Sci is at Sci Am today, sharing part of my blog origin story, as part of a description of what my session with Kate Clancy will be about at Science Online 2012. We will be talking about taking risks in science blogging, what it means, and what our responsibilities are. And of course, we’ll be […]
I’ve noticed something about young people in science (and maybe this translates well to older people in science, too). We lie like rugs. Not big things like your name, your birthdate, you scientific findings. No no. Little lies. Things like “yeah, I totally work at least 2 hours every night when I get home”. Honey, […]
In the wrapup of the recent Nobel ceremonies (always much less feted than the actual announcement of the winners, but there you go), there was a panel, talking to young scientists, from Nobel Prize winners, about what it takes to succeed (or at least to end up as a Nobel Prize winner). A write up […]
YES! Sci applied, and got picked, to be one of the “neurobloggers” for the Society for Neuroscience meeting this year in Washington, DC!! It’s gonna be a GOOD time. Each day of the conference I will be posting about the latest and greatest neuroscience over at Scientific American. And in the days leading up to […]
But especially to the new students and postdocs who don’t yet really know what’s up, You know that delicious scent you just bought? That nice perfume? That neat smelling shampoo? That cool new deodorant or body spray? Guess what? I can smell it. And so can the rodents. By now, young students, you may be […]
Sci’s IgNobel prize coverage continues over at Sci’s Scientific American blog, where I’ve got coverage of the IgNobel prize winners. The latest posts are on the fire-alarm prowess of the WASABI, as well as when a sigh is more than just a sigh (though no one has yet empirically studied whether a cigar is just […]
Sci had a GREAT time at the IgNobels last night! Best ceremony I’ve ever been, by far. So much fun, so much crazy, and so much audience participation! But I’ll warn you, they really SUCKS for accuracy at throwing paper airplanes. 🙂 Make sure you check out the winners, the Storify and recording of the […]
Robot Kermit: “Hey, listen you, how about you and me getting together and makin ‘ some ste-e-e-am heat. Huh, snuggle bunny?” Miss Piggy: “Snuggle bunny? Why, uh…” Robot Kermit: “Yeah. Look, let me take you away from all this. Aaah, a marriage made in heaven. A frog and a pig. We can have bouncing baby […]
Head over and welcome the latest blog to Scientopia, the Research Initiative for Science Enhancement (RISE) blog from North Carolina Central University! We are so proud to be able to interact with aspiring young scientists via their new blog, and to be able to give them a place to put their bloggy home. The blog […]
In just a few days, Sci heads off to the lands beyond, to Washington, DC, for Experimental Biology 2011. I’m very excited to be sharing my own science there, as well as being able to BLOG THE MEETING! I will try to tweet some cool abstracts as well, but as I do not yet own […]