MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)' source. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:49:37 +0100 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/453579178/42nd_street_times_square_passa_26.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960748 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1960748 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/453310589/high_desert_glory.php tags: Arco Desert, nature, image of the day New light over the frosted foliage in the Arco Desert west of Idaho Falls, Idaho. 2007. Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view]. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960749 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1960749 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/453016608/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_65.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at Sabine Woods and Sabine Pass area, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 April 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/125s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960750 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:59:59 +0100 1960750 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/452962248/genius_bird.php tags: ravens, Bernd Heinrich, genius bird, National Geographic, streaming video This interesting National Geographic video shows how Bernd Heinrich designed an experiment to test the intelligence of ravens [2:07]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960751 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:59 +0100 1960751 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/452861570/singing_in_slow_motion.php tags: neurobiology, neuroscience, animal communication, birdsong, premotor nucleus HVC, brain temperature, neural circuitry, motor behaviors, bioacoustics Captive-bred Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata, at Bodelwyddan Castle Aviary, Denbighshire, Wales. Image: Adrian Pingstone/Wikipedia [larger view]. Birdsong is the primary model system that helps scientists understand how the brain produces complex sequences of learned behavior, such as playing the piano. In songbirds, there are many interconnected brain regions that play specific and important role in the production of song. These brain regions are known as "song control nuclei." Two song control nuclei, the High Vocal Center (HVC) and the robust nucleus of the arcopallium (RA), are especially important for birdsong because... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960752 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:49:59 +0100 1960752 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/452418532/42nd_street_times_square_passa_25.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960753 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1960753 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/452214057/carnivalia_48.php Here's more blog carnivals for you to enjoy, this batch includes my favorite blog carnivals of all! Carnival of the Vanities, the .. er? issue. This is one of my favorite blog carnivals because it features the best writing of the blogosphere, regardless of topic, so you are always going to run into something interesting to read here. Tangled Bank, issue 118: Yes We Did Edition. This issue takes the form of Barack Obama's imagined first science briefing. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960754 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:59:59 +0100 1960754 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/452166814/morning_color_over_teton_valle.php tags: Teton Valley, nature, image of the day Morning color over Teton Valley, Idaho, looking west from Teton Canyon. Big Hole mountains are in the distance. 2007. Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view]. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960755 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1960755 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/451888623/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_73.php tags: Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii, photographed in Manhattan, Kansas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Dave Rintoul, 2007 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960756 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:59:59 +0100 1960756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/450720929/detective_mittens_the_crime_so.php tags: humor, funny, WTF, Detective Mittens, streaming video Meow meow meow meow meow meow meowmeow meow meow -- meow meow?? [3:50]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960757 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:59:59 +0100 1960757 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/451343488/42nd_street_times_square_passa_24.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955271 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1955271 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/451062281/grand_teton_sunrise.php tags: Grand Teton Sunrise, nature, image of the day Grand Teton Sunrise, 2007. Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view]. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955272 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:59:58 +0100 1955272 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/450847931/bottomfeeder.php tags: seafood, fisheries, aquaculture, fish farming, tuna, swordfish, salmon, shrimp, sushi, book review There's plenty of fish in the sea, as the old addage goes -- but are there, really? I experienced a rude awakening at the peak popularity of Orange Roughy, which I loved. I learned that Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, an extremely long-lived benthic species in the Western Pacific Ocean that doesn't even reach sexual maturity until 40 years of age, was being eaten out of existence by people like me. After I learned that, I never touched Orange Roughy again. But after I discovered Japanese sushi, especially Toro (chutoro, otoro) -- the melt-in-your-mouth fatty belly meat from the giant bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus -- I learned this lesson once more. Based on these experiences,... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955273 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:59:59 +0100 1955273 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/450815523/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_36.