PNAS Science Sessions Podcasts
One of my tasks at PNAS has been to work on the Science Sessions podcasts. These are interviews with researchers about their work, and are a lot of fun to work on. I’ve done some interviews, and have edited a whole lot more conducted by the other members of the Media team. You can check […]
Science Notes 2011– features, podcasts, slideshows and videos
The 2011 edition of the UCSC Science Communication program’s Science Notes magazine came out a little while back, here is the link It has feature stories from my classmates and me, along with accompanying videos, podcasts, slideshows, and gorgeous illustrations by the science illustration students from our sister program. Here’s my story about family-forming lizards, […]
Published a Wired article on slowing light
Was excited to publish my first article for Wired Science last week! The article, which appeared on Wired.com, was about a new tiny chip that could slow light down at room temperature, thanks to some quantum physical effects. The article was fairly challenging to write, but thankfully the UC Santa Cruz researcher responsible, Holger Schmidt, […]
Zoom In on Top 8 Ultrahigh-Resolution Science Panoramas | Wired Science | Wired.com
Zoom In on Top 8 Ultrahigh-Resolution Science Panoramas | Wired Science | Wired.com. Stunning ultrahigh-resolution images, winners of a science photography contest. The images were apparently taken by a GigaPan robotic camera. Link above takes you to the image gallery. [Wired]
Earth as Art: Stunning New Images From Space | Wired Science | Wired.com
Earth as Art: Stunning New Images From Space | Wired Science | Wired.com. Wired.com has some absolutely stunning photos from the U.S. Geological Survey. [USGS Via Wired]
Nature News published my story about a new underwater robot
Underwater robot can follow marine organisms over record distances: Nature News. Nature News published my story today! Follow the link above to read it. I’m obviously excited to publish a story in Nature, it’s been a dream of mine. And the fact that it was my first pitch to them makes it feel even more […]
Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2010
Digital Journal of Photography: Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2010 – Results. Gorgeous astronomy photos at the link above, all winners of this year’s Royal Observatory competition. The winner is shown above. The young astronomy photographer winner is a 14-year old Indian boy, with a photo of a solar eclipse taken on an older digital […]
Blood of Tree, Blood of Me | Visual Science | Discover Magazine
Blood of Tree, Blood of Me | Visual Science | Discover Magazine. An intriguing collection of photographs by Tara Cronin, on DISCOVER’s Visual Science blog. The above photograph is of Tara’s blood, apparently she keeps it in the fridge and has managed to get some striking pictures of it. The rest of the collection also […]
Turn Your iPhone Into A Microscope For Only $10
How To Turn Your iPhone Into A Microscope For Only $10. Ok, this is just really cool…someone just found an elegant way to fix a small microscope to an IPhone case, making it real simple to take microscopic images with the IPhone camera. (Although the microscope attachment seems to keep increasing in price as more […]
How Blind People See the Internet
Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet. This is something that I’ve wondered about, as we rely more and more on the internet and even more so on touchscreen devices (some of which are apparently more accesible than older ones with buttons…who knew.) Nice article explaining how blind people navigate the internet and touchscreens. […]