I'm experimenting with Twine.com, which is a newish bookmarking and social networking site. That is, it's a combination of Del.icio.us (and the like) and (a rather simple) Facebook sort of thing.The social networking isn't anywhere as nearly comprehensive...
Wordless Wednesday: Happy Thanksgiving
I took these photos at Litszinger Road Ecology Center (an Urban Nature Reserve) spring 2006. Two Tom Turkeys (males) facing off.Two Tom Turkeys trying to impress a Hen Turkey (female). Can you see her? She's much smaller and to the right of the mal...
Broken Urban Landscape
This post is a submission to this week’s Thematic Photographic 25 - Broken. These pictures were taken July 2006 when a tremendous windstorm blew through the Midwest. It was devastating.Several hundred, perhaps thousands of trees, were felled and split....
Update on my Contest and Media Adventures
Last week was a whirlwind week. Remember? I told you all about it with the post Having my own Adventures! Contests, Media and More.Here is how the week ended.1. The Blogging Scholarship Contest by College Scholarships.org - I did not win. But...
Politics as beauty contest
Perhaps interest in politics has dropped off a lot now that the U. S. elections are over (for this year). But there's still some interesting political science that came up before the big event.Even though political scientists, year in and year out, are...
Increasing Diversity in the Sciences
“The very large racial Ph.D. gap in the natural sciences is striking when we examine black Ph.D. awards in specific disciplines.” * I am all-too-familiar with this fact. I am the only African-American Ph.D. student in my academic department. That will...
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Visits St. Louis
I was reading a local weekly paper – The St. Louis American – and there on the front page was *drum rolls* Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson! He was in St. Louis last week to talk with students from the St. Louis Science Center "YES” (Youth Exploring Science)...
Wordless Wednesdays: Leaf Litter
Various Maples Leaf LitterAsh Leaf Litter Sycamore Leaf Litter Pine Needles all pictures taken in St. Louis, MO-Benton Park, Tower Grove Pa...
Having my own Adventures! Contests, Media and More
This has been an exciting time! Very exciting. I have several updates.1. My ranking in the Nature Blog Network has peaked. I'm in the top 100, my best ranking so far - #87 out of 500+ Fabulous nature blogs. Thanks for visiting and leaving comments.2....
Dopamine and obesity
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that's well-known for its involvement in several notable medical and behavioral problems, such as Parkinson's disease and drug addiction. But it is connected with many other issues of medical and psychological importance.Perhaps...
Fellowships to Study Urban Ecology
Urban Ecology is a very new discipline within the fields of ecology and environmental sciences; and it means slightly different things to different people. Very broadly it is the study of plant and animal interactions with in an urban or human-built...
Non-coding RNA and gene expression
Human DNA consists of about 3.4 billion base pairs. A portion of that is actually genes that code for proteins required by human cells – roughly 20,500 genes. (See here.)However, it's been recognized for a long time that only about 1.5% of human DNA...
No more business as usual
A million thanks to SusanG at Daily Kos for mentioning this:Obama's Victory: A Consumer-Citizen RevoltAs recently as this summer, while the economy unraveled (BusinessWeek, 7/14/08), I made two trips to Silicon Valley in the hopes of finding leaders...
Power of Plants Contest for K-12 Students in Missouri and Illinois
The Missouri Botanical Garden is sponsoring a contest that helps students learn about the awesome power of plants and gives them a chance to win $1,000!How can you participate?The Missouri Botanical Garden would like students to learn more about plants!...
Deer found on Urban University's Campus
Photo credit – Washington University StudentsCheck out the Washington University Student Paper Story which includes more great shots of the deer on campus taken by students.Earlier this week this yearling deer had been observed on campus - eating grass...
Wordless Wednesdays: Scenes of Autumn
I'm participating in the Thematic Photographic 23 - Autumn. Written Inc. asked for something more than pictures of leaves, but lately that’s all I’ve been snapping.Autumn scenes in St. Louis - various trees - Sycamores, Crab Apples, Oaks and some unknown...
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