At an open field day at Stanford in 1971, a group of people enacted protein synthesis. The fun part starts at about three and a hlaf minutes into the video.…
Science Communication
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The top 50 Science Blogs in 2006
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenNature profiled the top 5 science blogs. They base their list on Technorati rankings. I personally don’t believe in Technorati’s rankings very much anymore after they interpreted 200 incoming links…
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Folding @ Home – help researchers study protein folding
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenFolding@Home is a project of Stanford University, studying protein folding. The way in which proteins are folded three-dimensionally is crucial to their function. Many mutations that lead to disease are…
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Yesterday Nature launched a debate on peer review, which is open for everyone’s reactions on the accompanying blog. There are currently five articles on the web focus site, each highlighting…
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Ants and knitted proteins at Digifest
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenLast night I attended performance lectures on art & science by Susan Bustos (about knitted proteins) and Amos Latteier (about ants), hosted by Sally McKay. The lectures were part of…
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Science CommunicationWriting, images, and storytelling
Science blogging examined: What do bloggers know about extinction?
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenA short article in last week’s Science investigates the accuracy of scientific facts in blogs. Well, actually they only investigated one fact: extinction rates. They report that scientific consensus has…