Good news! The sixtysixth edition of the Carnival of Evolution is up on John Wilkins' blog Evolving Thoughts: The Day of the Doctor of Evolution: CoE #66. Yeah!
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Doctor.
Doctor who?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Yes! How did you know?
Monday, December 2, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
CoE #65 on Pharyngula
PZ Myer is hosting CoE #65 on Pharyngula: The Horror Host Edition.
Next month's is at John Wilkins' Evolving Thoughts.
Next month's is at John Wilkins' Evolving Thoughts.
Friday, October 25, 2013
CoE #64 up at Reconciliation Ecology
With some delay, our Carnival survives October with an edition at Madhusudan Katti's blog, Reconciliation Ecology: Carnival of Evolution: a better late than never edition cabinet of curiousities
In addition to, of course, naming the bloggers, people who actually made sure specific posts would be included in CoE are also named. Thanks to all (actually, the few) people who dared the login at BlogCarnical.com (which is actually quite a smooth registration and login), or who posted to the Facebook page, or sent email directly to the host or to me.
In addition to, of course, naming the bloggers, people who actually made sure specific posts would be included in CoE are also named. Thanks to all (actually, the few) people who dared the login at BlogCarnical.com (which is actually quite a smooth registration and login), or who posted to the Facebook page, or sent email directly to the host or to me.
Monday, September 2, 2013
CoE 63 at EvoAnth
The Carnival of Evolution: Eclectic September edition is posted at EvoAnth by Adam Benton.
Adam chose to list the names of the people who submitted the posts, rather than those who wrote them. Perhaps this will make a few people realize that for CoE to keep running, someone has to make sure posts are submitted.
Next month is at Madhusudan Katti's Reconciliation Ecology.
Adam chose to list the names of the people who submitted the posts, rather than those who wrote them. Perhaps this will make a few people realize that for CoE to keep running, someone has to make sure posts are submitted.
Next month is at Madhusudan Katti's Reconciliation Ecology.
Friday, August 16, 2013
We have hosts for the next three months
After much yelling we have now procured CoE hosts for the next three months:
Rejoice!
| Sep 01, 2013 | EvoAnth | |
| Oct 01, 2013 | Reconciliation Ecology | |
| Nov 01, 2013 | Pharyngula |
Rejoice!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
We have a host, but we need a host
Great news. Madhusudan Kati (Reconciliation Ecology) has volunteered to host an edition of CoE. Alas, semester starts in September, so he has asked not to do it then, but will instead host in October.
Do we have anyone who could host #63 in September?
Several people have voiced concerns about what gets into CoE, and suggested that perhaps the reason that the diminished interest in submitting to CoE results from too many submissions that aren't really about evolution (just mentioning the word is of course not enough) or are pseudoscientific or too controversial. An example of the latter is a couple of posts submitted by David Peters, who allegedly are on the fringe about Pterosaur evolution. You can read a post by Darren Naish here explaining what the problem is.
I welcome such discussions, but emphasize that it should be made clear when people disagree. I think this should be obvious when blogging about science in general, but when the blogger in question doesn't explain this, the CoE host should do their best to bring it to attention. This would be easy when submissions come from Uncommon Descent, but not equally so in some other cases. To that extent I sincerely hope that knowledgable readers will post-review by commenting on the blog in question.
Any other suggestions?
Do we have anyone who could host #63 in September?
Several people have voiced concerns about what gets into CoE, and suggested that perhaps the reason that the diminished interest in submitting to CoE results from too many submissions that aren't really about evolution (just mentioning the word is of course not enough) or are pseudoscientific or too controversial. An example of the latter is a couple of posts submitted by David Peters, who allegedly are on the fringe about Pterosaur evolution. You can read a post by Darren Naish here explaining what the problem is.
I welcome such discussions, but emphasize that it should be made clear when people disagree. I think this should be obvious when blogging about science in general, but when the blogger in question doesn't explain this, the CoE host should do their best to bring it to attention. This would be easy when submissions come from Uncommon Descent, but not equally so in some other cases. To that extent I sincerely hope that knowledgable readers will post-review by commenting on the blog in question.
