Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science and Religion are we getting off track?

I agree with all of you, and I believe that if the originator Hi All, I agree with all of you, and I believe that if the originator of this topic has followed the discussion, he or she now has more information to aid in discussions/exchanges with students. This "Topic" and entire discussion has

Re: [ECOLOG-L] The Real "Point" of Research?

You raise a very good question, Patrick. As a non-academic wildlife ecologist, I have found that some scientific research helps me do a better job of understanding ecological processes in a way that promotes good decision-making. I frequently find research papers and articles that directly apply

[ECOLOG-L] Aquatic Species at Risk Internship - Canada

Dear Colleagues, A six-month internship is available through the Canada Federal Public Sector Youth Internship Program to work on aquatic species at risk at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Internship Opportunity: Species at Risk Modelling Intern, BC-PS-R62 Descrip

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science and Religion are we getting off track?

Jim Roper and Ecolog: The track has proven to have a lot of forks and branches; that doesn't bother me, as I'm in this to learn, not to instruct. It started with evolution and losing a grad student because of his/her religion. As I recall the particular religion wasn't specified, and no other

Re: [ECOLOG-L] The Real "Point" of Research?

Patrick, I think the point of all research is to increase our knowledge of how the natural world works. It's how the information is used that determines whether there are immediate applications of that knowledge or whether it needs to sit and "cook" for awhile while other research fills in the

[ECOLOG-L] Summary: caution buying JMP

Dear fellow Ecologgers, Thank you for all of the suggestions on resolving my JMP problem (my computer will run JMP 7, but not JMP 8, JMP won't sell version 7 any more, and I can't open eight years of data analysis because of it). Here is a summary of the suggestions I have gotten. I have

Re: [ECOLOG-L] The Real "Point" of Research?

A good question, Patrick. Why not apply it to other realms of endeavor? For instance, what is the point of serving others as much as possible? Is this the only way of making the world a better place? Everyone serving everyone else is like everyone doing everyone else's laundry; wouldn't it be ju

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Software Bazaar entries open for Conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio)

The Call for Software Bazaar entries is now open for the inaugural conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio), at http://ievobio.org/ocs/index.php/ievobio/ 2010. See below for instructions. The Software Bazaar features presenters demonstrating their so

[ECOLOG-L] The Real "Point" of Research?

Hello All, I am a recent UCLA grad with a B.S. in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution. I love learning about science and research, and I am especially interested in Vertebrate Morphology. I feel like grad school is the best future for me, but there is one question that always bites me when I think

[ECOLOG-L] Student Travel Grants

This is just a reminder that applications for the Applied Ecology Section student travel grants to the ESA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh are due at the end of the month. I will extend the deadline to June 1 since Monday is a holiday for most people. Also, the applications for the SERDP student trave

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science and Religion are we getting off track?

Wayne et al., I think we have gotten a little off-track. After all, if we accept that science is or should be evidence-based, then the putative "uses" of religion, as well as the number of gods there are in the universe, are not in the purview of science. If a scientist is also superstitious (an

[ECOLOG-L] Gulf oil spill and protected areas

Use the link below to see how the Gulf oil spill is approaching protected areas in the Gulf. This is an interactive map that you can change and is updated daily. The protected areas are based on the Protected Areas Database of the US (PAD-US 1.1), which is an update of PAD-US 1.0 and was released

[ECOLOG-L] ESA Photo Contest

Last week, the Applied Ecology Section announced an EcoArt Photo Contest to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Unbeknownst to us, the Student Section has been holding an Eco-Arts Exhibition for the past few years which includes an Eco-Arts photo contest. Therefore, i

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science and Religion are we getting off track?

To tickle the ostensible track: I think innumerable and complex interactions comprise each individual person's development and what may influence any certain person to drop a class based on selection of a textbook or other pedagogical approaches is as unique as that person's life. In response

[ECOLOG-L] EcoTone: Ballistics experts of the bug world

Meet the ballistics experts of the bug world: A quick draw beetle that fires volatile liquids with the pulse of a Tommy Gun, aphids that self-combust at the threat of a predator and a double-pistoled worm that sprays its victim with streams of goo. Of course, these insects are not the only inver

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science and Religion Dogmatic conflict?

Hi, Micah and others: I find many problems with that all energy has electrical charge. Both the words "energy" and "charge" are used in many ways, and in the context of your writing it was not possible infer what meanings attached. There's high-energy rock music, there's the energy you fe

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology and Landscape Architecture at Penn State

Hi, At Penn State, we require several ecologically-based courses before they graduate (in a 5-year program). Some of them are introductory biology and botany and soils. Following those is my introductory ecology class, followed by another that focuses more on plant communities. They get a wee