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2006 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2006:03:12 09:45:40 Exposure Time: 1/249 F-Number: 14.00 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955274 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:59:56 +0100 1955274 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/450764324/invasive_exotic_species_more_t.php tags: ecology, exotic species, introduced species, non-native species, invasive species, monk parakeets, quaker parrots, Myiopsitta monachus, Michael A Russello, Michael L Avery, Timothy F Wright Monk (Quaker) parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus, with nest. Image: Arthur Grosset [larger view]. Invasive species are everywhere: from plants such as Scotch (English) broom, Cytisus scoparius, whose yellow flowers bloom prolifically along roadways of North America, Australia and New Zealand to mammals such as human beings, Homo sapiens, which are the ultimate invasive species because we have invaded nearly every habitat on the planet. The widespread introduction of exotic invasive species has modified habitats, reduced species biodiversity and adversely altered ecosystem functioning acros... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955275 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:42:05 +0100 1955275 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/450720928/giant_water_lilies_of_the_amaz.php tags: plants, giant water lilies of the Amazon, David Attenborough, streaming video This video is a portion of the David Attenborough program about the lives of the giant water lilies of the Amazon region. It has some astonishing footage of the plants, its flowers and the habitat these plants provide. [4:27]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955276 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:59:59 +0100 1955276 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/450191131/42nd_street_times_square_passa_23.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951909 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1951909 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449918311/for_all_you_piscivores.php tags: Photographer and Goliath Grouper, Nature's Best Photography, underwater photography, Florida, image of the day Photographer and Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara. Image: Michael Patrick ONeill/MSNBC Nature's Best Photography 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951910 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1951910 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449842434/carnivalia_47.php Here's the most recent carnivalia for you to enjoy; All Things Eco blog carnival, number 24. Okay, I admit it, there is one story there that has particularly piqued my interest based on its title alone; "Dumpster Diving for Charity." Festival of Frugality, Veteran's Day Edition. This is all about frugal living -- something that the current economic situation demands from all of us. And no, by frugality, I do not mean reducing the number of pedicures you get from once per week to once every two weeks. Review Bloggers carnival, 30th edition. This is a collection of reviews of just about everything you can name, from books to consumer product reviews, written by the real consumers. Carnival of Family Life, Veteran's Day Edition. Everything Family, issue 7. This is a more practical ev... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951911 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:59:59 +0100 1951911 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449615155/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_45.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2008 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2008:04:22 07:35:53 Exposure Time: 1/319 F-Number: 11.00 ISO: 320 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951912 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:59:59 +0100 1951912 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449598038/the_cutest_kitten_in_the_entir.php tags: pets, cutest kitten in the world, streaming video Squeeeeee!! This video shows the cutest kitten in the entire world. No, seriously. If you watch this video and remain unaffected by the cuteness of this kitten, I think you are a prime candidate for psychiatric evaluation [3:01]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951913 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:59:56 +0100 1951913 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449542587/a_donorschoose_teacher_speaks_3.php tags: DonorsChoose2008, education, public school education, fund raising, evolution education, nature education, human evolution As of yesterday, an impoverished pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade classroom from PS111 in the Bronx, NYC, learned that they will be able to learn about birds and other local wildlife because you, Seed Media Group and Random House Publishers donated enough for them to fulfill their funding request to purchase binoculars for the kids to use. Thank you! Of course, I will be sharing all updates with you that they and all "our classrooms" send during the upcoming school year. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951914 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:59:59 +0100 1951914 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449136083/another_ceiling_incident.php There are days when I think that I am cursed. You might recall that it was not too long ago when my bathroom ceiling caved in, making my bathroom unusable for eight days. Unfortunately, now my living room ceiling above and next to my large picture window is getting ready to cave in. This means I might even lose the pane of glass itself -- and knowing the special laws that govern my life, the glass will likely fall into my apartment and shatter on the floor, and become mixed in with hundreds of pounds of plaster, lathe and cockroach and mouse shit, causing me AND my birds great emotional distress and possible hazards to our health (my birds live in the living room, and I suffer severe, untreated allergies to cockroaches and nearly everything else on the planet as well as asthma). Read the... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947219 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:16:25 +0100 1947219 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/449051756/42nd_street_times_square_passa_22.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947220 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1947220 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/448584983/birds_in_the_news_151.php tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter This Eurasian Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, is from the photographer's ancestral village of Rintoul, near Kinross, which is north of the Firth of Forth, about 20 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland. Image: Dave Rintoul, August 2008. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947221 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:59:59 +0100 1947221 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/448488308/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_25.