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So I get press releases ...

So I get press releases ...

Oct 20 2010 | comment(s)

I get quite a lot of press releases, as you can imagine.  Dozens or hundreds depending on the day.
It's Open Access Week!

It's Open Access Week!

Oct 19 2010 | comment(s)

I don't know who decides this "week" stuff - generally, I assume people who do the marketing make the rules so if I decide I want a Science 2.0 Week I get a few people to promote it and that's that, I have a Science 2.0 Week.
Social Media-Enhanced Books: Can iDrakula put e-Books on the map?

Social Media-Enhanced Books: Can iDrakula put e-Books on the map?

Oct 16 2010 | comment(s)

I don't have a Kindle or any other e-reader.  It isn't that I am a Luddite, and it isn't that I wouldn't prefer something easier to hold than a large, hundred-year old print copy I don't want to ruin - it's mostly that online books are costly, I only get a 'license' to read them, the resolution is far lower than what eyes can see and, most of all, there is no enhanced value to compensate for any of the other shortcomings.
HRP-4C: A Fembot eerily more realistic than Lady Gaga

HRP-4C: A Fembot eerily more realistic than Lady Gaga

Oct 15 2010 | comment(s)

The HRP-4C from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan, a descendant of the HRP-4 humanoid robot that sent normal people into uncanny valley creepiness territory last year, can sing now.

Clearly catering toward Japanese men, this new fembot is a waif-like 5'2", looks really, really young and likely will have lasers or at least Vulcan cannons that come out of her arms in future models - you know, for fighting off the vampires who will be resurrected after an atomic apocalypse in the future that happens in every Japanese story these days.  
Beware: That 'nubile female' you talk to in

Beware: That 'nubile female' you talk to in "Second Life" could be Richard Dawkins

Oct 15 2010 | comment(s)

Courtesy of GrrrlScientist at Guardian Blogs (who I found courtesy of the venerable yet still awesome ScienceURLs), I got a chance to view an interview of Richard Dawkins conducted by Matt Ridley.   Dawkins is a polarizing figure and maybe not a great public face for people who just want to do positive science outreach but when he stays on message there's really no one better.
“Literary” $10,000 science writing award to be backed by Edward O. Wilson

“Literary” $10,000 science writing award to be backed by Edward O. Wilson

Oct 15 2010 | comment(s)

Actor Harrison Ford, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner (and Science 2.0 favorite) Dr. Edward O. Wilson are holding a press conference today at 3:30 in Palo Alto, California, to announce the newly created PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.    I won't be there because the award has nothing at all to do with actual science outreach but I am mentioning it just the same.