Erin Podolak (blog, Twitter) was interviewed at The SA Incubator a few weeks ago. Then she decided to turn the tables on me and interview me about The SA Incubator – why and how did I conceive of that blog, what is it for and how it works. You can read the article she wrote [...]

Most organisms that live on or near the surface of the Earth or its oceans have evolved a circadian clock – a daily timer of all biochemical, physiological and behavioral functions. Daily cycle of light and darkness in the environment is a selective factor – having an internal clock is an adaptation that allows organisms [...]

I originally published this post on August 6, 2008. Since this article came out in The American Scientist in early 1999 (you can read the entire thing here (pdf)) I have read it many times, I used it in teaching, I discussed it in Journal Clubs, and it is a never-ending fascination for me. Back [...]

This post was first published on May 10, 2009 Most people are aware that social insects, like honeybees, have three “sexes”: queens, drones and workers. Drones are males. Their only job is to fly out and mate with the queen after which they drop dead. Female larvae fed ‘royal jelly’ emerge as queens. After mating, [...]

In the flood of information, filters are invaluable – people you trust to pick the best so you can focus on that, only that, and ignore the less important stuff. Editors (including Jason here at the network) at ScienceSeeker.org and editors (including Krystal here at the network) at ResearchBlogging.org filter the best science blog posts [...]

Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, science education or science communication. So now we continue with the participants of ScienceOnline2012. See all the interviews in [...]

Yesterday, in the NYC offices of Scientific American, I was given a sweet present – three copies of the galleys of the new edition of the “Open Laboratory”, aka, ‘The Best Science Writing Online 2012′: Looks great, inside and outside! Also yesterday, we discovered that the book is now listed on Amazon.com so you can [...]

Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, science education or science communication. So now we continue with the participants of ScienceOnline2012. See all the interviews in [...]

Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, science education or science communication. So now we continue with the participants of ScienceOnline2012. See all the interviews in [...]

I posted 13 times in April. That is, on A Blog Around The Clock or on Observations (not counting the much more frequent posts on The Network Central, The SA Incubator, Video of the Week, Image of the Week, or editing Guest Blog and Expeditions). New stuff: What 3 Science Questions Do You Think the [...]