Representatives from recent and ancient Earth
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I’m not really doing first dates anymore, but if you are trying to sweep a girl like me off her feet, you’ll do well to take her to your nearest excellent natural history museum. The CU Boulder Museum of Natural History qualifies. A few weeks ago, NEON crew got a behind-the-scenes look at loads of amaaaaazing preserved creatures in the collections there. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to tag along with a camera and an audio recorder and throw together a slideshow about the experience for the NEON blog. I’ve seen some creepy giant blind worms in jars as well as some humble but beautiful birds that became extinct almost 100 years ago. And I know way more about preserving rodents than I ever thought I would. Enough talk; time to look and listen. Some audio and photo highlights from the tour: |
On top of Arizona
I met some friends in Flagstaff after the 2011 National Association of Science Writers meeting and we summitted Mount Humphreys. Living in Boulder gave me a certain advantage over my fit but flatlander friends, but I still had to climb
On top of Arizona
I met some friends in Flagstaff after the 2011 National Association of Science Writers meeting and we summitted Mount Humphreys. Living in Boulder gave me a certain advantage over my fit but flatlander friends, but I still had to climb
Yet another blog post about talking about climate
But this one leads to a chain of interesting pieces by some of my favorite authors about how to make a tired, important topic interesting again. Bob Krulwich writes: Global warming is important, yes; controversial, certainly; complicated (OK by me);
Yet another blog post about talking about climate
But this one leads to a chain of interesting pieces by some of my favorite authors about how to make a tired, important topic interesting again. Bob Krulwich writes: Global warming is important, yes; controversial, certainly; complicated (OK by me);
How to lie, with or without statistics
Bank robberies surge in Boulder, Longmont Both Boulder and Longmont have noted a marked increase in bank robberies so far this year over 2010, a surge FBI officials say they can’t explain. Boulder has had two bank robberies so far
How to lie, with or without statistics
Bank robberies surge in Boulder, Longmont Both Boulder and Longmont have noted a marked increase in bank robberies so far this year over 2010, a surge FBI officials say they can’t explain. Boulder has had two bank robberies so far
The heat of global warming could run the world for 300 years
Since 1961, the world’s oceans have stored enough extra heat energy to meet all of the world’s power needs for 300 years (at 2008 consumption rates). Here’s how I got to that figure. I’ve been to a couple of climate
The heat of global warming could run the world for 300 years
Since 1961, the world’s oceans have stored enough extra heat energy to meet all of the world’s power needs for 300 years (at 2008 consumption rates). Here’s how I got to that figure. I’ve been to a couple of climate
Latin for “testicles”
From a NYTimes interview with Katie Couric, “Katie Couric Has a Few Regrets“: At your first job at CNN, the head of the network, Reese Schonfeld, famously said you just didn’t possess the gravitas to be in TV news. Which
Latin for “testicles”
From a NYTimes interview with Katie Couric, “Katie Couric Has a Few Regrets“: At your first job at CNN, the head of the network, Reese Schonfeld, famously said you just didn’t possess the gravitas to be in TV news. Which
Tsunamis and the energy of atomic bombs
Despite the title, this is not about the shaky state of several nuclear power plants in post-tsunami Japan. Rather, I want to fawn over Kenneth Chang’s piece, The Destructive Power of Water (NYT 12 Mar 2011). An excerpt: A typical
Tsunamis and the energy of atomic bombs
Despite the title, this is not about the shaky state of several nuclear power plants in post-tsunami Japan. Rather, I want to fawn over Kenneth Chang’s piece, The Destructive Power of Water (NYT 12 Mar 2011). An excerpt: A typical
Nuclear War Still Not a Good Idea
A NASA computer simulation shows that nuclear war could throws up a huge soot cloud that warms, rises, and blocks sunlight to cool the Earth. Now that’s the kind of climate change we like to see! Except there’s also that
Nuclear War Still Not a Good Idea
A NASA computer simulation shows that nuclear war could throws up a huge soot cloud that warms, rises, and blocks sunlight to cool the Earth. Now that’s the kind of climate change we like to see! Except there’s also that
No unwanted babies, just neutered pets going into heat
First I see this story: When Hormone Creams Expose Others to Risks (NYTimes, 2010 Oct 25) Veterinarians around the country are reporting a strange phenomenon: spayed dogs and cats, even some puppies and kittens, are suddenly becoming hormonal. In female
No unwanted babies, just neutered pets going into heat
First I see this story: When Hormone Creams Expose Others to Risks (NYTimes, 2010 Oct 25) Veterinarians around the country are reporting a strange phenomenon: spayed dogs and cats, even some puppies and kittens, are suddenly becoming hormonal. In female
Apples to apples in interracial marriage
This is a follow-up on a NYTimes story, Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar. The range and extremes in this cursory analysis of interracial marriage rates are pretty striking: Of all 3.8 million adults who married in
Apples to apples in interracial marriage
This is a follow-up on a NYTimes story, Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar. The range and extremes in this cursory analysis of interracial marriage rates are pretty striking: Of all 3.8 million adults who married in