While I may not write a lot of science here anymore (I have other venues for that!), I do like to keep track of my travels. Previously we’ve been to Japan (you can view part one, two, three, four, and five) and hiked Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England (you and view part one, […]
I used to think I wasn’t “well-read.” I love to read. I always have. The instant I could read to myself I was off with any book that was left lying around. My parents gave me loads of books and were always taking me to the local library. My most potent memories of my adolescence […]
To Whom it May Concern, I was really pleased to see the Brilliants Nail Polish Line. I love the colors (especially the Naughty Newton! Love the black!), and I really like how the names are for famous brilliant scientists. I think it’s a great way to link science to people’s every day lives. I noticed though, that […]
What keeps women out of academic fields? A new paper out in Science says that it’s expectations of genius. The more academics believe that what they do requires innate talent,* the fewer women are in those fields. As I wrote about this paper, called outside sources and scrapped the original lede, I ended up thinking […]
Back in December, I gave something called a Story Collider. It’s a performance (and podcast), where people tell stories about science and their lives. I told the story of a hero I once had. The recording is above and I’m including (with permission) a rough transcript of the story below. It never comes out quite […]
(The Tempest by William Hogarth, The Yorck Project, Wikimedia Commons) On New Year’s Eve this year I got to see a performance of The Tempest at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC. In this, one of the last of Shakespeare’s plays (perhaps the last, but that’s a tough thing to determine), Prospero is a grand […]
As I stood shivering at the start line at the Charleston half, I took a look at the people around me. We all stood in contrasts of black and various neon colors, bouncing around to keep warm, adjusting armbands and water holders. We all looked fit, ready, cold… …and rich. We looked really rich. And […]
It is done. Behold. 12 months. 12 half marathons. 11 medals (the place holder is for August, Riley’s Rumble did not give out medals, but did give out popsicles around mile 7). It worked out like this: January: Charleston Half Marathon, 1:59:53 February: Colonial Half Marathon, 2:09:17 (a very bad run for me, this, but […]
I run a lot of races. A lot. Currently I’m on course to run 12 half marathons in a year. And every race I run, I see someone wearing a funny costume. I always wonder why they do it. Just to be silly? To get attention? And then yesterday, I became one of those people. […]
It’s that time of year. The time when I start thinking about cranberry brie baked bites, and undergrads start worrying about their grades. Being out of academia I sometimes forget about this. But undergrads, today I have a message for you, inspired by @Duffy_ma‘s comments on #myworstgrade. I got awful grades in college science. Awful. […]