ScienceOnline 2013
This week I'm heading down to the Research Triangle—aka where I was born and where I returned to go to college—for ScienceOnline 2013 . In short, it is a gathering of 450 people who love science and particularly love writing about science. It may well be the nerdiest (said inclusively and with endearment), smartest, and most nitpicky collection of conference goers of which I've ever been a part. I'm thrilled. I'm fortunate to be one of only 28 to make it on the list for the Duke Lemur Center tour on Wednesday afternoon. The Duke Lemur Center, established in 1966, is the world’s largest sanctuary for rare and endangered prosimian primates. There are about 250 animals, including 233 lemurs encompassing 15 species, along with lorises from India and Southeast Asia and bushbabies from Africa. Speaking of babies, there's a new one. And we get to meet her. As the tweets (#scio13) have increased in number as the conference approaches, there have been mentions of candy