I've been meaning for some time to write more about a brain region known as the insula. Looks like now is as good a time as any. This is a big topic. We had one previous, tentative discussion here. It dealt with involvement of the insula in the "feeling"...
Spitzer Reveals Stellar 'Family Tree'
Spitzer Reveals Stellar 'Family Tree' (8/22/08)Generations of stars can be seen in this new infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In this wispy star-forming region, called W5, the oldest stars can be seen as blue dots in the centers...
The Wild Life of Hamsters - Interview from ISBE Conference 2008
Though this site is dedicated to introducing you to Wildlife Outside of your Window, I realize that for the average urban/suburban child, there are plenty of “wild animals” you may already know. We call them pets. Our pets are merely the domesticated...
iNaturalist! I am down with this
Sometimes I complain about the over use of technology. But today I am applauding this great new tool iNaturalist. It's like Google Maps, but focuses on wildlife sitings. I'm telling everybody -- starting with you. This is a perfect way to document...
PolarTREC - Bringing Teachers and Researchers Together
Today, I learned about an organization called PolarTREC, which stands for Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating.It is an educational research experience, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the Arctic Research...
Arctic Researcher wanted
Could you work here? Beautiful, serene, cold, windy, and sometimes rugged. But always rewarding.photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Seriously, here is a Job/Research Opportunity announcement from the Ecological Society of AmericaResearch Assistant...
Links to other 'Urban Science' posts
I was Google Hiking (like Blog Safari a la Electronic Village) and came across some GREAT discoveries out there! Please visit the links and enjoy reading more about urban nature and other urban environmental issues.Enjoy!Nighttime Wildlife in Central...
Hubble Unveils Colorful Star Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit
Hubble Unveils Colorful Star Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit (8/11/08)Hubble peered into a small portion of the Tarantula nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074. The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation, perhaps triggered by a nearby supernova...
Wordless Wednesday: Gorges of Ithaca, NY (from ISBE conference)
The campus of Cornell University has several beautiful gorges nestled within its campus....
2008 Black Weblog Award Finalist in the Science/Tech Category
Thank you so very much for nominating this blog for the 2008 Black Weblog Awards. Urban Science Adventures! © is a finalist in the Science/Tech Category. The competition seems very stiff, so I would really appreciate your continued support. Help me spread...
Scientist as a Science Outreach Professional
I admit it is a pleasant challenge trying to figure out HOW to present science on this blog for general audiences. Albeit my limited training in Interpretation has certainly made me more cognizant of how hard it can be for a traditionally-trained science...
Evidence for dark energy accumulates
Dark energy (in its most plausible form as a "cosmological constant") has been a hypothetical possibility almost since Einstein's publication of his general theory of relativity in 1916. (Check here for our previous discussions of dark energy.)However,...
MicroRNA and stem cells II
MicroRNA and stem cells are both pretty hot topics these days. But curiously, there haven't been a whole lot of reports that involve the two together. My last discussion of both, back in March, is here.However, the combination of microRNA and stem cells...
Whom Do We Fear Or Trust?
Whom Do We Fear Or Trust? (8/5/08)A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look either trustworthy or fearsome.In...
ISBE Conference was great, but now I'm headed home.
The conference was everything I needed -- stimulating, great networking, reuniting with old friends, learning about future opportunities and having fun.I know Scientists catch a bad rap at times, but really, we are human beings. We simply love what we...
Urban Science Adventures gives a Shout Out to the Big Doc - Dentist from the Hood
Big Doc is the rap name of Dentist Marrio Thomas. Hailing from South Memphis, TN (a.k.a. Funky Town or 1-Town), Dr. Thomas is ra ole model to inner-city kids and promotes dental hygience with hip-hop. I'm also from South Memphis and went to college...
I Cast my Black Weblog Nominations today - Updates from ISBE
I just posted my nominations for the Black Weblog Awards!According to a note by the Black Weblog Award Founder/Administrator - Markus Robinson - on Facebook, over 1000 entries have been submitted as of last Thursday (Aug 7).A big fat THANK YOU to all...
The Urban Whale
That is the title of a new text book published by Harvard University Press. There is an entire chapter on Urban Oceans and Marine Life. It gives accounts of the impact of commercial fishing and boating on marine communities that live near commercial...
Greetings from ISBE - Cornell University
I'm attending a scientific conference this week at Cornell University - the 12th Bienneal Congress of the the Internationail Society for Behavioral Ecology. Behavioral Ecology is the scientific study of animal behavior that evaluates animal behavior...
Stem cell news deluge
There's been a flood of news in the stem cell area during the past two weeks. A lot of it is important, and most of it builds on several themes related to stem cells that we've discussed before. In this post I'll just summarize the results and reference...
Book Review: Pre-K Books
Today, I am recommending two lovely read-a-long picture books about flying animals. Both books are perfect for your toddlers through grade 1 children.Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde, Illustrated by Patricia J. WynneThis is the story of the tiniest...
Book Review - Ecology and World Biomes
As a member of the Animal Behavior Society's Children Book Award Committee I get to review dozens of children's books each year. This year I had the pleasure of reviewin a phenonmenal series about Biomes. It is a perfect primer to ecology. Each book...
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