Posts for October, 2009
Dr Shock MD PhD
From sanctuary to snake pit: the rise and fall of asylums, with this title the New Scientist has a collection of photos on the history of the asylums. Fascinating pictures one of which depicts an old ECT apparatus
Most people associate the word “asylum” with squalor and brutality – an impression strengthened by [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
From 7 until 22 November, Amsterdam will be the center for chocoholics. It will be the chocolate capital of the world. Participating restaurants will have menus with chocolate, there will be chocolate workshops, chocolate high tea and much more. Have a look at the website: http://www.choca.nu (in Dutch).
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Suinae in a curcurbit; how much more agrobiodiverse can you get?
Happy Halloweeen, friends.
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Scienceroll
Yesterday I found out I had 20 invitations for a Google Wave account. I asked my followers on Twitter whether anyone needed one, and I got over 80 requests. It seems people would like to give it a try. But what about other developments that also aim to change the way we communicate. Here is [...]
Mystery Rays from Outer Space
Of the tools that are available or envisioned, only a highly efficacious, long-lasting vaccine would provide the degree and duration of transmission-blocking needed to achieve the simultaneous protection applied across a whole population at contiguous risk that is required to reduce and maintain R0 < 1 for that entire area
–Plowe, C., [...]
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I have 12 Google Wave invites – who wants one?
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Cell phones become handheld tools for global development. Agriculture — and Jacob — need you.
Vermicomposting of source-separated human faeces for nutrient recycling. Aren’t heavy metals a problem?
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Some of us do actually know that IFs are crap. Nor are they what we uniquely rely on when …
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From talented journalist and editor to homeless, to depression, to suicidal…and back again. Impressive story. Hope always, always finds a way.
Becky Blanton planned to live in her van for a year and see the country, but when depression set in and her freelance job ended, her camping trip turned into homelessness. In [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Our friend Andy Jarvis and co-workers recently published a paper in the Journal for Nature Conservation entitled “Assessment of threats to ecosystems in South America.” Very interesting in its own right, but check out the map below. Andy has very kindly superimposed for us the location of peanut and potato wild relatives on [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Yesterday was National Chocolate Day. Who knew? Not even the experts.
Oxford 2009; report of the veg bloggers and breeders get-together.
Ginza rice farm. What happened?
How do we fund plant breeding? You will let us know, won’t you.
More Food May Not Mean Less Hunger. Say it isn’t so.
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The Crop Science Society of America recently announced its annual awards, to be presented at the Society’s annual meetings in Pittsburgh on 3 November, next week. We couldn’t be happier about the Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lectureship, which goes to our friend and sometime blogger here, Robert. J. Hijmans. As the announcement says, [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content, delivered over super-fast bandwidth in real time. Figuring out how to rank real-time social content is “the great challenge of the age,”
Found his observations on teenagers impressive, does he still have teenagers [...]