Category Archives: Articles about science

(Icelandic) Vísindin verið full karllæg

Posted on: 23/06/2025 by Arnar Pálsson

Sorry, this entry is only available in Icelandic.

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Skilningur á rás 1

Posted on: 14/08/2024 by Arnar Pálsson

Fyrir örþættina Uppástand á rás 1. Umsjón og upptaka Jóhannes Ólafsson. Flutt 24. júní 2024. Skilningur Skilningur var ræddur við kvöldverðarborðið. Börnin reyndu að misskilja skilninginn, skilja misskilninginn, sundurliða skil – ninginn, inga við skilin og aðskilja skilninginn og skilningsleysið, … Continue reading →

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Symposium of Molecular Evolution: In Honor of Marty Kreitman’s Scientific Career

Posted on: 06/03/2024 by Arnar Pálsson

It was at the Drosophila meeting in San Diego 10-14th of April 2002. I had arrived with my uncle Einar Arnason and his late wife Betty, after driving down from Passadena. In the ginormous reception ball room we snacked and … Continue reading →

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(Icelandic) Maurar Íslands

Posted on: 12/07/2020 by Arnar Pálsson

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Plastic charr at Oikos 2020

Posted on: 12/03/2020 by Arnar Pálsson

Sarah E. Steele presented her work in the Oikos meeting last week. Mechanisms and axes of developmental plasticity and evolutionary divergence. Sarah Steele, Dagný Runarsdottir, Bjarni Kristjansson, Skuli Skulason, Prof Camille Leblanc, Sigridur R. Franzdottir, Zophonias Jonsson, Sigurdur Snorrason, Arnar … Continue reading →

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(Icelandic) Ný grein um bleikjuafbrigðin í Þingvallavatni

Posted on: 24/09/2019 by Arnar Pálsson

Icelandic press about the paper on differentiation between the sympatric morphs in Lake Thingvallavatn.

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Útdauði tegunda og blinda okkar á hægar breytingar

Posted on: 11/03/2019 by Arnar Pálsson

Útdauði dýra er raunverulegt vandamál og hann getur haft alvarlegar afleiðingar. Ástæður útdauða eru margvíslegar, ofveiðar, eyðing búsvæða, landnýting, mengun frá t.d. landbúnaði og iðnaði, og vitanlega loftslagsbreytingar. Í fyrri viku bárust tíðindi af því að fyrsta spendýrið hafi dáið … Continue reading →

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Session on bioethics at NeIC 2017

Posted on: 09/05/2017 by Arnar Pálsson

For the past 4 years I have served on the Nordic committee for bioethics. The committee operates under the umbrella of Nordforsk, and its mandate is to foster discussion and debate about bioethical questions and topics of relevance to the … Continue reading →

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