I recently made a video about Maud Menten. I used Lego, of course, but this time also added myself. Menten is a famous name in Biochemistry, but for years I …
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Breaking glass and restriction enzymes
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenIn one of my undergraduate chemistry lab courses the teaching assistants ran a “Break List”. Every time you broke a piece of glassware, you got a score, depending on how …
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Lego scientists stop motion
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenLike Ben Wyatt from Parks and Recreation, I used my time off work to make a stop motion animation. Mine’s a bit longer than his, though – but only a …
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Coloring with Cell
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenI picked up “Coloring with Cell” from a conference recently. (On the last day, when all exhibitors are trying to get rid of their materials, and instead take back the …
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Etsy Wednesday – Skinner doll
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenAnother week, another scientifically themed product on Etsy. This one’s… different. It’s a doll of BF Skinner, with pigeons. Skinner is famous for inventing the “Skinner box”, in which animals …
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Etsy Wednesday – Valentine’s Day Cards
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenI’ve scrutinized Etsy to find the best science-themed Valentine’s Day cards. By “scrutinize” I mean that I looked at a bunch of them, and only selected the ones that made …