David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 7:00 am
According to the promoters of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London aimed at UK Scientific Heritage: “Scientists are no longer unrecognisable boffins” thanks to the S...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 7:00 am
According to the promoters of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London aimed at UK Scientific Heritage: “Scientists are no longer unrecognisable boffins” thanks to the S...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 24, 2009, 7:00 am
You wouldn’t want your personal info showing up in a Facebook ad or third-party app would you? Even if it were only displayed to ads shown to friends… Apparently, Facebook does not give t...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 7:00 am
A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically poin...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 7:00 am
A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically poin...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 18, 2009, 7:00 am
Can the internet prevent government corruption? You’re probably never going to meet an entirely honest politician, but according to a statistical study by US researchers of 170 countries the int...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 7:00 am
Time to bring you up to date on the latest science headlines I’ve put together for other sites this last couple of weeks, so here’s a quick round-up: On the SpectroscopyNOW site, this iss...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 7:00 am
Time to bring you up to date on the latest science headlines I’ve put together for other sites this last couple of weeks, so here’s a quick round-up: On the SpectroscopyNOW site, this iss...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 16, 2009, 7:00 am
I just received a spam email from someone going by the likely name of J Hunt. Apparently he had some used equipment to sell. Unfortunately, its use seems to have proved fatal to his father: “My...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 7:00 am
The wastewater released from industry often contains high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can kill organisms, damage ecosystems, and accumulate in the foodchain. Electroplating, lead smelting, min...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 7:00 am
The wastewater released from industry often contains high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can kill organisms, damage ecosystems, and accumulate in the foodchain. Electroplating, lead smelting, min...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 13, 2009, 6:00 am
A mobile malware epidemic could render phone networks useless within two to three years, if public awareness of the issue and network security experts don’t take control out of the hands of hack...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 12, 2009, 7:00 am
Latest news reports from yours truly on Spectroscopynow.com Juggling matters on the brain – UK scientists have used magnetic resonance imaging to reveal that learning a complex task like juggli...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 12, 2009, 7:00 am
Latest news reports from yours truly on Spectroscopynow.com Juggling matters on the brain – UK scientists have used magnetic resonance imaging to reveal that learning a complex task like juggli...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 11, 2009, 6:00 am
Having moved its Lists feature out of beta recently, the social media service, Twitter is currently beta testing a new way for users to see who’s talking about their tweets. The new ReTweet, or...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 7:00 am
Twenty years ago today, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I lay on a bed in a cramped backpackers’ hostel in the Katherine Gorge National Park (now Nitmiluk), in Australia’s Northern Territo...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 7:00 am
Twenty years ago today, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I lay on a bed in a cramped backpackers’ hostel in the Katherine Gorge National Park (now Nitmiluk), in Australia’s Northern Territo...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 6, 2009, 6:00 am
When did you last check your blog’s subscriber numbers? It’s been quite a while for me. But, this week, I decided to take a quick look at my Feedburner stats. Seems that Sciencetext, SciSc...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 7:00 am
In the current issue of The Alchemist we learn how to stick methane molecules to metals without breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds and how to make impossible carbene catalysts without the usual prerequisi...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 7:00 am
In the current issue of The Alchemist we learn how to stick methane molecules to metals without breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds and how to make impossible carbene catalysts without the usual prerequisi...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 2:45 am
The manually compiled Scientwists list of science people on Twitter grew from around 100 of my contacts in January 2009 to almost 700 members, who asked to join or who retweeted the link as of October...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 2:45 am
The manually compiled Scientwists list of science people on Twitter grew from around 100 of my contacts in January 2009 to almost 700 members, who asked to join or who retweeted the link as of October...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 4, 2009, 6:00 am
I’m a Facebook slut. I keep LinkedIn for parallel monogamous business connections but will friend almost anyone on Facebook. It’s all about reaching out, after all. I want as many friends ...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 7:00 am
Laura Bonetta wrote an excellent article for the science journal Cell recently in which she quoted various science types who use Twitter on the subject of whether or not scientists should be tweeting....
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 7:00 am
Laura Bonetta wrote an excellent article for the science journal Cell recently in which she quoted various science types who use Twitter on the subject of whether or not scientists should be tweeting....
