading →

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Migration

Posted on January 31, 2006 by

Living the Scientific Life is keeping its original name but it has moved to its new home at ScienceBlogs, a project of Seed Media. This original site will remain here because I don’t want to break any existing links, so … Continue reading →

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100,000 Dead Mice

Posted on January 29, 2006 by

Yesterday, Scientific Life surpassed 100,000 visitors. In fact, visitor number 100,000 popped into here shortly before 6pm. What brought this visitor here? Dead mice, that’s what! This person googled the phrase, “how long does a dead mouse smell” and guess … Continue reading →

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Birds in the News #45

Posted on January 27, 2006 by

Female Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus.By Bill Ferensen, Seattle.(click image for Bill’s site) People Hurting BirdsDeceived by all the bird flu sensationalism, an Egyptian farmer abandoned 10,000 newly hatched chicks to their fate on a desert road east of Cairo fearing … Continue reading →

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Birds in the News #44

Posted on January 20, 2006 by

Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis.Photo by Arthur Morris, Birds as Art. Birds in Science Two University of Canterbury biologists are part of a team whose evolutionarily-informed approach to conservation is aiding the recovery of New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot, the kakapo, … Continue reading →

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