Sarah Palin Does Not Speak For Me

You may have noticed that things have been a little wild here on the blog lately, argument and comment-wise. To calm things down, we’ve decided that all comments from now on will be moderated. This is actually going back to the way we used to do things. If comments are not on point, respectful, and intellectually serious, they do not belong. Ad hominem attacks, etcetera, won’t be allowed. The general principle is that we encourage speech here, but not speech that lowers the qualit... more

It has just gone up over at Science Progress. Since there are certain things you cannot really say on ScienceBlogs any longer, I will only quote here the parts of the review that are ideologically palatable: Okay, let’s get this out of the way first: Ben Stein’s new movie, Expelled , is a deeply dishonest piece of propaganda. Pretty much everything in it is a sham, from the quality of its intellectual and scientific arguments to the nonsense premise that Stein is going on a ... more

On May 9, 2008, I’m going to be speaking at the 33rd Annual AAAS Forum On Science And Technology Policy in Washington, DC. I am part of the last plenary session alongside Seed’s Editor-in-Chief Adam Bly and Dr. Anthony Crider , co-founder of the SciLands , a science continent in the Second Life world. Our discussion will be about Science and the New Media , so I’ve decided to bring our readers with me. That’s right, the conversation begins here at T... more

I can’t think of a better way to kick off Earth Day 2008 than brunch with Wallace J. Nichols - third culture oceanographer and Ocean Conservancy senior scientist. Later today, he’s giving a keynote address here at Duke, so it’s a good opportunity for us to catch up. Readers may remember J.’s research featured here on loggerhead sea turtles last October, and tonight he’ll announce the winner of the first annual EcoDaredevil Award during his talk titled... more