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New Stuff Tuesday – September 27

Posted on September 27, 2011 by kyle

The Dolphin in the Mirror Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives by Diana Reiss QL737 .C432 R457 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Animals are fascinating creatures, and when they live in water, it’s even cooler. I remember going up … Continue reading →

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Movies and Scientific Ethics

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Barbara

Movies and scientific ethics may seem an unlikely pairing, and maybe I just think too much when I see movies about scientific research, but when I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes this weekend I had the same … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – April 26

Posted on April 26, 2011 by kyle

The Twenty-four Hour Mind: The Role of Sleep and Dreaming in our Emotional Lives by Rosalind Cartwright RA786 .C37 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor I must confess: I love sleep. I can’t help it. There’s just something about getting … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – October 5

Posted on October 5, 2010 by kyle

Parasites: Tales of Humanity’s Most Unwelcome Guests by Rosemary Drisdelle QL757 .D75 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor As I showed this week’s featured title, shown at the right, to Ronna, her response: “Ewww.” That’s pretty much the answer that … Continue reading →

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Ken Miller @UWW M Oct. 4

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Barbara

Ken Miller, Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence at Brown University, will present “Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for the Soul of America” @7pm on Mon., Oct. 4 (location: Irvin L. Young Auditorium). It’s the start of the … Continue reading →

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September Feature: Online Resource Extravaganza

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Carol

We’ve conjured up more database magic for our users. By cancelling print or lesser-used online products, we’ve been able to add many new databases to our repertoire during the spring and summer. Here are some of the latest additions. For … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – August 24

Posted on August 24, 2010 by kyle

Geoforensics by Alastair Ruffell & Jennifer McKinley QE38.5 .R85 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor I remember sitting in my dorm room my sophomore year, trying to be the good student, while my roommate would watch hour after hour of … Continue reading →

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Scientists Behaving Badly

Posted on July 8, 2010 by kyle

When you think of plagiarism, you tend to think of students frantically trying to finish a paper at the last minute, choosing to ‘borrow’ a paragraph or two from some of the research that they found. But scientists? Professional researchers … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – July 6

Posted on July 7, 2010 by kyle

The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine & Science by R. Douglas Fields QP376 .F46 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor I know that sometimes when debating with people that pull … Continue reading →

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And you thought you needed new shoes

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Ronna

Here’s an argument to use the next time you need to defend buying a pair of high quality (read: expensive) leather shoes: they might cost a lot, but they’ll last 5,000 years. Archaeologists excavating a cave in Armenia recently discovered … Continue reading →

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