Book Review: Two More Books about Polar Biomes

The two year celebration of research, discovery, and social studies of the globe’s Polar Regions comes to a close. International Polar Year 2007-2009 ends March 31st. Educators and Research teams from the around the world ramped up efforts to learn as...

Diversity in Science – Celebrating Women Achievers in Science.

The second installment of the Diversity in Science Carnival has been posted at Thus Spake Zuska. I am very happy so many people continue to participate in the effort. But can you believe it; I failed to write my post in time. However, I have a post-addendum...

Wordless Wednesdays: Mole Hills

Here is a sure sign of subtarrean life - soft mounds of dirt and mud means none other than moles! ...

Book Review: Ice Bears

International Polar Year is drawing to a close and I am still commemorating the occasion with posts dedicated to polar ecology. Title: Ice BearsAuthor: Brenda Z. GuibersonIllustrator: Ilya SpirinPublisher: Henry Holt and CompanySo far, this book is my...

The cosmic "dark ages"

In brief, "dark ages" refers to the period after recombination occurred, about 380,000 years after the big bang, creating the cosmic microwave background (CMB), up to and partly including the time that the first stars had formed, perhaps as early as...

Wordless Wednesday: St. Patrick's Day

Clover grass And don't forget that today is International Polar Day celebrating Polar Oceans. Here are some links to some stories from the National Science Foundation about the polar regions.* Climate-related Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula Being...

Propagandists and marketers agree: emotions may be more reliable when making choices

Here's yet another "study" that purports to show "gut reactions" are "better" than logical analysis in decision making. (Recent discussions of this are here, here, here.)It's about how sales and marketing people and propagandists have learned to take...

Into the Eye of the Helix

Into the Eye of the HelixThe Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, lies about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer). It is one of the closest and most spectacular examples of a planetary nebula. These exotic objects have nothing...

Book Review: Polar Worlds

This month marks the end of a two year journey of exploration, discovery, wonder, and advocacy. March 31st marks the end of International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2009.In fact, Wednesday, March 18, 2009 is International Polar Day celebrating Polar Oceans....

MicroRNA and cancer II

We haven't recently discussed the role of microRNA in cancer. Last time (February 2008) is here. There have been some relatively recent research announcements, so let's have a look.If you want a refresher on the subject, here's a good introductory overview...

Beware the Ides of March - Keep your eyes open

Keep your eyes open for what?For all of the nature that is beginning to emerge, sprout and bloom because spring is near.Phenology is the study of timing of natural events. I'm always encouraging you to go outside and observe nature, now I'm also asking...

Week of the Blue: What's next for the Blue Whale?

The show airs again Sunday, March 15, 2009. But what happens next? What can we do to help the Blue whale and the very much threaten marine ecosystem. Can there be a balance between human needs and nature? Must we always be in conflict? image credit:...

Week of the Blue: Feeding at Sea

In the Kingdom of the Blue Whale, the researchers came across a dead blue whale while at sea. The tell-tale signs of death were all-around. The floating bloating body of the dead whale. The circling and squawking scavengers from the sky - in this case...

Wordless Wednesday: Blue Oceans, Blue Skies

It's Wordless Wednesday, Week of the Blue style, so it's also a Watery Wednesday.I'm still celebrating all things marine and including a little urban marine ecology, too.These pictures are from my trip to Florianopolis, Brazil to the International Ethological...

The Kingdom of the Blue Whale

I watched the show with excitement and anticipation, both nights. But each time a close-up of a blue whale was on the screen, I tilted my head in an effort to comprehend the position and orientation of the whale.Am I the only who looks at the blue whale...

Week of the Blue Book Review - Whales and Oceans

I have two interesting children's science books on my shelf that are perfect for the Week of the Blue tribute to Marine & Ocean Biology.National Geographic The Kingdom of the Blue Whale television program gave all of us land-locked regular people...

Splitting of prime ideals in quadratic extensions of &#8474, part 1

Our discussion of algebraic number theory returns by popular demand. Way back last April we presented some generalities on factorization of prime ideals in extension fields. (For explanation of what that means, including other necessary concepts, you'll...

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