List of ScienceBlogs posts

A list of posts/articles of interest published on the (old) ScienceBlogs website.
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This is a "sortable" table: clicking the little symbols in the title boxes will arrange the table: first click: ascending alphabetic order; second click: descending alphabetic order.(that's why the dates are in the format they are)
Date 	Title 	Blog 	Author 	Subject 	RW ref 	Other refor comment
100227 	Neurosurgical patients get closer to God 	Neurophilosophy 	Mo 	Spirituality and brain injury 	Spirituality 	Several links in body
100302 	Spinning up the Earth 	Built on facts 	Matt Springer 	Chile earthquake; Maths; Earth rotation 	Woo? 	Daily News; Bloomberg
100305 	Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting 	A few things illconsidered 	Coby 	Global warming; Methane; Arctic 	Global warming; Methane 	"Science" press release in body
100306 	Billion year contract 	Gene Expression 	Razib Khan 	Scientology 	Scientology 	NY Times
100306 	Question for the hivemind 	Adventures in ethics and science 	Janet D. Stemwedel 	Carbon 	Global warming 	
100306 	I'm a starry-eyed techno-utopian, and proud of it 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Genetic engineering 	Genetic engineering 	Freeman DysonRod Dreher
100306 	Nice sign 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Atheist bus 	Atheism 	The Age (Australia)
100305 	Buchanan Blathers Ignorantly About Evolution 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Pat Buchanan 	Evolution 	WND
100216 	More details emerge in Texas nurse whistleblower affair 	White coat underground 	PalMD 	Texas nurse case 	Andrew Schlafly 	several in article (including PDFs)
100307 	Scientology: inside the cult 	Living the scientific life 	GrrlScientist 	Scientology 	Scientology 	Video embedded
100307 	More on methane) 	Casuabon's book 	Sharon Astyk 	Methane 	Global warming 	Real climate
100307 	AU on the freshwater case 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	The teacher who burned crosses into pupil's arms 	Fundamentalism; Creationism; Education 	AUSCS
100307 	Humanist arrested for anti-Islam book 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Atheism; Religion;Islamic book burning 	Atheism 	Center for Inquiry
100307 	Catholic charities end spousal benefits 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	No gays get benefits from us 	Sexuality; Religion 	Jim Burroway (blog)
100307 	Scientologists prominently dissed 	PharynGula 	PZ Myers 	Scientology 	Scientology 	NY Times
100307 	Jerry Coyne gets email) 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Homeschooling; Education; Religion 	Homeschooling; Education; Religion; Evolution; Creationism 	Yahoo news Also here
100308 	A nutritional approach to the treatment of HIV infection---same old woo? 	White Coat Underground 	PalMD 	HIV; Woo; Nutrition; Medicine 	Woo; AIDS; Medicine 	Several relevant in body.
100308 	Dreher is really a piece of work 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Rod Dreher, the Templeton director of communications	Templeton Foundation 	Jerry Coyne (blog)
100309 	A hero in the Philippines 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Contraception; Catholicism; Philippines 	Birth control; Roman Catholic Church; Condom 	AP
100309 	TN School Settles Church/State Suit 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Church/state; education; religion 	Separation of church and state 	Ed Brayton; PDF
100309 	Alexander Rips Thiessen) 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Torture; interrogation 	Torture 	A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fear-mongering in Marc Thiessen's Courting Disaster. By Matthew Alexander
100309 	Homeopathy vs. science? 	Respectful insolence 	Orac 	Homeopathy 	Homeopathy 	Jake Archibald(humorous)
100309 	Grandiose Crankery: Cantor, Godel, Church, Turing, ... Morons! 	Good math, bad math 	Mark C. Chu-Carroll 	Mathematics, Cantor 	Gödel's incompleteness theorems; Infinity 	Addressing mathematical inconsistency: Cantor and Godel refuted. J.A. Perez
100309 	"Our objective over the next 18 to 24 months is to deliver one inverse femtobarn of data to the experiments."	Greg Laden's blog 	Greg Laden 	LHC 	LHC 	CERN current situation at the LHC
100310 	Thought For the Day 	Evolutionblog 	Jason Rosenhouse 	Creationism; evolution 	Creationism; evolution 	A little point to ponder from Jason Lisle, a YEC with AIG. From his book The Ultimate Proof of Creation
