Originally posted November 3, 2010 In images and videos November 3, 2010 I wanted to share some images and videos with you. These aren’t necessarily new. Some of them have been making the rounds on the internet lately, and it is likely that most of you have seen these already. […]
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Originally posted November 1, 2010 How my body was altered overnight November 1, 2010 The human body is made up of lots of different material. Some of these materials are more abundant than others. Water. Water makes up about 70% of our bodies. Amazingly, this mimics Earth’s planetary composition. (Maybe […]
Sciencegeist: The Morning After
Originally posted October 29, 2010 WOW October 29, 2010 I was fully planning to post this Friday’s article on the upcoming mid-term elections, but my blog-partner-in-crime, Matt Hartings, just did an amazing job to rouse us all from our indifferent slumber, to invigorate our sense of patriotic duty, and to […]
Sciencegeist: Impassioned by my fellows
October 28, 2010 Make your voice be heard. Vote! October 28, 2010 I’ll be the first to admit that scientists don’t always make the best advocates. Seems like there might be a couple of reasons for this. First, there is the (at times accurate) generalization that scientists are a little […]
Sciencegeist: Informed and impassioned citizens
Originally posted October 26, 2010 And boy are my photons tired October 26, 2010 Not just tired … but really, really faint. And waaaaaay red-shifted (more on this in a minute). Some how, some way, astronomers have found a galaxy 13.1 billion light years away. (A light year is just […]
Sciencegeist: I just flew 13.1 billion years
Originally posted October 22, 2010 Perhaps you’re just mature. October 22, 2010 Comb-overs, rugs, cremes, pills, sprays and transplants… a pharmacopeia of techniques to hide, reduce or overcome baldness! Even the ancient Egyptians were at it with treatments that involved rubbing the scalp with various animal fats or tonics with […]
Sciencegeist: So, you’re going bald
Originally posted October 20, 2010 Perhaps you’re just getting old October 20, 2010 Or maybe there’s more to it than that. Graduate school seems to be one stressor of gray hairs. (Although, I don’t think that I kept most of my hair long enough through graduate school for it to […]
Sciencegeist: So, you’re going gray
Originally posted October 19, 2010 What would your science tat be? October 19, 2010 Yesterday I had a back and forth with my friend Megan on Facebook. She was all for a glowing tattoo (preferably a sundae or a cupcake) to tell her when she needed insulin. Not a bad […]
Sciencegeist: Science Tattoos
Originally posted October 18, 2010 Looking at glucose in rat brains October 18, 2010 (My inspiration for this post came from two entirely different types of chemistry blogs. The first is ChemBark. Paul’s recent post on Royce Murray’s aversion to bloggers convinced me that I needed to highlight some research […]
Sciencegeist: I’m feeling scattered. Where’s my insulin?
Originally posted October 15, 2010 Well now, that was a surprise! October 15, 2010 …apologies for the lack of pictures… When I set out to write this article, I was first interested in a status update I saw on Facebook a few days ago. The frivolity of social networking aside, […]