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Just thought I’d let you know that the blog of ScienceWoman (that I talked about in an earlier post) has now moved. Her blogging about her day to day experiences and thoughts as an early career woman scientist will be getting a whole lot more attention now that it is under the ScienceBlogs umbrella. Go and have a look at her new digs. She’s already started off nicely with a post asking readers to name their favourite woman scientist, with the resulting interesting contributions and discussions you’d expect in the comments. Go and add your two cents.

While I was over at ScienceBlogs (haven’t been in a long while) I spotted a rather fascinating post on Mixing Memory (a blog about the cognitive sciences) about the Margaret Thatcher Illusion. (Maggie was a scientist, by the way - Chemist, if I recall correctly; The illusion is not by her, but an early presentation of it involved an image of her). Have a look, since it will give you quite a jolt when you see what we do (or don’t do) in recognizing structures in faces.

-cvj

On this day on Asymptotia...

• Tips on Global Warming - 2007
• Yellow In Miniature - 2006

Some Related Asymptotia Posts (not exhaustive):

• Still So Far To Go
• Science Woman
• Women in Science - What to Do Next?
• On The Potential of Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia