Learning with the Fang

a place where I 'think out loud' and share stuff online

Entries from May 2008

I think you will be seeing a lot more of this image.

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Just in:
http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=432&cID=8

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the surface of Mars.
Fang – Mike Seyfang.

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Tags: education

TWAM04 – The Week According to Me (Mike) episode 4

May 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Some things of interest noticed in the last week of May, 2008.
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Nature podcast reports on Platypus genome sequence paper (Frank Grutzner from the University of Adelaide was involved in this important work)
eBird – an example of ‘Citizen Science’ harnessing the web and general public
Michael Coghlan talks about all things new [...]

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We need to talk about saving the murray, darling!

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

South Australia IS in the midst of a water management crisis and we need to have some robust discussions with each other and our upstream neighbours to find a way forward. According to Professor Mike Young we have a small window of opportunity to influence the detailed implementation of a memorandum of understanding signed by [...]

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Tags: water

Help me find top sites/blogs to recruit scientists

May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the research teams I work with have asked me to ‘put the word out’ about some exciting Post-doc positions available in their labs. Trouble is, I have no idea where to start for these physics centric positions (if they were for chemists I would have an idea where to begin).
So, dear readers – [...]

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Tags: education

TWAM03 – The Week According to Me (Mike) episode 3

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Some things of interest noticed in the first week of May, 2008.
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news on nanotechnology transistors, nanoassembly machines and single photons
Jean Claude Bradley (again), LISE08 talk on Second Life in the Chemistry Classroom (which inspired my playful discovery of some wonderful 3D molecular models from second life to a range of [...]

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