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Share your Journey

Posted on October 4, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Share your Journey
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This is reposted from the Southern Fried Science Network’s newest project – Journeys.

Science begins in the field. Every year a vast migration occurs as biologist, ecologists, chemists, geologists, social scientists, anthropologists, physicists, oceanographers, and others leave the safe comfort or their laboratories and venture out into the field. They travel by foot, bike, boat, car, and plane searching for simultaneously the most abundant and most elusive prey – data. Some will return to the same foraging ground year after year, some will explore new worlds, never to return. For the veterans, who have participated in this great migration for decades, this is just another chapter in a long a storied career. For the young, who have just begun their training, this is a new adventure, one fraught with frustration, peril, perseverance, and discovery. These are their Journeys.

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A new blog joins the Southern Fried Science Network

Posted on September 15, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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A new blog has just joined our humble little network. Head over to SouthernPlayalisticEvolutionMusic and give DNLee a hearty welcome! From the author: Yea, I love hip-hop and many might be surprised as how knowledgeable I am in all of the various hip-hop and rap demonimations.  I am a Hip-Hop Maven….and I’m also a nerdy … Read More “A new blog joins the Southern Fried Science Network” »

Check out the two newest blogs in our network

Posted on July 19, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Check out the two newest blogs in our network
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Over the last week or so, we’ve been expanding the blogs covered under the .southernfriedscience domain. Check out our newest additions – Ya Like Dags, covering all things dogfish related, and Mammoth Tales, discussing the history and science of the noble mammoth. And don’t forget to visit our new mainpage, The Gam, where posts from … Read More “Check out the two newest blogs in our network” »

Changes afoot

Posted on July 14, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Last February we introduced Bomai Cruz as the second blog in the Southern Fried Science Network and the first to operate under the blog.southernfriedscience.com format. Our plans to expand the network lay dormant after that first launch, for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had just moved Southern Fried Science to … Read More “Changes afoot” »

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