Science
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Creation Museum Carnival
For those who might have missed it, Pharyngula has a well-organized collection of reactions to the Creation Museum. I can’t bring myself to write about it (Oh, the humanity!), so wanted to make sure you all saw it :)
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The 61st Skeptics’ Circle!
Tomorrow, as I hope you all know, is Towel Day — that most holy of times when we choose to remember not just our trusted towels, but also a great author and freethinker. In honor of that occasion, I give you… The Hitchhiking Skeptic’s Guide to the Galaxy (not to be confused with The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe) Angel…
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The 61st Skeptics' Circle!
Tomorrow, as I hope you all know, is Towel Day — that most holy of times when we choose to remember not just our trusted towels, but also a great author and freethinker. In honor of that occasion, I give you… The Hitchhiking Skeptic’s Guide to the Galaxy (not to be confused with The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe) Angel…
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Sex, Ego, and Birthdays
Quick, what prominent early 18th century figure shocked the pantaloons off polite society by declaring that not only do plants do the nasty, but they enjoy it, too? Answer: the adorably egotistical biologist Carl Linnaeus, whose zombie corpse turns 300 today. Happy birthday, zombie Carl! Carl is the delightful fellow who classified the world, declaring that “deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit”…
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The Method of Science?
First, it is a complete pleasure to be stealing this moment to write for such an awesome site. My hat is off to Rebecca and this great space on the crazy net. I only wish I had more time right now.  Some of you who know me know that I have 3 kids, two jobs, school, and lots of laundry.…
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So she decided to host…a contest!
Here’s a fun read: a New York Times article on the psychology behind how we narrate our own life stories. Researchers have been studying the similarities between how people describe their past and how those descriptions change and influence future decisions. A lot of interesting little tidbits arose from this, including the idea that there may be different ways to…
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Waste time at work for science!
Help out some researchers at Harvard by taking this 5-minute test on short-term visual memory! I scored a 3, which is slightly above the supposed average of 2. It’s interesting because I’ve always had a problem with one specific kind of visual memory — faces. I can’t remember a face (short-term or long-term) to save my life, but apparently if…
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Adventures in Computer Modeling
As a geology graduate student, I find the role that computers play in my research varies greatly. In the field, I don’t use computers at all. If I brought along my laptop, there would be less room for samples in my backpack. At most, I use a handheld or tablet PC GPS to record sampling locations. In the lab, computers…
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