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Scientiae Carnival July – A Voice In The Crowd

by podblack on July 3, 2008

Thanks to all submitters and readers to this PodBlack Cat hosted edition of Scientiae! I chose the theme of ‘A Voice In the Crowd’ due to my job this year: research assistant gathering qualitative data on engagement and retention in high schools. For the past few weeks, I’ve been travelling around the very big state [...]

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Sometimes We REALLY Need Girl Power…

by podblack on June 3, 2008

Ha, in response to my entry to the Classic Science Papers challenge (all done! Check them out!), a friend sends me the following as a suggestion for my next entry (I believe A Blog Around the Clock’s Coturnix thinks it now should become a blog carnival?). ‘Social Factors Influencing Problem Solving In Women’ by Hoffman [...]

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Science For Women, Noisy Planet And Bill C-51!

by podblack on May 4, 2008

What am I doing? I am taking a bunch of paranormal belief scales together and whittling them down. Whittly whittly. Busy bunny, that’s me. For what reason? I’ll have to let you know… later. Heh – apparently we’re a very noisy planet? Who could guess that… Earth ‘noise’ could attract alien invaders: For 40 years, [...]

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