This new article has gained substantial attention on the interwebs, and who can blame us? After all, knights, shining armor, it’s what lots of people like to pretend to be (or pretend to be rescued by, goes both ways). Picture it if you would: a damsel in distress, inches from death in the maw of […]
Sci’s been meaning to cover this paper for a while, honestly. There is really so much to blog and so little time, you know? I saw this paper make a minor splash when it came out back in June, and I’ve been wanting to read it myself. And what better way to really READ a […]
Make sure to check out my post at SciAm today, on “wicked bugs: the louse that conquered Napoleon’s army and other diabolical insects“. It’s a fun read (though unsettling at points, and those sparrow wasps we SCARY), and I got to ask the author a few questions! Head over and check it out!
Honestly, I feel like I write this post every year. Or at least discuss writing it every year. Usually other people say what I think much better on these issues than I do. And yet, every time, I hear from people, via Twitter, Email, etc, saying I should join under my Real Name. That what […]
A weemahway, A weemahway… You think too hard about this paper, you’ll get this song in your head for the next few days. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Humans. We have a lot of fears, many of them somewhat justified. Heights, spiders, the scream mask. The dark. In Westernized countries a lot of these […]
Because I can’t remember what part we’re on. But this is the LAST, I promise! Sorry it took so long, photo sharing issues plus other things like jetlag. 🙂 Day 9: Back to Tokyo! We had a little time before we went back to Tokyo in the morning, and so we headed off to the […]
A tweet via @Vaughnbell yesterday shared this paper, and I just couldn’t let it go by. Sigh. So very much to blog, so very little time. I don’t know how you all feel about breakfast, but for Sci, it’s a little essential. I NEED it. If I don’t get breakfast by 10am I am a […]
Today being Monday, Sci will be over at her Sci Am blog, expounding today on the latest paper about coffee. I mean, what ELSE?!
We are now at the fourth part in the series in which Sci and Mr. S went to Japan. And I’ve got more photos, and MOAR weird foods!! We headed to Kyoto in the morning, using the famous Shinkansen: the bullet train! This is a very good thing. You can take a normal train from […]
One of my favorite types of posts is the type where I get to throw in a ton of music links. This one is no exception. Put on your headphones! I saw this paper covered in an article on Jezebel before I left for vacation, and there just wasn’t time to cover it then. The […]