Archive for February 6th, 2010

Protein Data Bank policies for disputed structures

Helen M. Berman, director of the RCSB (Research Collabatory for Structural Bioinformatics) Protein Data Bank, and co-authors wrote a Correspondence to Nature ( 463, 425; 2010) to clarify the PDB’s correction procedures and policies in …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Nature Genetics on conclusion by exclusion

“Science is a way to distinguish things we know not to be true from other things. Large challenges lie ahead as we apply the scientific method to understanding biochemical systems, cellular organization and the functions of complex …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Great Sapphirewing, Pterophanes cyanopterus

VICKSBURG, MISS. — Today’s Ecuador feature highlights the Great Sapphirewings we encountered at Yanacocha Reserve near Quito. At 6 inches long (or more than seven if you include its bill), the Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Dinosaur Colors: Now Officially Redonkulous | The Loom

I seem to have ended up as the Dinosaur Feather Color Bureau Chief at the New York Times. After discovering colors in fossil bird feathers, scientists found colors in dinosaurs last week. But this week another group of scientists has …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Indian Prime Minister backs IPCC

Quirin Schiermeier. Indian Premier Manmohan Singh has backed the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, who has come under fire for his dealing with a recently discovered error …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

All the science news that's not fit for print : Effect Measure

Everyone knows, because the the Main Stream Media tells us, that bloggers aren’t journalists. I freely admit I am not a journalist, not even a science journalist. Of course I do report a lot of science here and I know I do it better and …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Snowpocalypse to Hit America's Northeast Coast TODAY! : Living the ……

Search. Concisus Vitae. GrrlScientist is a colorful parrot who writes by typing with her beak. She’s also an evolutionary biologist and a proud member of the vast left-wing conspiracy that your mother warned you about. …

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Photo of the Day #846: A very snowy morning : Laelaps

Profile. melittle.jpg Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. …

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Worldnutdaily: All the News That's Fit To Sell : Dispatches from

Profile. brayton_headshot_wre_1443.jpg Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of Michigan Citizens for Science and co-founder of The Panda’s Thumb. He has written for such publications as …

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Aww. Did We Hurt Your Magic Bag? : Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Profile. brayton_headshot_wre_1443.jpg Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of Michigan Citizens for Science and co-founder of The Panda’s Thumb. He has written for such publications as …

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010