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There’s been a rising swell of anger against certain scientific journals’ publishing practices in the research community. While I [...]
February 22, 2012
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Digging for historical climactic clues buried deep in ice, scientists are trying to determine how much time coastal cities have before rising sea [...]
January 18, 2012
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I apologize for the lack of science blogging around here, I’ve been busy with my science journalism class! I figured I can at least make up [...]
December 13, 2011
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As it’s Nobel Prize time for 2011, I thought I would tell you all why Niels Bohr is one of the most bad-ass of all Nobel Prize winners.
October 4, 2011
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Edit: If you’re interested in alternative fonts that look nice try: Gill Sans Calibri Trebuchet The hatred of Comic Sans is well [...]
September 17, 2011
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Now that is one mighty fine looking plot of data if I do say so myself! Honestly I was just excited and needed to share my pretty plot. 99% of [...]
June 30, 2011
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Hi! It’s been quiet around here lately as I’ve spent the last few weeks travelling around beautiful Peru and have been (blissfully) [...]
June 21, 2011
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I love this chart – it’s a simple way to get a look at where different solar technologies stand and how far they’ve come from [...]
May 27, 2011
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I came across a student online who was wondering: What do scientists do? What is being a scientist like? In pondering possible responses I [...]
May 4, 2011
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Why do we love science jokes? Maybe because the puns are terrible… or maybe because you realize that (unless you work in a lab) [...]
April 19, 2011