Strange Bedfellows

Me and J. Bolton Maddox. ID and ISKCON.

Cool

This grabbed me for the most personal reason ever. My left arm had a PICC line inserted (but not usable yet) and 8 IV holes in 10 days, my right arm had given several blood cultures, two samples, withstood 5 IV attempts by 3 nurses and started to blow up. They went for hands, knuckles, whatever they could find. I wanted them to get the nurse who could start IVs on my 4 1/2 pound daughter! They finally left me alone (and off my antibiotics) until someone in Singapore or the director of the hospital or something could read the (off hours) x-ray and sign off the PICC line.

Like you wanted to know all that.

On Becoming Our Own Worst Enemies

S.V. has not seen the show in question, but resents that being too shrill undermines an opportunity to bring science to broader audiences. Shouting "YOU'RE WRONG" will always make a certain % suspect your very message...

Because Cloning the First DOG wasn't Enough?

These guys managed to be the first ones to (really) clone a dog, notwithstanding the big bucks spent in Texas on Missiplicity, etc. THAT WASN'T PRESTIGE ENOUGH? Nope, let's publish a big fat lie and just end our promising career RIGHT NOW. Ooops.

The Village in your Stomach

On the importance of challenging (even medical and scientific) conventional wisdom.

SciVig had a bit of a blood infection this summer and had 6 different IV antibiotics when all was said and done. Asked the infectious disease specialist if yogurt helps repopulate the intestinal flora and got a pat "if you believe bacteria can survive in stomach acid" (and if you believe in flying purple people eaters) response.

Well guess what? So cool. So gross.

Beautiful Science

10 most beautiful experiments

Effective Science Radio

The Space Show

Mirror, Mirror in my Empathic System

Brilliant. Worth registering. I am proud of them for refraining from the obvious quip. I won't tho: Monkey See, Monkey Do. (Feel?)

What is Your Dangerous Idea?

"The Edge Annual Question — 2006

WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious. What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true?

2005 Science News Quiz

http://www.nature.com/news/specials/2005/index.html

Science Vigilante will be honest now and say I did not score well, as prior to starting this blog my vigilance had sorely lapsed.