FYI: Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold? | Popular Science
FYI: Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold? | Popular Science. Another FYI, this one from the January issue of Popular Science, though the link above gets you to the web version. They really do answer quite a variety of questions in the FYI section, it’s always kind of fun contacting an expert […]
Can’t believe it’s 2010!
The end of an eventful year and an even more eventful decade…been busy with grad school applications and the holidays, but nearly done with both, though it’s meant that I’ve been fairly quiet on the blogging front. Something to work on in the new year, in the meanwhile, happy new year! 🙂
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the pentatonic scale
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5732745[/vimeo] Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival. Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus”, from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009. Worth watching, just to see how the audience […]
FYI: Why Don’t Loud Snorers Wake Themselves Up? | Popular Science
FYI: Why Don’t Loud Snorers Wake Themselves Up? | Popular Science. I wrote a couple of articles for Popular Science’s FYI section, including the one above. In the section, experts answer somewhat unusual questions, which is always kind of fun when you’re interviewing them. 🙂 Anyway, this one was in the December print issue, and […]
Gallery: The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images | Popular Science
Gallery: The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images | Popular Science. Popular Science has built a name for itself for having some striking visuals, and this web gallery collects a whole bunch of amazing scientific images from the print magazine and their website. A must-see for anyone who likes pretty pictures! Includes pictures from some of […]
Busy, but in the meanwhile my scientific paper is published
It’s been nearly a month since my last post! I’ve been busy working on stuff for the print magazines of Science Illustrated and Popular Science, which has kept me from writing anything for the web recently. I plan to rectify that in a little bit, but till then, I’m celebrating the publication of my first-author […]
Interview: NASA Scientist’s Plan to Extract Moon Water Affordably Using Microwaves | Popular Science
I had a chat with Dr. Ed Ethridge, who’s been using microwaves to extract water from the moon. Now that there actually seems to be a lot more water on the moon than previously predicted, we need a way to get it out. Microwaves seem to be currently the most promising technology for this. Follow […]
Wellcome Awards: The Most Stunning Medical Images of 2009 | Popular Science
Wellcome Awards: The Most Stunning Medical Images of 2009 | Popular Science. Another gallery that I made for PopSci.com, with the best medical images from this year’s Wellcome Awards. A stunning collection of images which features, among other things, aspirin, cancer cells, skin, bone, and intestine, that all look unexpectedly artistic. Follow the link to […]
Gallery: This Years Most Amazing Microscopic Photography | Popular Science
Gallery: This Years Most Amazing Microscopic Photography | Popular Science. A gallery of beautiful pictures from the latest edition of Nikon’s Small World photography competition, which showcases the best photographs taken through microscopes. Amina, another intern, and I created the gallery and did the write-ups, was fun seeing all the images in beautiful high-res…Again, the […]
NASAs Messenger Flyby Captures Never-Before-Seen Images of Mercury | Popular Science
NASAs Messenger Flyby Captures Never-Before-Seen Images of Mercury | Popular Science. Fascinating new pictures of Mercury taken by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft. Another little write-up for PopSci.com, follow the link above to read and see all the images.