An Odyssey with Animals

“An Odyssey with Animals: A veterinarian’s reflections on the animal rights and welfare debate” by Adrian R. Morrison.

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Links for Tuesday that Need your Clicks!

First off, Silence is the Enemy is growing by leaps and bounds. But we still needs your clicks! We needs them, precious. After all, if we don’t have clicks, no money goes to Doctors Without Borders! Clickity, precious, clickity. With every click, we raise both money and awareness. In the realm of other things that […]

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More challenge grant idiocy from NIH

One of my close colleagues got on eRA Commons and downloaded the challenge grants she was to review before eRA Commons went down for major upgrades in a majorly untimely fashion. This was a prudent move on her part since by the time eRA Commons would be accessible again, she would be traveling for multiple […]

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Cognitive Daily Gets Violent

This month’s issue is on video games, and whether or not violent video games can contribute to violence in children and adolescents. Their conclusion: maaaaaaaybe.

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More Friday Weird Science! On Saturday. Whatever

Happy Saturday! I’m always looking for some good videos to make my day. This one is no exception. I wish I could imbed, but apparently I can’t. So you need to go HERE. Yes, HERE. To see THIS. The five most remarkable animal penises. The guest is a guy who is actually a PENISOLOGIST. Clearly, […]

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Silence is the Enemy, but there are Forces of Good

Unfortunately, Sci missed a little of the furor of “Silence in the Enemy”. Something is not happy with her Google Reader. But the response has been AMAZING. Please check them all out if you get the chance, especially as many of the people who posted will be donating to Doctors Without Borders this month. And […]

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Let your clicks ring loud

As you all might have noticed yesterday, Silence is the Enemy is spreading like…only something on the internet can spread. It’s even made the NY Times! It’s wonderful to see something like this capturing so much attention. But this is not just a single day initiative. This is an ongoing, month-long drive to raise as […]

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In which Sci gets Active: Silence is the Enemy

So today is an awareness day. Many bloggers around the science blogosphere and abroad are spreading the word about what’s going on. We are not powerless, and we should not sit by and say “it’s half a world away”. In the age of the internet, that’s not so far.

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