Science Everywhere

The main cause of my writer’s block and general low self-esteem when it comes to writing about people-who-are-both-scientists-and-musicians is that I don’t have as many facts as my inner scientist …

Composer Edward Elgar had a chemistry lab in a shed in his yard. There’s an anecdote about this lab in Elgar’s biography by W.H. Reed, and it’s quoted verbatim in …

This amuses me. These are crayon labels that you can stick on Crayola crayons. It covers up the existing names, like “burnt orange” and “carnation pink”, and replaces them with …

Etsy Wednesday is back! It’s a Wednesday where I feature a science-themed item from Etsy. It ran irregularly on two previous locations of the blog, and you should be able …

Google has a wonderful tradition of adapting its logo to current events. There is a pattern to the days that get Doodles: they are usually national holidays, human rights or …

SciBarCamb is over, but it was awesome this year! I am the worst at live-tweeting, but luckily Lou and Laura and lots of other enthusiastic Twitter-users were at hand to …