At the upcoming Science Online ’09 conference, Peggy Kolm and Stephanie Zvan will be hosting a session about the use of science fiction to communicate science. They’re asking science fiction …
Last week at the video rental place I saw a documentary called “Autism: The Musical”. I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries lately, and most recently I’ve also been interested …
I hadn’t heard of Remembrance Day before I came to Canada. That confused people: “Didn’t we liberate you guys?” Well, yes, on May 5th, 1945, don’t you remember? Holland celebrates …
It’s my last Saturday at the lab. For years the lab has dominated my entire life. I moved continents to do PhD research. I had to make new friends in …
A lot of scientific equipment is carefully designed to do exactly what is needed for the experiments in question. But sometimes regular objects work just as well, or even better. …
And I’m back. That was not a very long blog break, but a necessary one. During the blog break I didn’t stop writing: I have several thousands words of insecure …