Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power) -- Sir Francis Bacon.
Welcome to the 5th round of Scientia Pro Publica. The Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted to the public (instead of to other scientists) that has been published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days.
I apologize in advance if the carnival seems a bit incoherent, but due to a mild allergic reaction to something I ate yesterday, my tongue started to swell up, and I didn't sleep as much as I'd have liked. Apparently it's possible to get allergic reactions to food, without being allergic. This is a piece of medical knowledge I'd been perfectly happy to have gained through a blogpost somewhere.
Before starting on the submissions, I should probably mention that a number of the submissions didn't make it to the carnival. The aim of the carnival is to bring science to the public, which means that submissions should both contain science and be suitable for the general public. A number of submissions failed to live up to the science criteria, and thus haven't been included. Some of the submissions that did make it, might not be as suitable for the general public as one would have liked, but overall I felt that they merited inclusions.
Biology/Evolution GrrlScientist presents a book review of Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution is True
Given the media coverage of the discovery of Ida, I was surprised that there wasn't more submissions on that subject. Luckily Greg Laden has submitted a great post on Ida the Fossil Primate
Physics/Astronomy DrKuha describes his submission as "Attempting to draw comparisons between Phlogiston Theory and the Higgs boson and String Theory in an effort to shed some light on how scientific insight is gained." The Phlogiston: Not Quite Vindicated
Phil for Humanity describes his submissions thus: "Finally, a plausible explanation as to why time travelers from the future have never arrived into our past or present, assuming time travel will be possible." Time Travel Theories « Phil for Humanity
Behavioral Ecology/Conservation Mesquite Pete explains that ets are at risk from mosquitoes as well in his post Pets and Mosquitoes
Rick Foreman presents Robotics and Artificial Intelligence - The Next Step in Human Evolution?. I should perhaps note that I am not in agreement with his premises, but I think it's a pretty good fit for the "scientists and society" category, as it reflects on how science might influence society.
The final submission I'm going to include, is one I had to debate whether really fitted the format or not. I've pretty much reached the conclusion that it doesn't but, thought "what the heck".
Hank Roberts submitted a link to a YouTube video, which I've embedded. He writes the following:
I've known about these folks for quite a while; they're completely serious and dedicated to what they're doing. I"m not involved with them, just a fan. If their video qualifies as a blog article, this is worth attention.
As I said, this is not really the right format for this carnival, and people should not expect future YouTube submissions to be included.
This ends this round of Scientia Pro Publica. I hope you have enjoyed the posts, and that my lack of sleep hasn't been too apparent.
The next edition of Scientia Pro Publica will be up at target="window" href="http://maukamakai.wordpress.com/">Mauka to Makai in two weeks, so make sure to submit all your science posts aimed at the public.
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
The Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted to the public that has been published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days. To send your submissions to Scientia Pro Publica, use this automated submission form. Be sure to include the URL or "permalink", the essay title and, to make life easier for the host, please include a 2-3 sentence summary.
I'm hosting the next round of Scientia Pro Publica blog carnival, which will go up on June 1st. If you have submissions for that round, please submit them so I'll have them on Monday morning, CET. For Americans, that means that the posts need to be submitted before midnight tomorrow.
I'm sorry I haven't responded to the people who have already submitted, but I've been quite busy lately (which also explains my light blogging), so I haven't gotten around to looking at most of them yet.
It's probably also worth mentioning that the Skeptic's Circle blog carnival is also calling for submissions
As Grrlscientist explains I am the host of the next edition of Scientia Pro Publica, which will go up on the June 1st.
If you have a good science post, explaining science to the public in one way or another, please submit the post to the carnival (see Grrlscientist's post for explanation of how).
The approx. 110th Skeptics' Circle is up over at Ferret's Cage, and it's the Calvinball edition
The 3rd edition of Scientia Pro Publica is up at Deep Thoughts and Silliness - Scientia Pro Publica 3: the Swine 'flu Edition. Scientia Pro Publica is a continuation of the earlier Tangled Bank blog carnivals, and was started by GrrlScientist
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