100310 	Jenny McCarthy drives the stupidity to ever higher levels on--where else?--The Huffington Post 	Respectful insolence 	Orac 	Vaccination; autism 	Vaccine hysteria 	Huff Post;Several others in body
100310 	Dr. Kaiser respondsWhat else does Dr. Kaiser have to offer? 	White Coat Underground 	PalMD 	HIV; Woo; Nutrition; Medicine 	Woo; AIDS; Medicine 	Response to 100308
100310 	Body mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity and health: a critical appraisal 	Obesity panacea 	Peter Janiszewski 	BMI; Body Mass Index 	Obesity 	What it says on the box
100310 	Former Scientologists Allege Appalling Abuse 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Scientology 	Scientology 	Gene Expression; Living the scientific life;PharynGula; passim
100310 	Orly Taitz Screws Up Registration Form 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Orly Taitz Secretary of state application 	Orly Taitz;Birthers 	Orly Taitz For Secretary Of State? Talk About A Snowball’s Chance In Hell! (blog)
100310 	Every cell in a chicken has its own male or female identity 	Not exactly rocket science 	Ed Yong 	Gender of birds 	Sexuality (loosely) 	Nature (Interesting but not mission)
100310 	Is there any such thing as Ex-Gay? 	Greg Laden's Blog 	Greg Laden 	American Family Association; Homosexuality; Poll 	Sexuality; American_Family_Association 	Poll link (OneNewsNow) in article
100311 	A fine example of apologizing oneself right into a defense of the indefensible 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Child abuse; Religion (Catholic Church) 	Child abuse; Roman Catholic Church 	Guardian: Andrew Brown
100311 	More WTF BS at the LHC? 	Greg Laden's blog 	Greg Laden 	LHC; Information 	LHC 	Discovery; LHC shutting again!
100311 	Small Town America and institutionalize[sic] hatred 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Lesbianism; Tolerance 	Sexuality; Lesbianism; Tolerance 	Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap
100311 	What's wrong with Basic? 	Greg Laden's blog 	Greg Laden 	Computer Programming; BASIC 	  	Where Dijkstra went wrong: the value of BASIC as a first programming language The reinvigorated programmer (blog)
100311 	Cities, Solipsism, Scientism, and Spirituality 	The questionable authority 	Mike Dunford 	Science v religion 	Science; Religion; NOMA 	Who's the Grownup in the Science vs Religion Debate? SANDWALK (Larry Moran) (blog)
100311 	More on the material and metaphysical: or, trying to unconfuse Larry: 	The questionable authority 	Mike Dunford 	NOMA; Science v Supernatural/paranormal.religion 	NOMA; Science; Religion 	Kitzmiller v. Dover SANDWALK (Larry Moran) (blog)
100312 	Subliminal flag shifts political views and voting choices 	Not exactly rocket science 	Ed Yong 	Mind Control; Subliminal 	RationalWiki:To do list 	It (apparently) works!
100312 	The Oath Keepers' Paranoia 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	US Right wing; Paranoia 	Political spectrum; Libertarianism?; : 	Mother Jones (blog)
100312 	Sean Penn: Destroy the First Amendment 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Sean Penn; Hogo Chavez 	First Amendment;Hugo Chávez 	NewsBusters
100312 	Texas BOE Removes Jefferson From History Standard 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Texas Board of Education. 	Education; Texas; History 	More silliness in Texas
100312 	Uh-oh…we aren't being nice and respectful of the faithful 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Australian Atheist convention 	Atheism; Religion; Mainstream media; Radio 	Questions of faith (blog)Questions of faith (blog) Questions of faith (blog) And more ...
100312 	How Thalidomide causes birth defects 	Greg Laden's blog 	Greg Laden 	Thalidomide; Research 	Essay (WIP) 	Science Research article
100313 	Worldnutdaily and the McCain Birthers 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Birthers, WND 	Birthers; WorldNetDaily 	WND ("News" organisation[sic])
100313 	Greatest. Headline. Ever. 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Humour (Silly headline) 	Humeur 	Pure lulz (facebook link in body)
100313 	Court rules against vaccine-autism claims 	Greg Laden's Blog 	Greg Laden 	Vaccine; thimerosal; autism 	Thiomersal; Vaccine hysteria; Autism omnibus trial 	Reuters News agency
100313 	Science proves that God created everything out of nothing. 	Greg Laden's Blog 	Greg Laden 	Creationism; Education 	Creationism; Fundamentalism; Education 	Winning essay (pdf); site
100314 	Itawamba High School "Private" Prom Planned 	Greg Laden's Blog 	Greg Laden 	Humanism; Lesbianism; school 	Humanism; Education 	HA! HEE!
