My brother sent me some interesting blog posts regarding Echinoderms vs. Mollusks and which ones are better and why.
I was at first wondering how this argument starting showing up over the internet and decided to test out its argumentative quality…
This is the biojournalism.com companion podcast for 3-29-2008. The podcast is published weekly and covers the science news from the past week in a quiz-style format. As always, we welcome your comments below or email us: podcast@biojournalism.com.
Here are this week’s…
I was thinking that exercise would perhaps just force the cold out of my body, make me well faster, even if I was killing my lungs with my coughing. So I raced Saturday and Sunday and spent sunday night and monday morning completely miserable. I’m still getting over my cold, so perhaps my idea didn’t work.
Was I helping or harming myself? According to an article in American Fitness, “New research shows you can put as much effort into a workout when you have a cold as when you are healthy.” However, it warns against exercising if you have a fever.
This is the biojournalism.com podcast for 3/22/2008. We cover the science news from the past week in a quiz style format. We’d love to hear your comments: leave them below, or email us: podcast@biojournalism.com
Contents:
A horse goes “neigh”…. The cat goes “meow”. Pig goes ‘oink’. The plant goes….
Wait…. The plant?
Apparently, plants can now be identified by the sound they make. According to ScienceNOW, ” Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can identify some…
Okay, well, personally I felt it was already getting to be spring… most of the time I assume that as soon as its March, its spring.
So why is there a specific date for the start of Spring? It has to…
Although many psychologists swear by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), there is some criticism toward the diagnosis of Mental Disorders.
The DSM-IV assumes that humans can distinguish between normal and abnormal. Some people argue that mental disease…
If you ever study animal behavior or ethology, you’re taught not to read human emotion into animal reactions and behavior.
But why?
The answer is that these are animals and we’re looking for reasons for actions rather than saying an animal hid because it was embarrassed. Animals arn’t humans! they don’t even come CLOSE! Right…?
Perhaps it isn’t as inaccurate as all that to believe that some animals are as complex in emotion as humans.
Kallen is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Journalism at the University of Oregon and, of course, writing a blog.