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 […]
The SciCom Class Blog, and Social Media
This year, SciCom offers a brand new social media class, and as part of the class we just launched our class blog, titled ‘A Tale of Ten Slugs – Becoming science journalists in an electronic age’. It’ll be at ‘http://ataleoftenslugs.com/’ very shortly, as soon as the domain name registration goes through. It’s meant to be […]
Santa Cruz SciCom and Clips from my internship
It’s been an intense few weeks in Santa Cruz, but I’ve been enjoying it so far. It helps that it’s so pretty, and the weather’s been great: here are some pictures of the view of downtown Santa Cruz and the Pacific Ocean during my walk back from class. Classes have been fun, though there’s always […]
I’m off to become a Banana Slug (and get trained in science writing)
Well, after an enjoyable summer in DC, I’m off to UC Santa Cruz to attend their graduate Science Communication program. It should be a great experience, though fairly intense. I’ll have classes twice a week, and be doing an internship another couple of days a week. I’ve been looking forward to my first internship at […]
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 […]
How Visual Illusions Make Your Brain Flip
How Visual Illusions Make Your Brain Flip. Interesting research on trying to identify the region of the brain which causes you to switch between two ways of viewing certain optical illusion. The study points to the superior parietal lobe being involved, but I found the study method even more interesting than the results. Check out […]
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 […]
This year’s best microscopic photos
The Year’s Best Smallest Photography. Another year, another set of stunning microscopic images from Nikon’s Small World contest. Check out some of the favorite photos of Wired’s Betsy Mason, who also judged this year’s contest. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I posted last year’s winners for PopSci.com, here’s that post as a […]
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 […]
Should genetic testing be regulated? The latest news on the debate.
Risky secrets – Blog – Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI). A nice round-up of the latest issues concerning direct-to-consumer genetic testing. And since it’s on the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative website, it also talks about the problems of using these tests for autism genes. Definitely worth a read. Some highlights: A flurry of […]