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If you can spare a dollar, a few bucks, whatever, please help out this really fantastic cause! It’s so good, I’m doing a 5K for it. And I hate running… (Cross-posted on NoisyAstronomer.com) So, this all started when one of my fellow grad students came into my office yesterday saying, “Hey! There is free ice cream Continue reading Urgent! You can help Kids with Autism We all know the stories. A young woman feels out of place in her all-male research group. A female scientist finds it difficult to get lab space that is liberally given to male colleagues. A female engineering student is delighted to see her work featured on a popular news site, and immediately discouraged by the Continue reading When space kitchens make me cranky… One of my favorite sources of local news, cvillenews.com, delivered this little gem of a story from our local CBS station: Cupcake Helps Overdue Moms Deliver Babies. Now, there is no doubt that cupcakes are a magical delivery device for happiness and yumminess, but inducing labor? On October 9th, 2010, I went down the rabbit hole. I went to a Mutual UFO Network conference. The Setup First, I’ll admit something that I haven’t talked about all that much. I once believed that aliens were visiting Earth and that there was a government cover-up. I wasn’t always so skeptical. I was, and still Continue reading Beam Me Down the Rabbit Hole It is what you’ve all been waiting for, the exciting conclusion to the Bottled Water Test! (Okay, really, if you’ve been waiting for this, you need to get out more. Or read a book or something.) This little experiment was inspired by a Life Ionizer video that was sent to me, warning of the dangers of Continue reading Taking the Bottled Water Test – Part Two I received this video as a forward from a friend a little while ago as a warning about bottled water. Check it out: The basic claim is that bottled water tends to the acidic side, that most Americans have a body pH that is less than optimal, and that alkaline water can be used to balance Continue reading Taking the Bottled Water Test – Part One Some say that there just aren’t enough scientists out there. We need to get kids motivated to be scientists, especially women! Although I agree wholeheartedly in promoting science education, there is another side to the story. Some claim that we have too many scientists coming out of graduate school. And to a 6th year grad Continue reading To the Young Ladies, and Men, in Science |
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