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 3:38 am
UPDATE – NOV 5: Still working through the almost 650 members of the list, but now up to the P’s. Pressure was on from lots of science tweeps for to categorise my scientwist list…so ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 3:38 am
UPDATE – NOV 5: Still working through the almost 650 members of the list, but now up to the P’s. Pressure was on from lots of science tweeps for to categorise my scientwist list…so ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Nov 2, 2009, 12:05 pm
People rarely go shopping together online. Okay, occasionally I’ll show my wife that I can buy some item or other we need cheaper online than at the mall, but that’s usually just to save t...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 8:03 am
... Tweepml.org to help automate bio and avatar updates, Twitter announced the release of its own lists system ... tweet about it). As such, I’ve been gradually adding the scientwists to my ow...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 8:03 am
... Tweepml.org to help automate bio and avatar updates, Twitter announced the release of its own lists system ... tweet about it). As such, I’ve been gradually adding the scientwists to my ow...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 7:00 am
On the menu today, why red wine is a no-no when it comes to fishy cuisine, how chemists can help you improve your gravy, and a whole platter of food chemistry to tempt your taste buds: “Red win...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 7:00 am
On the menu today, why red wine is a no-no when it comes to fishy cuisine, how chemists can help you improve your gravy, and a whole platter of food chemistry to tempt your taste buds: “Red win...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 28, 2009, 11:00 am
A few weeks ago, I heard about a new antispam plugin called Cookies for Comments. After a couple of months of testing, I confess that it’s the most impressive plugin for blocking spam on a Wordp...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 27, 2009, 7:00 am
Don’t be such a scientist! It’s the kind of thing I’d expect my sister to say to my face if I’ve gone off on one of my lecture mode conversations about some great discovery, or...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Oct 27, 2009, 7:00 am
Don’t be such a scientist! It’s the kind of thing I’d expect my sister to say to my face if I’ve gone off on one of my lecture mode conversations about some great discovery, or...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 26, 2009, 11:00 am
Without copyright protection creative types would not create. That, apparently, is one of the defenses put forward by the likes of the RIAA and the MPAA. These organizations chase after file sharers a...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 23, 2009, 11:00 am
Some time ago, the NYT’s David Pogue ran a feature with a bunch of tech tips that seemed obvious to him but that he was shocked to discover a lot of people didn’t actually know. Like Contr...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Oct 22, 2009, 8:00 am
Right, the kettle is on for a morning brew and apparently our household is using 3.07 kilowatts. That will include the chest freezer in the garage, the refrigerator in the kitchen, the electric kettle...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 22, 2009, 8:00 am
Right, the kettle is on for a morning brew and apparently our household is using 3.07 kilowatts. That will include the chest freezer in the garage, the refrigerator in the kitchen, the electric kettle...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 21, 2009, 11:00 am
If the wife of FBI boss Robert Mueller has allegedly warned him not to use online banking because his incompetence on the computer could leave them open to online fraud, then is there any hope for pro...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 3:00 pm
My latest contributions to SpectroscopyNOW.com and my current Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com are now live: Sweetening breast cancer risk – Experimental and epidemiological evidence previously ...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 3:00 pm
My latest contributions to SpectroscopyNOW.com and my current Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com are now live: Sweetening breast cancer risk – Experimental and epidemiological evidence previously ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 19, 2009, 11:00 am
Sometimes trying to improve something is doomed to fail. I wanted to give Sciencetext readers a better experience when reading posts and leaving comments, so I installed various plugins one after the ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 16, 2009, 11:00 am
Did you get an email with the following text recently, or something similar, claiming to be from DHL: Unfortunately we failed to deliver the postal package you have sent on the 11th of July in time b...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 3:00 pm
It’s Blog Action Day 2009 and the subject this year is Climate Change. So, here are a few resources for readers seeking out climate information: IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 3:00 pm
It’s Blog Action Day 2009 and the subject this year is Climate Change. So, here are a few resources for readers seeking out climate information: IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencetext Tech Talk - Oct 13, 2009, 3:00 pm
Hands up: who clicks through on banner ads and popups? That many of you, really? Interesting… You may be surprised to learn that banner ad click through rates are very low. That could be a bad ...
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David B. posted an article on SciScoop Science News Blog - Oct 13, 2009, 7:00 am
Reduce, re-use, and recycle. Just one of the countless mantras of the twenty-first century that we are told will save the planet. Of course, my grandmother used to put it far more succinctly and in a ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 13, 2009, 7:00 am
Reduce, re-use, and recycle. Just one of the countless mantras of the twenty-first century that we are told will save the planet. Of course, my grandmother used to put it far more succinctly and in a ...
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David B. posted an article on Sciencebase Science Blog - Oct 9, 2009, 3:00 pm
The media was today almost drenched with the idea that water and other wonders would be been found on the Moon, but unfortunately LXPRESS was the least moist of damp squibs ever and no 50 km plume was...
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