Category Archives: General science

The Giant’s Shoulders #51 is out! Tales of Patriotic Science-Nerds, Vortex Cannons and Nuking the Goat

The 51st edition of The Giant’s Shoulders is up at the History of Geology blog!  As its title suggests, within the carnival you can read about: Patriotic science nerd Thomas Jefferson, who defended America’s biological honor with a moose, A very old … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders: The Fiftieth Anniversary edition is out!

The fiftieth edition of the history of science blog carnival The Giant’s Shoulders is up at From the Hands of Quacks!  In this lovely edition, you can read about science history in the Olympics, new blogs on women in science, … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders #49: “Crisis what crisis?” edition is out!

I’m a few days late in noting this, but the 49th edition of the history of science blog carnival The Giant’s Shoulders is up at The Renaissance Mathematicus! In this edition, you can read about: Sports doping, Victorian style, The … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders #48 is out!

The carnival was a little delayed, and my announcement of it is even more belated, but the 48th edition of The Giant’s Shoulders history of science blog carnival is up at Clerestories!  In the carnival, you can read: The history … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders #47 is up at The Medical Heritage Library!

A week delayed, but worth the wait:  the 47th edition of The Giant’s Shoulders history of science blog carnival is up at The Medical Heritage Library!  In this edition, you can read about: the politics of Isaac Newton’s knighthood, the … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders #46 is out!

Delayed a week due to technical issues, the long-awaited 46th edition of The Giant’s Shoulders history of science blog carnival is up at Providentia!  It’s a doozy, featuring things such as: How Jewish leaders reacted to Darwin’s theory of evolution, An … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders #45

Welcome to the 45th edition of The Giant’s Shoulders, the monthly history of science blog carnival!  We’ve got a lot of interesting entries to cover, so let’s get going! Captain of the men of death.  Over at White Coat Underground, … Continue reading

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The Giant’s Shoulders #44 — The Grand Bazaar Edition — is now up!

The 44th edition of The Giant’s Shoulders, the history of science blog carnival, is up over at The Renaissance Mathematicus! In it, you can read about: The tale of the first woman to go around the world — in the … Continue reading

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What a scientist looks like! (Also on Scientific American)

One of the neat things that has evolved out of the recently-concluded Science Online 2012 is the new site “This is What a Scientist Looks Like“.  Founded by the excellent Allie Wilkinson, the site solicits photos and descriptions of scientists … Continue reading

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Science Online 2012: A visit to the North Carolina Museum for Natural Sciences

The second of a series of posts chronicling my observations and experiences at Science Online 2012, which I attended last week. I love museums!  My parents, especially my father, started taking me to science museums and zoos in the Chicago … Continue reading

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