Posts tagged “Science”
Real science
Doing science can be incredibly exciting, breathtaking, and inspiring. But usually it’s more like this: via @mathematicsprof
Advice for writing about science
Carl Zimmer has some pretty awesome advice for writing about science. I’m going to try and follow it. You all should feel free to point out my mistakes. I think avoiding the words on this list is a good place for me to start. I’ve particularly abused interesting, elucidate, faciliate, impact, interaction, interdisciplinary, literally, mechanism, […]
Open Lab 2010
The Open Laboratory is a book of the best science blogging published each year. Posts are nominated and judged by science bloggers everywhere. One of my posts was nominated this year. Even though it didn’t make the final cut, I was still flattered. I’ve never actually bought the book, but I love when the final […]
Leaving graduate school
I know a lot of people in graduate school. Some of them are happy, some of them are miserable. Most are determined to finish no matter what. But that’s not always a good idea. Grad school (and academia in general) is awful at allowing scientists to have a life outside of work. And when you’re […]
What I’ve Noticed
Instead of paying for decent healthcare or public transit, our government is paying, quite literally, for more cheese. Coming out can be really, really hard. But funny, too: “I think I’m… well, um… a bicycle.” Overcoming gender essentialism is also really, really hard. But it’s so worth it. Cheating is a huge problem in our […]
Redirect
I haven’t had much time for writing substantive blog posts lately and right now is no exception. In fact, the next month probably won’t be an exception. I know this is pretty heartbreaking for you all. So, until I get back to my regular awesome blogging, I’ll be pointing you to some blogs you may […]
Figures Lie and Liars Figure – On Discussing Climate Change with Relatives
Many of my relatives don’t believe that climate change is occurring. As a scientist interested in what climate change means for the ecosystems humans rely on, this is a mite frustrating. One of my aunts is actually interested in learning more. In our last discussion, I realized that a lot of things that I think […]