Any other suggestions?
Monday, August 5, 2013
How to deal with potential junk science bloggers?
I received this email from a CoE reader. My reply is below. Does this seem reasonable to you?
> This is the second C of E to feature a post from the Pterosaur Heresies [http://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com], a junk science site. Is there any screening going on here? Could we see posts from Uncommon Descent in future editions?
The screening we have is reliant on the host. The host reads all submissions and ultimately decides what is in and what is out. The guideline is simply that it must be about evolution, not that it be factually correct or far from the fringe. Yes, there is nothing inherently wrong with including posts from UD, but none has been submitted.
I was not familiar with this blog before. I see that people disagree strongly about the things discussed there, and you may well be right that David Peters is crazy, but I don't think that should deter us from reading it. It would great if the CoE host could point out that there is a discussion going on, and that most people think David Peters is wrong, for example. I will add something to this effect in the CoE instructions before next month.
Thanks,
Bjørn
P.S. We need hosts. Would you be interested?
> This is the second C of E to feature a post from the Pterosaur Heresies [http://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com], a junk science site. Is there any screening going on here? Could we see posts from Uncommon Descent in future editions?
The screening we have is reliant on the host. The host reads all submissions and ultimately decides what is in and what is out. The guideline is simply that it must be about evolution, not that it be factually correct or far from the fringe. Yes, there is nothing inherently wrong with including posts from UD, but none has been submitted.
I was not familiar with this blog before. I see that people disagree strongly about the things discussed there, and you may well be right that David Peters is crazy, but I don't think that should deter us from reading it. It would great if the CoE host could point out that there is a discussion going on, and that most people think David Peters is wrong, for example. I will add something to this effect in the CoE instructions before next month.
Thanks,
Bjørn
P.S. We need hosts. Would you be interested?
Friday, August 2, 2013
CoE in trouble
Bloggers have issues with the site that we use for submitting posts (BlogCarnival.com), because they now require people to log in every time they submit. It's really easy to register and log in, but it is of course another hurdle that many people would rather be without. Is there a better way to handle submissions? A script that trawls the web for serious evolution posts?
It is also up to the host to filter the submissions for spam and posts that are not really about evolution. We don't want CoE to be a dump of random posts marginally related to evolution - we want it to be where people go for the best blogging about evolution every month.
So we need hosts who are willing to read a lot of submissions, make sure they are legit, and write up brilliant summaries in an creative format. If that's you, please come forward. We need hosts for the fall.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
CoE 60, hosts for June, and Snowbird
The 60th edition is now up at NeuroDojo. Go check it out, it doesn't have very many posts (what is going on with that, btw? Summer?), but Zen wrote a great one.
I'm just a little disappointed he didn't make a new logo. Something like this?
We need someone to host the July edition. And August. We love the volunteers.
See you in Snowbird?
Thursday, May 2, 2013
59th at DNA Barcoding
The 59th edition of Carnival of Evolution is now up at DNA Barcoding.
We need hosts for the next editions. It's a thoroughly rewarding experience, and your blog will get lots of exposure. Plus, it's really very little work. Interested?
Monday, April 1, 2013
58th up + we need hosts
58th edition of Carnival of Evolution has been posted at Synthetic Daisies. Thanks to Bradly Alicea for hosting.
Speaking of hosting, no one has volunteered for the coming months. That means that right now the 59th edition to be posted on May 1st is available. Let yourself be heard if you are interested.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Help keep a dying species alive
It's time to submit the blog-posts on evolution you have written (or those written by others). Carnival of Evolution #58 will be hosted by Bradley Alicea on Synthetic Daisies.
Hosts are needed for May and onwards. Everyone is welcome to host, even if you have hosted before.
Lastly, I am getting the vibe that Google+ is going nowhere, and that Facebook is taking over. Even some blogging is now done on Facebook, with popular pages such as Evolution and I Fucking Love Science (you are also welcome to promote your posts on Carnival of Evolution's Facebook page). Are other people getting this? Science blog carnivals are dying left and right (I think CoE is the only one alive at the moment?). Can anything be done, or is this out of our hands? Ideas?
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