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, nature, Image of the Day [Mystery bird] photographed at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 11 March 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/200s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947222 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:59:59 +0100 1947222 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/448426560/hawaiian_birds.php tags: pets, cutest kitten in the world, streaming video This video is a 5 minute amateur documentary about Hawai'i's endangered birds and the causes of their decline. The filmographer writes; "This was somewhat a difficult topic and we suffered from a lack of suitable footage of native birds as most endangered birds are not seen regularly as they used to be decades ago. Could have done better for sure, in fact if I had the chance I'd do it over for the sake of sharing the issues of the human impact on island birds." I think this is a great start for a conservation filmographer! [5:14] Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947223 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:59:59 +0100 1947223 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447933499/42nd_street_times_square_passa_21.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947224 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1947224 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447692541/tree_of_fire.php tags: tree of fire, UWS, Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC, image of the day Tree of Fire. West 83rd between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 6 November 2008 [larger view]. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947225 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1947225 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447651675/carnivalia_46.php Just in time for Sunday, the day where people who should be resting up for a week of kissing their boss's ass, they instead are indulging their overactive fantasy lives by worshiping Lord Voldemort The Authority god, we have the Carnival of the Godless, issue 104 -- now re-named as the Carnival of the Chimbley, issue number one. Ah, and here's another blog carnival, one that I'd forgotten I'd ever contributed to is the Molecular and Cell Biology Carnival, issue 4. This blog carnival focuses on what molecular and cell biology can reveal to us. The fourth edition of the Book Review carnival, which is filled with LOTS of book reviews -- this is handy for you since the holidays are coming, and what's better than the gift of a book? And last but not least, the Bobo Carnival of Politics, w... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947226 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:59:59 +0100 1947226 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447541693/birdbooker_report_39.php This report is written by one of my Seattle birding pals and book collector, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is edited by me and published here for your information and enjoyment. Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will soon be) available for purchase. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947227 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:59:57 +0100 1947227 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447453004/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_74.php tags: Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus (sometimes known as the "Spreo" starling because its scientific name was Spreo superbus once), endemic to thornbush and acacia country in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, and East Africa. Photographed at London Zoo's African Bird Safari. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: GrrlScientist, 2 September 2008 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947228 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:59:59 +0100 1947228 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447411250/silly_fat_kitty.php tags: pets, silly cat, streaming video This video proves that Japanese cats can be just as .. erm, "furry" as American cats. Oh, yeah, and they can be just as silly as American cats, too. In fact, with a cat like this as a pet, who needs a TV? [1:32]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947229 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:59:59 +0100 1947229 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/447010376/42nd_street_times_square_passa_20.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947230 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:59:58 +0100 1947230 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/446895320/seafood_recipes.php Even though I mostly eat food provided by the local food bank and food pantry, I actually purchase food for my parrots (alas, food banks/pantries don't provide pet foods). So I went shopping today at my local 99 cent store (which should be renamed the local $2.50 store) looking for frozen fruits and vegetables for my birds but instead, found a real treat for me: canned Jack Mackerel and canned Sardines, and frozen Alaskan Pollock fillets and frozen Tilapia fillets. Being a seafood lover who has not had the pleasure of eating seafood in a long, long, long time, I couldn't resist the promise of fish (which is an almost unimaginable improvement over a steady diet of oatmeal and elbow macaroni in canned tomato sauce!) so I bought several packages of the frozen fillets. But I've never eaten Til... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947231 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:28:10 +0100 1947231 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/446814265/central_park_lake_reflection.php tags: Central Park Lake reflection, NYC, NYC reflection at night, image of the day New York City Reflected in Central Park Lake. Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George, November 2, 2008 6:15PM [larger view]. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947232 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1947232 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/446773678/carnivalia_45.php Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy; Linnaeus's Legacy, which celebrates biodiversity. The most recent edition of Brain Blogging, 41st edition. This edition discusses the likelihood of bipolar children becoming bipolar adults, problems with learning during multi-tasking, how magnets can improve your mood (ahem, where's the skeptics in the crowd?), and more. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947233 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:59:59 +0100 1947233 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/446084631/42nd_street_times_square_passa_19.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945308 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1945308 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/445841730/turtle_pond_reflection.php tags: turtle pond Central Park, NYC, Turtle Pond Reflection, image of the day Turtle Pond, Central Park, Reflection. Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George, November 2, 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945309 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1945309 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/445791678/carnivalia_44.php The latest carnivalia is now available for you to enjoy; Carnival of the Blue, issue #18. This blog carnival focuses on marine life. Carnival of Economics, 14 October 2008 edition. This carnival included something I wrote -- about birds! To read what birds can teach us about human economics, along with mountains of other interesting essays about economics, you have to read this blog carnival. The blogosphere's answer to Friday Cat Blogging is the Friday Ark, a collection of links to images of animals and animals only. And the most recent edition of the Carnival of Travelers, November edition -- just in time to give me some last minute-pointers for my upcoming trip to Helsinki, Finland! Oh, and there's other essays there too, so be sure to go there to read about (and help plan) other ... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945310 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:59:53 +0100 1945310 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/445636842/nyc_in_autumn_at_the_anne_loft.php tags: Anne Loftus playground, Inwood, Manhattan, NYC, NYC through my eye, photography, Autumn in NYC Image: GrrlScientist 6 November 2008 [larger view]. As I've already mentioned, I am having a rough time right now, but I love photography, so I decided that I should view NYC through a shutter as a way to deal with my labile mood state. So as I walked down the street, I decided that I would photograph a rather colorful park that was nearby. Even though I've passed by it many times, I've never visited the Anne Loftus playground, so I spontaneously decided to photograph it. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945311 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:59:59 +0100 1945311 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/445680597/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_58.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, nature, Image of the Day [Mystery bird] photographed at Sabine Woods and Sabine Pass area, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 April 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945312 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:59:59 +0100 1945312 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/445534510/baby_miniature_horse_on_the_lo.php tags: miniature horse foal, horses, cute baby animals, baby miniature horse, streaming video This video is perfect for Friday's animal blogging tradition. Barely larger than a cat (the traditional subject of animal blogging), this miniature horse foal is just. so. cute! Have I mentioned recently that I really want a pony? No? Well, miniature horses are NOT ponies, and for the record, I'd like to say that I DO want a miniature horse -- they are so small that they can live in my apartment comfortably and they can be house-broken. [0:54]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945313 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:59:00 +0100 1945313 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/444987292/42nd_street_times_square_passa_18.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943378 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:59:59 +0100 1943378 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/444939571/the_morning_after.php Times Square celebrates Barack Obama's presidential victory. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 November 2008 [larger view]. Well, it's nice to be noticed, and I was noticed today, by Seed Magazine (online). Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943379 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:08:06 +0100 1943379 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/444730201/eastside_reflection.php tags: upper east side, NYC, Eastside Reflection, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, image of the day Eastside Reflection. Reflection of NYC's Upper East Side in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George, 2008 [larger view]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943380 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0100 1943380 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/444448018/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_70.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at Quintana Sanctuaries, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 14 April 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/200s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943381 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:59:58 +0100 1943381 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/444421958/ralph_nader_is_obama_an_uncle.php tags: Ralph Nader, politics, Fox News, Barack Obama, Uncle+Tom, streaming video Ralph Nader proves once again that he is nothing more than an immature, attention-seeking bully (something I was acutely aware of when I was in college since I knew people who worked in his political campaign), but now he knowingly portrays himself as a racist as well -- I am so glad that I never fell for his double-speak when he was playing spoiler to the 2000 election, and I wonder what my grad school colleagues think about their support for this racist pig? While it's true that Nader ONCE was a useful consumer advocate, that was when I was still in diapers, and his relevance ended long ago when he sold out to solely feeding his ginormous ego, which was certainly long before the 2000 election [3:24] Read th... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943382 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:39:58 +0100 1943382 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/444353556/a_donorschoose_teacher_speaks_2.php tags: DonorsChoose2008, education, public school education, fund raising, evolution education, nature education, human evolution As of yesterday, an impoverished 9th grade classroom in Massachusetts learned that they will be able to learn about the evolution of hominids because you donated enough for them to fulfill their funding request. Thank you! Of course, I will be sharing all updates with you that they and all "our classrooms" send during the upcoming school year. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943383 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:59:59 +0100 1943383 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/grrlscientist/~3/443885454/42nd_street_times_square_passa_17.php tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC The Revelers (2007). Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried. Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view]. 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