100314 	Scientology Beliefs On Soul 	Living the scientific life 	Grrlscientist 	Scientology 	Scientology 	Videos embedded
100314 	A Politically Incorrect History of the Evolution Debate 	The primate diaries 	Eric Michael Johnson	Evolution; Humour; Religion 	Evolution; Religion; Ray Comfort 	Video
100314 	Back on the nets---but why bother 	White coat underground 	PalMD 	Medicine; Internet; Quack Miranda warning 	Medicine; Quack Miranda Warning; Alternative medicine 	Comment
100314 	An Essay on Gay Rights in Africa by Desmond Tutu 	Greg Laden's blog 	Greg Laden 	Gay rights; Africa; Religion 	Gay rights; Africa; Religion; Homosexuality 	Desmond Tutu in Washington Post
100314 	TONIGHT! "The miracle of engineering tucked away in his pants." 	Biophemera 	Jessica Palmer 	Human reproduction 	Sexual reproduction 	National Geographic
100315 	Dismal news from Ireland 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Child abuse; Catholic; Ireland 	Child abuse; Roman Catholic Church; Republic of Ireland 	The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland. BBC
100315 	Grand news from Ireland! 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Blasphemy Law; Ireland 	Blasphemy; Republic of Ireland 	ATHEIST IRELAND;Guardian
100315 	Sunday Sacrilege: Magic words 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Swearing; Blasphemy; Language 	Inflammatory language; Sexuality 	Diatribe about squeamish folk who don't like swearing (basically)
100315 	God is too cute to be a literalist 	Gene expression 	Razib Khan 	Bible; Translation 	Bible; CP Bible project; A Storehouse of Knowledge 	Amazon
100315 	The Reality of Waterboarding 	Dispatches from the Culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Torture; Waterboarding 	Torture; Waterboarding 	Waterboarding for dummies (Salon.com)
100315 	The Devil Went Down to Vatican City 	Dispatches from the Culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Exorcism; Vatican; Reigion, 	Exorcism; Roman Catholic Church 	Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican (Times online)
100315 	Ellis Washington Responds. Kind Of. 	Dispatches from the Culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Evolution; Biblical literalism 	Biblical literalism; Evolution; Creationism; Big Bang 	Discussion of email EW → EB
100315 	Me in the Huff Po on Texas Inanity 	Dispatches from the Culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Texas Board of Education 	Education; Texas 	How The Texas Textbook Revision Came To Be (Huff Post)
100314 	I get email 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Evolution; Creationism 	Evolution; Creationism 	Email received by PZ re: Life will find a way (PharylgulaFeb 2006)
100315 	I get email 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Evolution; Creationism 	Evolution; Creationism 	Email responses to: I get email
100315 	Hate Crimes are OK in OK 	Greg Laden's blog 	Greg Laden 	Hate Crime; Law 	Hate crime 	Oklahoma Daily "Oklahoma U's Independent voice"
100315 	The Australian's War on Science 47: Bats aren't bugs 	Deltoid 	Tim Lambert 	Science reporting; Journalism;; newspapers 	Science; News; Journalism 	Science the victim of dishonest attacks (John Quiggin [blog])
100316 	TEDTalks: Eric Mead: The Magic of the Placebo 	Living the scientific life 	GrrlScientist 	Placebo 	Placebo 	TED talks (You tube vid)
100316 	Alternative science for alternative medicine 	Respectful insolence 	Orac 	Woo; CAM; SCience 	woo; Alternative medicine Science 	On Understanding the Very Different Science Premises Meaningful to CAM Versus Orthodox Medicine: Part I—The Fundamentals (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
100316 	McDonnell Reverses Himself on Discrimination 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Discrimination; Law; Virginia 	Discrimination; Law; Virginia 	McDonnell Reverses Himself on Discrimination (Executive order pdf); passim; passim
100316 	Hitchens Revises the Ten Commandments 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Ten commandments; Christopher Hitchens 	Ten Commandments; Christopher Hitchens 	The New Commandments (Vanity fair)
100316 	Andrew McCarthy, Meet Gen. Petraeus 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Torture 	Torture 	The Spurious Slurs of Andy McCarthy (True slant[blog])
100316 	Appeals Court Upholds Taitz Fine 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Orly Taitz 	Birther; Orly Taitz 	Court to Orly Taitz: Pay Your $20,000 Sanction (Washington Independent)
100316 	Dumbass Quote of the Day 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Texas; Education; Chuck Norris 	Education; Texas; Chuck Norris 	Don't mess with Texas … textbooks!WND(!)
