Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Monday, February 14, 2011

T-shirt: How to explain your research at a party.

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My new t-shirt reward for renewing my subscription to Science arrived. I wore it proudly yesterday. How to explain your research at a party...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Measuring Shellpot Creek Stream Flow with a Leaf

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Before today's rain, the Shellpot Creek has been so low due to the lack of rain that it has contracted down to flowing through a few inc...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Babies and monkeys laughing at unpopular names

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Sometimes the most recent good stuff is over at Childhood Antics : A study of baby, monkey and primate laughter shows evolution of laughter...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Science - is there nothing it won't do?

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Two comics today that perfectly capture the hubris of science and engineering. (via Savage Chickens ) I also like the contrast between norma...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Some years have lots of acorns and some don't

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Several articles in the press and out on the web today have sensationalist titles like " Where are the acorns? ", " Acorns di...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Ph.D. Thesis Interpretive Dance Competition

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Back in graduate school, as the pressures of getting ready to defend my thesis grew, my lab partner and I would come up with more and more f...
Monday, January 07, 2008

Are you a Nerd? Of course you are, you're reading this.

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You always knew you were a nerd, but just what kind are you? As always the Internet comes to the rescue with a fun quiz. My results may not...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Are you smarter than an 8th Grader?

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Remember all that stuff that was taught to us in school? Even I, lover of science and knowledge that I am, must admit that not all of that...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Overly sensitive radioactivity detectors - no radiation is too small?

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As more and more public venues put in radiation detectors in the aftermath of 9-11 and the general terrorist scare, it appears they are catc...