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The New Header Images

Posted on February 8, 2010February 8, 2010 By 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

Posted on February 8, 2010February 7, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 3 Comments on 365 days of Darwin: February 8, 2010
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Charlie with John McKay of archy and Mammoth Tales at Science Online 2010.

Fried New World

Posted on February 7, 2010February 7, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 7 Comments on Fried New World
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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

Posted on February 7, 2010February 7, 2010 By 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

Posted on February 6, 2010February 6, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Ocean Story Slam – Don’t forget to put the plug in
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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

Posted on February 6, 2010 By Bluegrass Blue Crab 7 Comments on Ocean Story Slam
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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…

In the honor of narratives in science, I propose an OCEAN STORY SLAM!

Plus, I know you all love competitions.

Curious? Check out my intro at YouTube. Please submit yours in reply.

What is a story slam, you ask?

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365 days of Darwin: February 6, 2010

Posted on February 6, 2010February 7, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Charlie, WhySharksMatter, and Beth Beck at Science Online 2010.

365 days of Darwin: February 5, 2010

Posted on February 5, 2010February 7, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Charlie and Carl Zimmer at Science Online 2010.

365 days of Darwin: February 4, 2010

Posted on February 4, 2010February 7, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Charlie bones up on his Shark Safety.

365 days of Darwin: February 3, 2010

Posted on February 3, 2010February 7, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Charlie, PZ, and Christie at Science Online 2010.

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