Found while foraging (September 23, 2013)

23 Monday Sep 2013

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Accumulating Glitches, biology, links, microbiome, music, Popular science, science, science and society, Science communication, Science in Society, Scitable, sexism, Species, street art, video, World War Z

It’s been a while since my last Found while foraging. I guess I’ve been busy for the past few months and these posts have somehow fallen by the wayside. They seem to be popular, though, so I’ll make an effort to keep them up and post link collections more regularly. I’m also happy to get interesting links from readers, so send me anything you think is interesting and worth sharing. And as always, though, feel free to add more links in the comments!
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Book review: Raising My Rainbow

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by sedeer in Books, Humans, Mind

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Barbie, book, book review, family, gender, Human, LGBTQ, Lori Duron, rainbow, sex, sexism

I discovered the blog Raising My Rainbow sometime last year and have been reading it (semi-)regularly ever since. Written by Lori Duron, it chronicles the ups and downs of raising CJ, a gender-creative little boy who “only likes girl stuff and wants to be treated like a girl”. The blog has been enormously popular and successful, leading Duron to write a book of the same name. Continue reading →

Found while foraging (July 3, 2013)

03 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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Accumulating Glitches, biology, fungus, links, microbiome, Popular science, science, science and society, Science in Society, Scitable, sexism, street art, video

I’m offline this week as I’ve retreated to one of my favourite places in the world for a holiday. I was too busy to prepare a post before leaving, but fortunately it’s about time for another Found while foraging. Hopefully this post will be automatically published on Wednesday while I’m happily reading in front of a fire in a lovely cottage unburdened by the trappings of modernity — power, plumbing, and internet. I’ve never pre-scheduled a post for publication before, so I hope it works. I won’t link to many Scitable posts this time, but do pop over and have a look anyway; there’s some great stuff on there. As always, though, feel free to add more links in the comments!
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Found while foraging (April 2, 2013)

02 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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art, bees, electric field, Erin Brockovich, gender, intersex, israel, Palestine, photography, plasma, Popular science, rape, science, science and society, Science in Society, sexism

It’s certainly been too long since my last Found while foraging! Since I haven’t been posting as frequently as I’d like, I’ve preferred to post about scientific topics when I had a chance to post. In the meantime, I’ve let my collection of links grow…so I decided to start the week with a Found while foraging and hopefully end it with a “proper” post. Anyway, here’s what I’ve come across in the last couple of months — hopefully it’s not an overwhelming collection! As always, feel free to add more links in the comments.
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Found while foraging (January 28, 2013)

28 Monday Jan 2013

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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Bacteria, brain, consciousness, evolution, gender, Genetics, Good Men Project, memory, mental illness, photography, pink, science, science and society, Science in Society, scultpture, sexism

January has been a busy month. In addition to writing here, I worked on some websites for my family and submitted entries to a couple of science writing competitions for the first time! I’ve also optimistically nominated Inspiring Science for the annual “Bloggies” awards; if you think it deserves a chance, why not head on over and add your voice? I’ve really enjoyed working on this blog for the past year and I’m looking forward to writing being an even bigger part of my life in 2013! Anyway, here’s another batch of tidbits I found during my wanderings. As always, feel free to add more links in the comments.
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Found while foraging (December 31, 2012)

31 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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brain, gender, Genetics, glaciers, Good Men Project, gut bacteria, lego, memory, mental illness, parasite, photography, science, science and society, Science in Society, sexism, stars, stem cell, virus

I was hoping to spend lots of time writing during the winter holidays, but instead I’ve been enjoying the opportunity to spend time with my family. I’ve got a few promising posts in the works for early in the new year, but until then here’s another collection of odds and ends from around the web to keep you going. As always, feel free to add more links in the comments. I hope you’ve all enjoyed the winter/summer solstice and associated holidays.
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