Happy Birthday Carl!
Carl Linnaeus, the oft-considered grandfather of biological taxonomy would be turning 301 years old today had he been a superhero, or a demon, or a Redwood.…
Read articleWhy I do science.
I’ve got a piece up at the SCQ today, which is (another) failed attempt at publishing at Seed’s print magazine. Here, a few months back, I…
Read articleThe Science Connection: singles need apply -or- You can’t make this stuff up.
– file this under “+1 for spectacular use of scientific language” – I signed up for The Scientist a while back. Recently, I received this email:…
Read articleSpring Office Cleaning -or- How Do You Stay Organized? -or- What Textbooks Did You Choose To Buy?
It’s the end of the semester; classes are over, marking is done, and my office is a sty: This always happens – a flurry of the…
Read articleTexas Rejects Creationist Degree Accreditation
Back in February, I first read about a proposal from the Institute of Creation Science that advocated the Texas government to approve an accreditation request for…
Read articleHurrah! It’s back! *SOSPICUH* is back!
I just couldn’t let this die. Ladies and gents, esteemed Terry* readers, and internet goers directed here via Google: I invite all of you to take…
Read articleSomething to add to your weekly reading:
Ben Fry’s Blog An MIT alumnus, he wrote “Visualizing Data”, perhaps better known among certain social circles as, “Hot Science Porn”. Fry thinks up novel, intuitive…
Read articleScience folks plus Creative Writing Folks. Hmmm… an interesting combo…
…And also sooooo game on. That’s right, my lab is going to mix it up next week with an inaugural run of the Science Creative Literary…
Read articleBacon, Fish, Arts vs Science, and Dawkins.
This is interesting, if not a bit alarming. Essentially, this story follows a trail of individuals that even Kevin Bacon would be proud of. The cast…
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Pondering Scientific Humor, Again.
By Dave Semeniuk,
We know scientists are a quirky group – they love topical T-shirts, have an affinity for puns, and, as I discovered this morning, scientists love infusing…
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