Danger, Danger Everywhere
Just yesterday I returned to MIT and began working in a new laboratory: The Laboratory for Noble Gas Geochronology. I’ll be working in this lab at least through June. I’m dating some rocks that were collected from old research cruises to Ninetyeast Ridge (NER), a 5000 km long chain of volcanic seamounts in the Indian Ocean. My advisor and I have a new research cruise to the NER this su... »
Now you see it (sort of)…
We, your Skepchick bloggers, have been writing a lot about space recently. Well, it’s going to continue another day. Sorry, all you Earth-ists. Researchers announced Sunday that they created a gigantic 3-D map of the universe, which is cool enough on its own and even cooler when you find out that they pinpointed the location of dark matter. The existence of dark matter has been debated since... »
Oh, Meteorite, Strike Me Down!
I like meteorites. I want one to strike my apartment, just as this house in New Jersey was struck by a meteorite. So, come on meteorites. Why aren’t you crashing through my apartment here in Somerville? I live on the top floor of the building, so you can land very nicely, right in my room or possibly my bathroom. Don’t land in the kitchen… that might disturb my housemates. God, i... »
Skepdudes now on YouTube!
And who could forget the ‘chicks? Thanks to imrational for creating the Skepdudes video, and to George Hrab for allowing his awesome skeptic-friendly music to be the soundtrack of both videos! »
A Different Kind of Life on Mars
When I was a sophomore in college, I went on a field trip to Death Valley and Owens Valley with my volcanology class over spring break. At the time, everyone was very excited about the Mars rovers. I was buying a soda in a grocery store and saw the above “Weekly World News”, a fine newspaper that I read on a regular basis. By “read” I mean that I usually skim it while waiti... »
Creative Differences
This week I was going to vent my annoyance about the recycling campaign currently going on at my job, but then yesterday I came across this article subtitled I used to think creationists were monsters, until I married one, and I couldn’t resist. The article is about a girl who was raised Roman Catholic, left the church at age 16, and converted to liberal quakerism. I can respect that –... »
