Scientia Pro Publica 20 Now Available

Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.


Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival was just published! The "Scientia Pro Publica #20" edition of Scientia Pro Publica is hosted by John at Kind of Curious. This was John's first time ever to host a blog carnival of any kind, so be sure to go there, read and leave your encouraging comments!

To send your science, nature or medical writing to Scientia Pro Publica, either use this automated submission form or use the cute little widget on the right or you can email it directly to the carnival email address; ScientiaBlogCarnival@gmail.com. [Apparently, the blog carnival automatic submission form has been restored to functionality] Be sure to include the URL or "permalink", the essay title and, to make life easier for the host, please include a 2-3 sentence summary. Remember, this blog carnival focuses on communicating to the public, so your essays must be understandable to non-specialists. Further, this blog carnival is not a vehicle for transmitting pseudoscience or advertising -- there are plenty of venues available for that.

The next issue will be hosted on 15 February by me at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted). If you are interested in rescuing everyone out there from my minimalist blog carnival style by hosting this carnival yourself, please contact me as soon as possible or send email to the Scientia email account (link provided earlier in this blog entry). I need hosts for all editions that will publish in 2010. Scientia Pro Publica is published on the first and third Monday of each month, so feel free to choose a particular date, or I'll assign you the first available date.

Scientia Pro Publica 19 Now Available

Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.


Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival was just published! The "Scientia Pro Publica 19: The Blogodiversity Edition" of Scientia Pro Publica is hosted by Bob O'Hara at Deep Thoughts and Silliness. This blog carnival celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days.

To send your science, nature or medical writing to Scientia Pro Publica, either use this automated submission form or use the cute little widget on the right or you can email it directly to the carnival email address; ScientiaBlogCarnival@gmail.com. [Apparently, the blog carnival automatic submission form has been restored to functionality] Be sure to include the URL or "permalink", the essay title and, to make life easier for the host, please include a 2-3 sentence summary. Remember, this blog carnival focuses on communicating to the public, so your essays must be understandable to non-specialists. Further, this blog carnival is not a vehicle for transmitting pseudoscience or advertising -- there are plenty of venues available for that.

The next issue will be hosted on 1 February by John at Kind of Curious. If you are interested in hosting this carnival on your blog, please contact me as soon as possible or send email to the Scientia email account (link provided earlier in this blog entry). I need hosts for all editions that will publish in 2010. Scientia Pro Publica is published on the first and third Monday of each month, so feel free to choose a particular date, or I'll assign you the first available date.

Blog Carnival Site Malfunction

It appears that the Blog Carnival Index and Submission site is broken. I've been working at replacing all the listings that mysteriously disappeared, and supposedly all my updates were accepted, but after an hour and a half of trying to get the site to cooperate with me, I find that all my changes have disappeared once again. This is incredibly frustrating, since I could have (and should have) used that chunk of time to do other, more useful, things, like writing a story, feeding my birds or, hell, scratching and spitting!

What does all this mean for us? (Screaming loudly comes to mind). It means that the only reliable way for anyone to send submissions to the Scientia Pro Publica blog carnival is to email links directly to the Scientia email account at Scientia Blog Carnival at gmail. (spaces added and email address deliberately left incomplete to prevent spamation).

The upcoming edition of Scientia will be published on Monday, 18 January 2010 at Deep Thoughts and Silliness. As always, Scientia is seeking hosts for upcoming editions. It is published on the first and third Mondays of each month, and all hosting dates are as yet unclaimed. To request a specific date, send email to the Scientia email account, or to GrrlScientist at gmail.

Scientia Pro Publica 18 Now Available

Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.


Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival was just published! The "Scientia Pro Publica 18: The Last of the Oughties Edition" of Scientia Pro Publica is hosted by Madhu at Reconciliation Ecology. This blog carnival celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days.

To send your science, nature or medical writing to Scientia Pro Publica, either use this automated submission form or use the cute little widget on the right email it directly to its email address; ScientiaBlogCarnival@gmail.com. Be sure to include the URL or "permalink", the essay title and, to make life easier for the host, please include a 2-3 sentence summary. Remember, this blog carnival focuses on communicating to the public, so your essays must be understandable to non-specialists. Further, this blog carnival is not a vehicle for transmitting pseudoscience or advertising -- there are plenty of venues available for that.

For the upcoming issue -- the first one of 2010 -- on 18 January, I will be assisting host Bob O'Hara, author of recently reanimated science blog, Deep Thoughts and Silliness. If you are interested in hosting this carnival on your blog, please contact me as soon as possible or notify the current host (please note that I prefer hosts who have had their writing included in one or more editions of this carnival). I need hosts for all editions that will publish in 2010. Scientia Pro Publica is published on the first and third Monday of each month, so feel free to choose a particular date, or I'll assign you the first available date.

Correction to Host for the Upcoming Edition of Scientia

I made a mistake. Madhu, the author of Reconciliation Ecology, will be your host for the 21 December 2009 edition of Scientia. Once again, to send your science, nature or medical writing to Scientia Pro Publica, email the link directly to its email address; ScientiaBlogCarnival@gmail.com. Be sure to include (1) the URL or "permalink", (2) the essay title and, to make life easier for the host, (3) please include a 2-3 sentence summary.

For the first issue of 2010, published on 4 January, I will be assisting host Bob O'Hara, author of currently hibernating blog, Deep Thoughts and Silliness. However, hosts are needed for all editions after that.

Scientia Pro Publica 17 Now Available

Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.


Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival was just published! The "Scientia Pro Publica 17: The EPIC Edition" of Scientia Pro Publica is hosted by Kelsey at Mauka to Makai. This edition almost didn't happen due to the SNAFU with the automated online submission form. This blog carnival celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days.

To send your science, nature or medical writing to Scientia Pro Publica, either use this automated submission form or use the cute little widget on the right directly at its email address; ScientiaBlogCarnival@gmail.com. Be sure to include the URL or "permalink", the essay title and, to make life easier for the host, please include a 2-3 sentence summary. Remember, this blog carnival focuses on communicating to the public, so your essays must be understandable to non-specialists. Further, this blog carnival is not a vehicle for transmitting pseudoscience or advertising to the public -- there are plenty of venues available for that.

For the upcoming issue -- the last one of 2009 -- on 21 December, I will be assisting host Bob O'Hara, author of currently hibernating blog, Deep Thoughts and Silliness Madhu, the author of Reconciliation Ecology, will be your host. If you are interested in hosting this carnival on your blog, please contact me as soon as possible or notify the current host (please note that I prefer hosts who have had their writing included in one or more editions of this carnival). I need hosts for all editions that will publish in 2010. Scientia Pro Publica is published on the first and third Monday of each month, so feel free to choose a particular date, or I'll assign you the first available date.

Scientia Pro Publica: Automated Submission Errors Threaten Blog Carnival

The blog carnival submission form has not been sending submissions to the proper blog carnival email addresses, so Scientia pro Publica has ONE submission so far -- and it publishes TOMORROW!! If you have sent a submission to this carnival, PLEASE resend it immediately! I am hoping all of you come through my sending at least one science-y submission (yours or other people's) to this carnival ASAP to help out the host so she doesn't pull all her hairs out.