Striking out on my own
This post is many months in coming, yet I know I will not be able to give it the kind of attention I would like. I am leaving Scientific American. There is no mystery to the reasons...
Context and Variation
Human behavior, evolutionary medicine… and ladybusiness.
Health
Stag Parties: Awareness and Elegant Solutions
Kiddo spills her milk. We lock eyes, and she dissolves in a puddle of sadness, crying about how it's all her fault and she feels SO BAD. "Kiddo, honey, it's really okay.
If You Want Normative Reporting, Reporting Needs to be Independent and Anonymous
Please forgive me for the quickie posts this week. I have bigger ones planned for the next two weeks. I don't have time to fully unpack this, but I think the Science Online community could stand to read this article (and the associated links therein that tell the backstory): On Prosecutors Having Survivors of Assault [...]..
Students Blog Evolutionary Medicine
Just wanted to draw your attention to this year’s student-run class blog for my Evolutionary Medicine class here at the University of Illinois.
Link love
It's been a while since I shared what I've been reading. Here are a bunch of things that have made me think, or helped me think, in the last few months.
AAAS Happenings: Ladyparts and Roller Derby Shenanigans
Im attending the AAAS Meetings in Chicago this year in both my capacities as a scientist: as someone who does reproductive physiology research and as a science communicator.
Toxic or Just Tough?
I’m working against too many deadlines as usual and am unable to write a long blog post. But I was pretty troubled by this piece in The Nation the other day… troubled because the hard work and brilliant insights of black women I respected were being turned into something far more sinister...
The Sciences
Welcome or Not Welcome: Off the Air Thoughts
I was asked to be a guest on a local NPR affiliate show today with Amanda Hess (in a previously recorded interview) and Emily Graslie (with me in the second half).
The Edge’s Annual Question: The Way We Produce and Advance Science
This year, I was invited to contribute to the Edge Foundation’s Annual Question. Other contributor include Helen Fisher, Irene Pepperberg, Alan Alda, Nina Jablonski, Jay Rosen, and, well 150 others: http://www.edge.org/responses/what-scientific-idea-is-ready-for-retirement The question was, “What scientific idea is ready for retirement?” My contribution: The Way We Produce And Advance Science Last year, I spearheaded a [...]..
Women in Science: Welcome But Not Welcome
A few months ago, I received the following email from one of the leaders of a Cool Science Thing. Well call him Dude from Cool Science Thing (DCST).
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Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Explore the science behind the dog in your bed
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Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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