While I'm headed up to DC, some topics for discussion... 1) With regard to Wednesday's post on appearances, Erasmussimo asks:
how do we draw the line between egregious and demeaning behavior and restrained acknowledgment of our human foibles?
It's a thought-provoking question. I'm interested to hear readers respond.
2) Our friend Jessica over at Bioephemera–a blog that does a wonderful job exploring the intersections of art and science–has posted some provocative pictures from Haute Macabre. What's your take? Especially the image featured left? 3) Don't forget to join us for Earth Hour 2009 tomorrow at 8:30PM (your local time)... 4) Go visit Isis over at On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess. The American Physiological Society has agreed to fund an award at this year's Experimental Biology meeting that grows with every click to her blog for 30 days. Resulting revenue will be granted to an undergraduate woman who submits the best abstract so I encourage you to click here. Often. It's a terrific way to support a young scientist and draw attention to an initiative that promotes women in science. And Isis is already surpassing expectations! Here's that url again: http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/ With that, I'm hitting the road...
