by Jane J. Lee | Oct 28, 2010 | Posts
When I hear that otters spend X percent of their time feeding (or some other behavior), how do scientists know that? Surely they don’t follow otters around to see what they do all day… As it turns out, that’s exactly what researchers do. So how do...
by Jane J. Lee | Oct 28, 2010 | Posts
Although it sounds like an unpleasant way to take dictation, this weighty sounding word has a pedestrian meaning. It is the act of sneezing. The National Institutes of Health says sneezes are triggered when the mucous lining of your nose or throat is irritated. Things...
by Melissae Fellet | Oct 28, 2010 | Posts
During our class field trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we learned about the aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation Program (SORAC). I loved spending time with the researchers watching wild otters hang out in the kelp forest in the bay. But what I was...
by Nadia Drake | Oct 26, 2010 | Posts
Intergalactic Fish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Lousy fish image by Nads. NGC 4038/NGC4039 colliding galaxies, BC Whitmore Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA.
by Danielle Venton | Oct 26, 2010 | Posts
As a class we enjoyed a lovely day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, tagging along with otter researchers. Here are a few pictures from our day. Be on the watch for rouge kayaks that paddle too close to the wildlife! [slideshow]
by Sandeep Ravindran | Oct 25, 2010 | Posts
A new website called The Open Notebook just launched focusing on the craft of science journalism, and I think it’s well worth checking out. The website features interviews with science writers about recent stories they’ve published. It seems like a great...
by Sandeep Ravindran | Oct 25, 2010 | Posts
Interviews can sometimes be a chore. Sometimes you’re talking to someone who’s not particularly enthusiastic, or who just talks in a really boring way about something that should be inherently exciting. And you persevere as you try really hard to get some...
by Sandeep Ravindran | Oct 24, 2010 | Posts
There’s an interesting debate going on right now about the power (or lack thereof) of social media as agents of social change, spurred by Malcolm Gladwell’s article in the New Yorker which I recommend reading. Of course this spurred an immediate response...
by Donna Hesterman | Oct 24, 2010 | Posts
As it turns out, there are no good videos of pink flamingos on the Internet. I burned the better part of Saturday looking for them, so believe me when I say there are none. In lieu of pink flamingo videos, I offer the following. These are, in my opinion, the top three...
by Catherine Meyers | Oct 24, 2010 | Posts
I’ve always been fascinated by fluid dynamics. A New Scientist article about how tap water hitting a sink could be used to model white holes inspired me to compile some pictures of other everyday fluid flow patterns. [slideshow]
by Sascha Zubryd | Oct 24, 2010 | Posts
I’m an intern this quarter at the Stanford School of Medicine Office of Communication & Public Affairs. Long name, great people. Especially my editor. I was having the darnedest time with the paragraph order in a news releases. No matter how I tried to...
by Danielle Venton | Oct 24, 2010 | Posts
On the weekends I have more time to cook and write. The week can pass in an automated blur, but weekends make me feel very human. Cooking and writing are two uniquely human pursuits. Writing is a celebration of the mind – a way we can record and share our thoughts....
