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 […]
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 […]
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.
Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful | Popular Science
Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful | Popular Science. Another of my news items for PopSci.com, apparently a little alcohol in the blood could help survive head injuries. Alcohol in the blood probably contributed to some of those head injuries in the first place, so somewhat mixed blessings I guess…
Newest Lightbulb Tech Combines Advantages of Incandescent, Fluorescent, and LED | Popular Science
Newest Lightbulb Tech Combines Advantages of Incandescent, Fluorescent, and LED | Popular Science. A new type of light bulb that’s supposed to be as energy-efficient as CFL, but provide warmer, more incandescent-like light…follow the link to read my story at PopSci.com
Fungus-Infected Violin Beats Stradivarius in Listening Test | Popular Science
Fungus-Infected Violin Beats Stradivarius in Listening Test | Popular Science. Apparently you can replicate the sound of a Stradivarius violin by infecting wood with a special fungus, and then using it to make violins. Should make high quality violins cheaper, even if blind listening tests are bound to be subjective. Anyway, another article of mine […]
A Squirt of Stem Cell Gel Heals Brain Injuries | Popular Science
A Squirt of Stem Cell Gel Heals Brain Injuries | Popular Science. Not as cool as swarms of insect-robots, but likely to be a lot more useful sooner. The scientists developed a gel that can be loaded with chemicals and stem cells, and seems to help brain injuries heal. Follow the title link for the […]
Ant-Sized Microbots Travel in Swarms | Popular Science
Ant-Sized Microbots Travel in Swarms | Popular Science. My first article for PopSci.com, about Microbots, the possible future of robotics. The researchers developed a way to quickly make tiny, cheap, mass-produced robots. Individually they’re simple, but if each one can communicate and collect data, together they might be able to mimic certain insects like ants, […]