NEW VOICES: the science of twilight
NOTE: Alex Morgan's example has inspired another of my students, Danna Staaf, from the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop to write up her ruminations on …
Biophysics
two tickets to ride
I think it's fair to say that all the bloggers at the cocktail party pretty much suck of late when it comes to regular posting. …
oozing toward downington
Let me borrow a riff from co-blogger Allyson: Forgive me, readers, for I have slacked (from blogging, that is). It has been 50 phone calls, …
they like to move it, move it
Fans of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are familiar with the fictional Infinite Improbability Drive that powers the spaceship Heart of Gold. It …
into the deep
Friend of the Blog (FOB) Tom Levenson over at Inverse Square has tagged Jen-Luc Piquant with a meme for the chronically narcissistic and self-absorbed: naming …
ig nobel dreams
Humor is truly a balm to the soul. Last night I joined the Spousal Unit for the dinner-and-entertainment portion of the Caltech Skeptic's Society Origins …
jacaranda daze
It's that time of year in Los Angeles again, when the jacaranda trees are in full bloom, strewing their ultraviolet blue petals along sidewalks and …
karma chimera
When I was just a wee young thing, my grade school teacher assigned us all reports on a specific animal. I got the duckbilled platypus. …
survival of the fittest
On March 5, 2007, the New York Times ran an obituary marking the passing of former US senator Thomas F. Eagleton. To most post-Baby Boomers …
virulent ramblings
Since we're all in mourning this week for the loss of Arthur C. Clarke, I thought I'd put in a good word for one of …