Science? in Florida?
Mar 11th 2008nerd alert
A while back Scripps decided to set up a branch in Florida. Specifically, in the county due south of where I grew up.
Getting ideas published
Feb 17th 2008nerd alert & rants
It’s a really great feeling when an idea you had finally reaches the outside world. For instance: I asked my
One down…
Dec 13th 2005General & nerd alert
“No openings right now. Sorry.” And the other one I really wanted could be a couple weeks until I hear back,
too much information
Nov 17th 2005nerd alert
One of the hardest things for professors to do in teaching is to explain things in ways that people actually understand.
“Unacceptable” suffering
Jul 19th 2005General
The rich die differently from you and me, but “‘Regardless of wealth, older Americans carry an unacceptable
Dino-brand tissues, twice as soft!
Mar 28th 2005nerd alert
For those who haven’t seen it yet, apparently they’ve found out that dinosaur bones (most notably a T. rex) may contain soft tissue:
Removal of the mineral phase reveals transparent, flexible, hollow blood vessels containing small round microstructures that can be expressed from the vessels into solution. Some regions of the demineralized bone matrix are highly [...]