Hello!

Hello!

Hello! I'm very happy to join the Scientificblogging community. I will be writing occasional columns on topics relating to archaeology, particularly with regards to its role in the popular media. You…
PZ Myers at Scienceblogs.

PZ Myers at Scienceblogs.

PZ Myers at Scienceblogs.com is being sued for libel. Squelching free speech, proof of the power of blogging or proof that the free for all on attacks by bloggers without penalty has ended? I don't…
Time to Wake Up America!

Time to Wake Up America!

Time to Wake Up America! I grew up thinking that America was the greatest country in the world.  In many ways it is.  However, a recent report from the Census bureau shows that we are not…
Voluntary carbon credits standards in sight

Voluntary carbon credits standards in sight

Several groups are now developing standards for the voluntary carbon credit market to take some of the chaos and guesswork out of it for us poor consumers. The ones I've looked at look pretty decent…
Crazy Experiments!

Crazy Experiments!

The objective of this Phase I project is to test a semi-synthetic approach to protein reverse translation (pRT), reversing the central biochemical dogma that protein can not be converted back into a…