Another Seed blog moves on 31 May 2009 Dr. Joan Bushwell’s Chimpanzee Refuge is now here. Their reasons are given here. General Science
General Science Sensible information on the US Health Care debate 6 Sep 2009 I’ve been critical of New Scientist a bit, lately, so it is with great pleasure that I can link to this informative and sensible video. [brightcove vid=30583310001&exp3=2227271001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=981571807&w=300&h=225] Read More
Evolution Vagabonds in taxonomy 27 Jul 2008 A new genus name for water mites, from a recent paper in Zootaxa: Vagabundia comes from the Spanish word ‘vagabundo’ that means ‘wanderer’. It is a feminine substantive; sci refers to Science Citation Index. We pointed out some time ago (Valdecasas et al. 2000) that the popularity of the Science… Read More
Education Dibs and dobs 28 Oct 2008 One of the downsides to being old is that your favourite teachers die. I learned most of what I know about the Empiricists, in particular John Locke, from a book by C. B. Martin, who passed away recently. Hat tip to Leiter. I didn’t know he spent so much time… Read More
Either you are a very polite man or my comment at Sandwalk today at 9:46 didn’t come across as snarky as I thought it would. I suspect the former is true: you are polite and tactful. My apologies for leaping without looking; I just realized you moved from Scienceblogs and are so honourable that you continue to honour your agreement . Your tact is evident from your comments at Pharyngula. I intend to follow your blog despite the fact that you say you you are “not the clearest writer on the planet” (your comment @ Pharyngula on May 23, 2009 10:10 PM). Veronica
It’s all right – nobody is going to know all the players in any particular event on the internet, apart from those involved.