Science Blog Carnival, Up at Providentia

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | December 6, 2010

A new edi­tion of Sci­en­tia Pro Pub­lica, the biweek­ly blog car­ni­val that “show­cases the finest sci­ence, med­ical and envi­ron­ment writ­ing pub­lished in the blo­gos­phere”, is avail­able now, host­ed by Prov­i­den­tia, To enjoy, click Here.

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Scientia Pro Publica #16: Us, Friends, and Society

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 16, 2009 |

Wel­come to the 16th edi­tion  of Sci­en­tia Pro Pub­li­ca, the blog car­ni­val  that cel­e­brates the best sci­ence, nature and med­ical writ­ing pub­lished in the blo­gos­phere with­in the past 60 days. What are some of the fas­ci­nat­ing top­ics you can explore and dis­cuss with this group of blog­gers? Sci­ence & Us The Evolv­ing Mind: What’s the point of…

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Blog Carnivals: Encephalon, Grand Rounds, Change of Shift

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 2, 2009

Three excel­lent new edi­tions of these blog car­ni­vals: — Encephalon at Neu­roskep­tic: brain and mind top­ics. — Grand Rounds at Run­ning a Hos­pi­tal: over­all health and med­i­cine, this week with spe­cial theme “when things go awry”. — Change of Shift at Emergi­Blog: nurs­ing and relat­ed health­care topics.

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MetaCarnival #1: a conversation across the blogosphere

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 27, 2008

Wel­come to the first edi­tion of MetaCar­ni­val: a Car­ni­val of Car­ni­vals (announced here), the new, month­ly, and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary gath­er­ing of blogs and blog car­ni­vals. Let’s pic­ture all par­tic­i­pants in the shad­ow of an expan­sive sycamore tree, con­duct­ing a live­ly Q&A lunch dis­cus­sion. Gen­er­al Advice  Q: What would you rec­om­mend to live as long as possible,…

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MetaCarnival: A Carnival of Blog Carnivals

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 23, 2008 |

If you are a blog­ger or read blogs often, you know that there are a good num­ber of excel­lent blog car­ni­vals focused on spe­cif­ic themes. If you are inter­est­ed in med­i­cine, you know what car­ni­val to vis­it. Edu­ca­tion, the same. Biol­o­gy, neu­ro­science, nurs­ing, birds, aging, philosophy…a vari­ety of top­ics are very well cov­ered in the…

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