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Audi’s Green Police Ad

February 8, 2010April 21, 2010 David Shiffman 1 Comment

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Even though my Steelers weren’t in it this year, I watched the Super Bowl last night. I suppose that we have to let other teams win occasionally. I was disappointed by the ads this year overall (though the milkaholic E-trade baby and the Dorito’s ninja were awesome), but one in particular caught my attention. Is … Read More “Audi’s Green Police Ad” »

The New Header Images

February 8, 2010February 8, 2010 Andrew Thaler

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We’ve replaced the old “walkway through swamp” header with a series of rotating headers highlighting different aspects of our lives and sciences. Since, we’re throwing out the old site and bringing you a bigger, stronger, faster, smarter Southern Fried Science, I’d thought I’d take this opportunity to show off the new headers and give y’all a little insight into our reasons for using these images:

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365 days of Darwin: February 8, 2010

February 8, 2010February 7, 2010 Andrew Thaler 3 Comments

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Charlie with John McKay of archy and Mammoth Tales at Science Online 2010.

Fried New World

February 7, 2010February 7, 2010 Andrew Thaler 7 Comments

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We can rebuilt it, we have the technology, we can make it bigger, stronger, faster, harder. Welcome to Southern Fried Science 2.0! Over the weekend, major changes have happened in our humble corner of cyberspace. We made the move from the wordpress.com blog network to our own, self-hosted site on the www.bluehost.com servers. In conjunction … Read More “Fried New World” »

365 days of Darwin: February 7, 2010

February 7, 2010February 7, 2010 Andrew Thaler

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Charlie and Abel Pharmboy at Science Online 2010.

Ocean Story Slam – Don’t forget to put the plug in

February 6, 2010February 6, 2010 Andrew Thaler 1 Comment

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My contribution to Bluegrass Blue Crab’s Ocean Story Slam. Of course, since I’m also a judge, this technically doesn’t count. Some stories are just too fun not to tell, this is not one of them. So consider this my gift to you: ~Southern Fried Scientist

Ocean Story Slam

February 6, 2010 Bluegrass Blue Crab 7 Comments

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We know you all have good stories from the field, of your crazy colleagues, or simply of what crazy shenanigans happen in otherwise tedious lab time. Not to mention, your actual research should be tell-able in story form, so…