Tagged: Carl Zimmer

How did feathers evolve? - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • May 03, 2013 •

• birds,
• Carl Zimmer,
• design,
• evolution,
• feathers,
• Siouxsie Wiles,
• Ted Ed

No doubt you all know by now that fellow Sciblogger and all-around awesomesauce person Siouxsie Wiles has started making some wonderful science videos. If you’ve not already seen and loved them, you can catch them on her YouTube channel –… Read more › … Read More

More fraud behind paper retractions than you might have thought - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Oct 02, 2012 •

• Carl Zimmer,
• fraud,
• Medically-related,
• misconduct,
• PubMed,
• retraction,
• science publishing

A subject that’s come up in discussion with my friend a couple of times recently has been the increase in retractions of scientific papers from journals. I’ve always staunchly defended allegations this might be due to naughty scientists. I am … Read more › … Read More

A universe in an eBook (or app) - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 22, 2012 •

• book review,
• Carl Zimmer,
• E-book,
• Electronic,
• Sciblogs

If your are into science books – and enjoying the advantage of eBooks (or planning to), this is a web site you really must bookmark. Download The Universe has just been launched. Science writer Carl Zimmer is the “fall guy” … Continue reading → … Read More

TOSP Episode 8: October 31st 2011 - The Sciblogs Podcast

Aimee Whitcroft • Oct 31, 2011 •

• aimee whitcroft,
• anonymity,
• artificial skin,
• Carl Zimmer,
• Chelfyn Baxter,
• identity,
• internet,
• malaria vaccine,
• misc.ience,
• nanotubes,
• octopus,
• open access,
• retake the net,
• Royal Society of London,
• science tattoos,
• secret code,
• security,
• the g33k show,
• The Official Sciblogs Podcast,
• timescale of life,
• TOSP,
• translation

Featuring something ever so slightly different this week. Elf, as previously mentioned, is away for a couple of weeks (somewhere in the Pacific, possibly)? So aimee invited friend, and the g33k show co-host Chelfyn Baxter onto the podcast. This week, we covered the very real possibility of a functional malarial vaccine, carbon … Read More

Real science — warts and all - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 16, 2010 •

• Carl Zimmer,
• David Dobbs,
• Imperial College London,
• NASA,
• peer review,
• Sciblogs,
• Science journalism

After the PR hype NASA seemed to purposely promote around “arsenic bacteria” research published by Science (see NASA and old lace) there has been quite a critical reaction. Critical of the way the story was hyped by NASA, but also critical … Continue reading → … Read More

In which I join the 'hello readers!' meme - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 07, 2010 •

• Carl Zimmer,
• demographics,
• Dr Dryskull,
• Ed Yong,
• meme,
• reader survey,
• science blogging

And it’s not just a cheerful greeting, either. Rather, it’s an encouragement for our blogs’ readers to step forward, say hi, and introduce themselves. Started, well, multiple times in various ways, the most recent instance thereof is superhero science blogger** Ed Yong resurrecting his own meme.  ‘Cause you can do … Read More

Carl Zimmer's Science Reader Survey - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 18, 2010 •

• Carl Zimmer,
• science reader,
• science survey,
• survey

In a fit of market-research madness, Carl Zimmer (one of my favourite science writers)  assembled a little survey looking into people’s science reading habits. The man himself: Carl Zimmer In essence, it asked how people get their ‘science fix’, where they get it from, and how they feel about paying for it. Read More