Shaping a stem cell's future. Most of us are familiar with the idea of stem cells (and the political controversies associated with them): cells which can be chemically manipulated into…
ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: the Irish-Caribbean, Earth’s early years, wound-healing and nest-building, and large quantum objects
The Irish Diaspora: Why Even Trinidadians Are a Little Irish. On the heels of St. Patrick's Day, Krystal at Anthropology in Practice tells the fascinating and little-known tale of why…
The Giant’s Shoulders #21 is up!
The twenty-first edition of The Giant’s Shoulders is up at PACHSmörgåsbord, just in time to commemorate the birthday of Caroline Herschel! Many thanks to Darin for assembling it! The deadline…
ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: corporate water abuse, vanishing audiophiles, artificial coffee smelling and 60k-year-old canteens
Coca-Cola and Water Use in India: "Good Till the Last Drop". Eric Michael Johnson at The Primate Diaries describes the shocking and little-heard of abuse of water resources by Coca-Cola…
7 days until The Giant’s Shoulders #21!
There’s 7 days left until the deadline for The Giant’s Shoulders #21! It will be held at PACHSmörgåsbord, and entries can be submitted through blogcarnival.com or directly to the host…
ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: chimps with tools, moon-bases, shrinky dink science, and earthquake predictions
Uncovering the "Chimpanzee Stone Age". First, from Brian at Laelaps we have a discussion of stone tool use in chimpanzees -- and the archaeology of such tool use! Will the…
ResearchBlogging Awards voting open!
I should remind folks that voting is now open for the ResearchBlogging Awards 2010! If you are a research blogger and have an account on ResearchBlogging.org, don't forget to vote…
ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: archaeoacoustics, baboon friendships, and the teapot effect
Echoes of the past. We begin with teofilo at Gambler's House, describing fascinating speculation that the former residents of Chaco Canyon may have chosen the site for their home based…
ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: giving climate scientists their due, “revolting” statistics, and a crystal controversy
Dammit, Jim, I'm a neurobiologist, not a climatologist! It isn't his field (as he freely admits), but Björn Brembs at bjoern.brembs.blog does an excellent job clearly explaining why we should…
A little delay…
We seem to be having a little delay in the posting of The Giant's Shoulders #20. I'm trying to figure out what's up, and hopefully it'll be published within the…