Category Archives: Science news

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. The ‘artful dodge’: The danger of a smooth talker. These results could explain pretty much all of politics!  Rita … Continue reading →

The Giant’s Shoulders #30 is now out at Whewell’s Ghost, and is A (Scientific) Christmas Carol! Many thanks to Rebekah Higgitt for hosting and putting together a lovely carnival! The next edition is tentatively scheduled to be hosted at Morning Coffee … Continue reading →

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. At a Loss for Words: Modern Lessons From a Lost Language. This year, a 17th century letter in Peru … Continue reading →

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. Running a little late this evening — end of semester grading is overwhelming my days!  Here are my Monday’s … Continue reading →

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. Here in the U.S., we’re just coming off our Thanksgiving weekend; to celebrate, we’ve got a couple of Thanksgiving-themed … Continue reading →

I noticed recently that, after December, we have no hosts lined up for the history of science blog carnival!  If you’re interested in hosting over the next few months, please leave a comment, or let one of the carnival managers, Dr. … Continue reading →

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. Study: More Privilege Means Less Empathy. David Berreby at Mind Matters describes some interesting research that suggests that, the … Continue reading →

The Giants’ Shoulders #29 is now up at Heterodoxolgy, and it is an “esoteric sciences special”! The carnival focuses on the strange, alien and counterintuitive in the history of the sciences.  Thanks to Egil for putting together a lovely carnival! Giants’ … Continue reading →

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. The demon is out of the bottle. No, we haven’t regressed to a superstitious era of witches and demons … Continue reading →

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. Life in the dark. Most of us live in areas of near-endless light —  night is filled with the … Continue reading →