- Do Dogs Inherently Understand Pointing Gestures? (The Other End of the Leash): Patricia McConnell weighs in on the ongoing research and debate about the canine ability to follow human pointing gestures, and whether it is genetically mediated/innate.
- Chicken Slaughtering: a day at a mobile poultry processing unit
- Domesticating the Fennec: Dog Domestication 2.0? (Retrieverman)
- Evolution: The Curious Case of Dogs (Observations of a Nerd)
- “The current phenomenon of ‘bloggers’ should be of serious concern to scientists” (Terra Sigilata)
- Science Cafes: Nice idea for getting people interested in science. How well does it work?
- The Trouble with Scientists (Speakeasy Science): “Ask yourself... whether young scientists are reward[ed] for spending time on public communication?” It would be awfully nice if, instead of being afraid that my school will notice that I am blogging, I could expect my school to reward me for trying to improve my communication skills. Just saying.