*sings* There was a young student who swallowed a shrew. Didn’t even chew, just swallowed a shrew. It’s what scientists do. Sci is still over at SciAm covering this year’s IgNobel prizes! Today it’s the Archeology prize, for the pair that swallowed a shrew, and then analyzed what came out the other end. For science. […]
I’m over at SciAm Blogs today, and for the next few days, blogging the fabulously weird IgNobel prizes!! The ceremony was last night, and now I’m doing in depth analyses of all of the winners, and we’re starting with…weirdest first. The IgNobel winner in public health, the reattachment of the penis, unless of course, it […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about a recent post by Biochembelle called “the pipeline isn’t leaky”. I definitely agree with her, the way we define “the pipeline” is that you’re only in it if you’re headed toward tenure track, and that’s a problem. Because, while I’m still using my science degrees, and I feel like […]
I am at SciAm Blogs today, talking about a recent paper on the cocaine vaccine. Does it work? And how? What does it do? Head over and check it out.
I’m so excited! This year, for the third year in a row now, I’ll be heading to Boston to cover the IgNobel Prizes, the funniest prizes in science! It’s a fantastic time, and full of some AMAZINGLY weird science, which I will be covering in depth over at Scientific American. So make sure to head […]
Do you ever wish that you were more like a dolphin? More playful, carefree? More, you know, spontaneous? I guess that depends on what you mean by “spontaneous”. Aside from the many interesting habits of dolphins (spoiler, dolphins can be raging jerks, and they, and their good looks are the primary reason Lisa Frank […]
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, I actually had relatively little science exposure. I wasn’t one of those kids who won prizes at the science fair, because I didn’t have scientist parents to lend me their labs (I did something totally lame with daffodils). I got my main exposure when […]