100316 	Bad, bad media 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Atheism; Journalism 	Atheism; Journalism; Australia 	Reporting of the atheist convention. Loads of links in body
100317 	When Scientists Try Their Hands at Sex Toy Manufacturing... 	On becoming a domestic and laboratory goddess	Isis the Scientist 	Sex toys 	Sex toys 	Humour
100317 	Disco. fever in the brain 	Thoughts from Kansas 	Josh Rosenau 	ID 	Intelligent design 	Ayala and Falk Miss the Signs in the Genome(Richard Sternberg Evolution News [Discovery Institute])
100317 	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Kills Animals 	Living the scientific life 	Grrlscientist 	PETA 	PETA 	You tube video
100317 	How to make a snake 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Biology; Evolution; DNA; Hox gene 	Evolution; DNA; Biology 	Lizard & snake similarities
100317 	"Censorship." You keep using that word. It[sic do not think it means what you think it means.] 	Respectful insolence 	Orac 	Autism 	Vaccine hysteria; Censorship; Balance fallacy 	Sebelius Asks Media to Censor Autism Debate (Age of autism)
100317 	Palin Stumps for Bachmann 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	Politics; Sarah Palin; Michele Bachmann 	Politics; Sarah Palin; Michele Bachmann 	Palin to host Minneapolis fundraiser for Bachmann (Star Tribune blog)Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann Photo Op Priced At $10,000 (Huff Post)
100317 	Vox Day's Empty Arrogance 	Dispatches from the culture wars 	Ed Brayton 	WND; Atheism; Dawkins; Hitchens 	WorldNetDaily; Atheism; Richard Dawkins; Christopher Hitchens	Against the New Atheism (Vox Day; WND)
100317)	Kent Hovind is still in jail, and he's going to stay there for a long time 	Pharyngula 	PZ Myers 	Kent Hovind; Creationism 	Kent Hovind; Creationism 	Hilarious! PZ's been asked to contribute (and pray) for Hovind's appeal!
100317 	Tiny Cyborgs 	Oscillator 	Christina Agapakis 	Nanotechnology; Robotics 	Nanotechnology; Robotics 	Several vids in body
==Series==
Startdate	Latestdate	Title 	Blog 	Author 	Subject 	RW ref 	Other refor comment
100105 	100115 	Deconstructing Social DarwinismPart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 	The primate diaries	Eric Michael Johnson	Darwinism; Society 	Charles Darwin 	Knocking "Social Darwinism" in the head
100108 	100308 	The Greatest Story Ever Told-- 01 -- Before the Big Bang;-- 02 -- The Graceful Exit;-- 03 -- The Big Bang!; -- 04 -- The Expanding Universe;-- 05 -- Matter vs. Antimatter;-- 06 -- Goodbye antimatter, hello protons, neutrons, and electrons!	Starts with a bang 	Ethan Siegel 	Big Bang 	Big bang 	History of the universe(ongoing)
100217 	100304 	Basic female reproductionPart 1Part 2, get out your iPadsPart 3, Oral ContraceptivesPart 4, The Reproduction BitPart 5. Aaaaaand, BABIES 	Neurotopia 	Scicurious 	Female reproduction	Sexual reproduction	What it says on the box
100308 	100308 	Guest Post 1: Male Reproductive AnatomyPart 1: Male Reproductive AnatomyPart 2: Spermatogenesis 	Neurotopia 	Ambivalent Academic 	Male reproduction 	Sexual reproduction	What it says on the boxFirst 2 parts
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