Found while foraging (December 11, 2012)

11 Tuesday Dec 2012

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famous psychology experiments, games, gender, Genetics, math, memory, mind, parasite, photography, rape, science, science and society, Science in Society, sexism, stanford prison experiment, video, videogames, virus, woman scientist

It’s been a while since I last shared a mish-mash of assorted links. Unfortunately I’ve been too busy recently to have the time to trawl aimlessly around the web, so there are fewer fruits from my foraging forays. Anyway, enough mixed metaphors and strained writing; here’s my latest collection of tidbits from the web for you to enjoy. Feel free to add more in the comments if you’d like.
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Words of science: crepuscular

06 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by sedeer in Language, Words of Science

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crepuscular, dawn, dusk, etymology, nature, Popular science, science, twilight, Words of Science

Like many other fields, science has its own style of communication full of specific jargon and guided by unwritten rules. Most of the posts on this blog focus on breaching this barrier to the public’s understanding and appreciation of science. In this series, I’d like to take another approach by highlighting scientific words which have escaped the confines of jargon to reach a broader appeal because of their sound or their evocative power as metaphors. Today’s word is crepuscular. [Previous words of science were petrichor, alluvium, and nychthemeron]
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Found while foraging (November 3, 2012)

03 Saturday Nov 2012

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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gender, photography, poetry, science, science and society, Science in Society, sexism, video, woman scientist

I seem to be posting these link collections just about every two weeks. Maybe I should make that the official schedule? Anyway, here’s my latest collection of tidbits from the web for you to enjoy. Feel free to add more in the comments if you’d like.
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Found while foraging (October 13, 2012)

13 Saturday Oct 2012

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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gender, internet, macro, photography, Republicans, science, science and society, Science in Society, sexism, space, video

I realized today that I’ve collected quite a few links, so it must be time for another Foraging post. Lots of great photos this time, as well as a few important articles about sexism and, of course, some great science writing! I hope you find something you like….have a great weekend, everyone! Continue reading →

Words of science: nychthemeron

30 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by sedeer in Language, Words of Science

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day night, etymology, nychthemeron, Popular science, science, Words of Science

Like many other fields, science has its own style of communication full of specific jargon and guided by unwritten rules. Most of the posts on this blog focus on breaching this barrier to the public’s understanding and appreciation of science. In this series, I’d like to take another approach by highlighting scientific words which have escaped the confines of jargon to reach a broader appeal because of their sound or their evocative power as metaphors. Today’s uncommon but useful word is nychthemeron. [Previous words: petrichor, alluvium]
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