How Not To Get Your Book Deal

How Not To Get Your Book Deal

The good news-- I am writing a four eBook series with O'Reilly (publishers of MAKE) on four Do-It-Yourself Space topics!  Woo hoo! Now the advice portion.  I occasionally have a habit of…
Respectfully drawing your attention to...

Respectfully drawing your attention to...

How could I miss it - and you did too. A very comprehensive article on standardization as a way to reduce environmental pollution has appeared here, and has almost gone unnoticed. I think it is worth…
Marketing for Scientists

Marketing for Scientists

Marc Kuchner built the Facebook group 'Marketing for Scientists' to help drag the usually reticent science population into this century's culture of social media and the rise of the individual.…
Sexting - Why Do Women Do It More?

Sexting - Why Do Women Do It More?

Sexting, where people send photographs and sexually explicit text messages to titillate them  and perhaps increase the likelihood of a sexual relationship,  is a fairly new phenomenon. The…
Singularity Nothing Unusual Except

Singularity Nothing Unusual Except

This is the extended abstract of an article you cannot read anywhere, which ensures that one can later claim “nobody could have possibly foreseen as the relevant literature clearly shows …” (here…
Many Futures For Science Writing

Many Futures For Science Writing

I see a lot of talk on 'the future of science journalism'-- or science writing, or science funding, or science careers.  I'm guilty of contributing to it myself, but the 'future of' debates miss…
Should Greenpeace Be Writing IPCC Reports?

Should Greenpeace Be Writing IPCC Reports?

For climate scientists to make positive inroads in policy regarding a problem we know is only going to get worse - pollution and climate change - they need to police the actions of a few in their…
Squid Sneaks Into Newsletter

Squid Sneaks Into Newsletter

A while back I mentioned a project that was keeping me away from the blog . . . well, it's done now! I was hired by the director of Hopkins Marine Station, where I did my PhD, to write their annual…
Is It Still Sexism If No One Notices?

Is It Still Sexism If No One Notices?

If you're in an older generation and a female calls another female "dude", it may seem strange to you.  It happens all of the time and should be a sign that sexism is less today but a recent…
Germany Abolishes Itself

Germany Abolishes Itself

Germany shortens school ("turbo abi") and abolishes mandatory military training at the same time! This year, those that otherwise would have marched to the shooting range instead squeeze in between…