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New and Exciting in PLoS ONE [A Blog Around The Clock]

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

There are 12 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Urochordate Histoincompatible Interactions Activate Vertebrate-Like Coagulation System Components:
The colonial ascidian […]

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Tags: Health

The range of choices of available electric vehicles

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Earlier today while talking with a colleague she asked me for advice about different kinds of electric vehicles. She’s thinking about getting some kind of scooter to tide her over until full size electric cars are available (e.g. Chevy Volt) and since I’ve owned several small electric vehicles that probably means I have some […]

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Tags: Miscellaneous

On NPR’s Science Friday today [A Blog Around The Clock]

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

There was a fantastic example of an anti-vaccination caller on this show earlier today - Parents Protest Increase In Required Vaccinations. Please listen to the podcast, especially to the last caller. Prodded over and over again, she displayed more and more loony conspiracy theories and in the end flatly stated that no kind or amount […]

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Tags: Health