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Tangled Bank #79
By Trevor | May 8, 2007
Over the past two weeks, dozens of writers in their own shabby huts across the globe have toiled for countless hours to share their unique perspective on issues affecting all areas of science. Now you’re being given an opportunity to read all of that hard work, in one simple place.
Welcome to the 79th edition of the Tangled Bank.
Before we get started, I would like to welcome all of the new visitors to Epigenetics News. I encourage you to check out what this newfangled “epigenetics” thing is all about — maybe hit the “random post” link over to the right a few times to get an idea.
Evolution
The evolution of wings, based on an accumulation of evidence from dinosaur fossils, is reviewed in an excellent post at Duo Quartunciae, a new blog from “Sylas” on science, mathematics, and unbelief.
Mary Hrovat of The Thinking Meat Project provides a synopsis of a two-day symposium on brain evolution in “I think I can feel my brain evolving.”
Sarda Sahney of Fish Feet asks and answers the question, “Why does a platypus lay eggs anyway?“
John Beetham of A DC Birding Blog summarizes the latest research into the evolution of duck phalluses and other strange genitalia.
Monado of Science Notes provides a nice history lesson (with excellent illustrations from Charles Darwin’s own handwritten notebooks) on Darwin and punctuated equilibrium.
And in a different sort of evolution, Coturnix of A Blog Around the Clock goes above and beyond to explain the evolution of the modern chronobiology field and reviews a recent seminal paper that provides conclusive evidence that a pacemaker is a network.
Medicine
A drug now in clinical trials offers hope for treating hundreds of diseases caused by nonsense mutations, including cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy, reports Orac at Respectful Insolence.
GrrlScientist of Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) provides a glimpse of the groundbreaking research in regenerative medicine, which allowed researchers to give paralyzed mice the chance to walk again.
Dan Rhoads of Migrations points out a review and primary article on hypoxia-inducible cancers and selections for malignancy in tumor masses.
The long shadow of smallpox from Tara C. Smith of Aetiology describes the recent phenomena of contact transmission of the vaccinia virus following vaccinations given to service men and women.
Conservation
Jeremy Bruno at The Voltage Gate is questioning the sincerity of evangelical environmentalists after reviewing the conservation book: Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action by J. Matthew Sleeth.
Tim Abbott of Walking the Berkshires takes some time to review the evolution of The Nature Conservancy logo and reflects on how each logo change coincided with remarkable transformations in the organization over its recent history.
Jennifer Forman Orth of Invasive Species remarks on the impact that certain invasive species of fish may have on the sport fishing industry at Lake Michigan.
The tactics of companies using the heightened awareness of consumers to global conservation in designing product marketing is the topic of discussion at _Paddy K_.
Mike Bergin of 10,000 Birds writes convincingly about the “eerie, sinister, unnaturally still” bird, the night heron.
Miscellaneous
A brief review of research into erectile dysfunction that aims to better define the force needed to collapse an “apparatus” is the topic of discussion by Mark A. Rayner at the skwib.
Martin Rundkvist of Aardvarchaeology discusses the impact of essentialism on archaeological interpretation.
Obligatory Administrative Details
The next Tangled Bank will be available on May 23, 2007 at geek counterpoint. To submit a post, e-mail host@tangledbank.net.
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