framing the questions
This semester, I'm teaching a class I haven't taught before: Writing Research Papers (I know: why didn't my students learn that in high school? That's …
there’s still science to do!
A little music, a little animated typography, a little song about the perils of science. /sarcasm
two magesteria In the courtroom
Three years before he died, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, one of my favorite popularizers of science, published a book called Rocks of Ages: Science and …
a few choice words from the red pen brigade
Okay, the Semester From HellTM is over and I'm back to my usual teaching schedule, which means you'll be hearing from me more often. Part …
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China report
I've been back from China for about a month and I'm still processing the experience, but I thought I'd tell you all a little …
all you need is the rocket experience
If you've been paying any attention here, you know what a huge supporter of space exploration I am. Manned missions to Mars, moon bases, shuttle …
zapping the new age
I really could have used co-blogger Allyson's advice about skeptic etiquette earlier this year. At a recent party, a bunch of my non-science-geek friends and …
the ones that got away: science through cross-disciplinary eyes
There's a song by Bruce Cockburn called "The Trouble With Normal" that has stuck with me for years since I first heard it in graduate …
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be nice; it’s what makes us human
A man hangs up brightly colored pieces of paper on a line with clothespins one by one, nattering to but not interacting with a toddler. …
China on my mind
Color me boggled! I was all set to write about ionizing radiation from your CRT (still in the works, I promise) and then I got …