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bob1

Member Since 21 Jul 2004
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bob1's Blog > Lamenting the loss (or, Where did they go?)

Posted 31 October 2010

The recent passing of one of my scientific heroes, Benoît Mandelbrot, the overly large sports section, coupled with the distinct lack of science news in the newspaper this morning has me thinking... Where are our science heroes these days?

It seems to me that in the mid...


bob1's Blog > Way to go!

Posted 08 October 2010

Some of you may have seen a report recently about a privately owned laboratory in North Carolina (USA) that was shut down for animal abuse violations after an investigation by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

PETA...


bob1's Blog > Banned...

Posted 30 September 2010

or at least challenged!

For those of you with absolutely no idea what I am blogging about:

Last week was the American Library Association (ALA) Banned Books Week, celebrated during the last week of September every year since 1982.

As a fan of...


bob1's Blog > The Perfect Storm

Posted 23 September 2010

Having experienced a fairly protracted spring storm lately and hearing the reports on the news of how this is a "once in a generation" type storm got me thinking about reporting of storms and other similar periodic events and the use of terms to refer to them that appear, on the surface, to be unambiguous but in reality may not be.

It...


bob1's Blog > In the media part 1

Posted 16 September 2010

Welcome,

In this blog I am hoping to discuss science in the media and the reporting thereof, both good and bad...

What inspired me to start this was a local 60 Minutes report (http://www.3news.co....28/Default.aspx(video, may not be accessible internationally)) about a person who was at death's...


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