by Danielle Venton | Dec 28, 2010 | Posts
“I know that piece of paper is around here somewhere . . .” Getting the newspaper out is sometimes called the “daily miracle.” And while it might not be exactly comparable to walking on water, the daily cycle leaves me ever-awed. The week after...
by Donna Hesterman | Dec 23, 2010 | Posts
I made a video of my sister-in-law Sara dying eggs in the pysanky technique. It’s a big file, so have a glass of nog to pass the time while it downloads. Enjoy! http://gallery.me.com/hestermandl/100137
by Nadia Drake | Dec 18, 2010 | Posts
I’m stuck at home and dealing with a formidable, unexpected foe: FREE TIME! I think my utter dread of unstructured minutes motivates much of my multi-tasking. Maybe I should be more aware of that. So — I’m creating a blog post, because otherwise,...
by Keith Rozendal | Dec 8, 2010 | Posts
A few days after the apocalypse, your iPod will find its last utility as a projectile, ineffectually fending off the feral dogs for about 25 seconds–and that’s if you haven’t opted for the Shuffle or something similar lacking heft. I’ve got a...
by Nadia Drake | Dec 5, 2010 | Posts
A few weeks ago, I was thinking about my beat. Today, it’s pretty obvious: I’m grooving with whales. I’m twitterpated (again). In elementary school, we watched videos about whaling (I went to a progressive school…). After seeing the videos, I...
by Catherine Meyers | Dec 5, 2010 | Posts
This weekend I visited one of my best friends from my undergraduate days at Harvey Mudd College. The trip put me in a nostalgic mood, and I decided to see if I could dig up some of my school papers from those four years. Here is a typical passage, taken from a...
by Sandeep Ravindran | Dec 5, 2010 | Posts
As I wrote in my last post, fear can be a real problem for writers. So much so that there’s actually a book on how writers can overcome it, called The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes. But fear isn’t all bad. It’s a crucial evolutionary response that...
by Keith Rozendal | Dec 5, 2010 | Posts
[slideshow] Thanks to the Paleo-future blog and nasaimages.org (NASA + Internet Archive project)
by Keith Rozendal | Dec 5, 2010 | Posts
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration is notoriously good at finding means for justifying its science budget, sometimes deploying what amounts to science fiction (see vintage hype image gallery in a separate post). Mostly, though, it’s simple...
by Susan L. Young | Dec 4, 2010 | Posts
I love red pandas. These house-cat-sized cuties spend most of their lives in trees of the temperate forests of the Himalayas. Despite their name and a penchant for bamboo, red pandas are thought to be more closely related to weasels or dogs than they are to Giant...
by Melissae Fellet | Dec 4, 2010 | Posts
Early in the quarter, I wrote that becoming a writer felt like learning how to swim. Now, after two months of daily lessons, I’ve taken off my water wings and I’m happily paddling around. An experience this week showed me that I can still swim even if...
by Donna Hesterman | Dec 1, 2010 | Posts
My seven-year-old has been congested and coughing for a few days now. This morning when he complained that his chest hurt, I called to see if I could get him in to see the doctor. Surprisingly, we were able to get an appointment right away. A few hours later, we were...
