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Can we Finally Ditch the Stereotype of the “Weakling” Scientist/Academic?
Embed from Getty Images — I wonder where this stereotype originated. Generally speaking, there’s a grain of truth in stereotypes. They don’t materialize out of thin air. There’s usually a tendency of...
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Get Off My Stage, Mr. Science Man
Embed from Getty Images — All the world is a stage And man I am busy being a player So don’t get me out of character By suggesting I am saying the wrong lines This stage isn’t big enough of the two of...
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Fun Is Never Overrated
For the last couple of years, I have worked with 24-year-old Lieutenant Jon on a long-standing government satellite program. Recently, Jon got accepted to medical school. He leaves this summer to...
View ArticleEvolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth – Crash Course Biology #17
— Hank introduces us to the relatively new field of evolutionary developmental biology, which compares the developmental processes of different organisms to determine their ancestral relationship, and...
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Arsenic, Quasicrystals and the Myth of the Science Martyr
The story is straight out of Hollywood: an ambitious scientist makes a startling discovery that runs counter to everything that is supposed to be true in their field. Their initial announcement is met...
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Scientists Shouldn’t Listen to the Fossil Fuel Industry. Geoengineering is a...
— By Josue De Luna Navarro “We are engineers. We don’t talk about politics.” I heard that phrase many times from my professors at the University of New Mexico School of Engineering. Throughout my...
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Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man
— By Cameron Neylon I don’t think I would like to meet myself as a twenty year old. I was arrogant, sure of myself, concerned with where I was going. Of course all of this was built on a lack of...
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3D Printing Could Give You a Better Pill to Swallow
— In March 2017, 13-year-old Joseph was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. He has been undergoing treatment at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool ever since. “He was really, really poorly,”...
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Scientists Need to Learn From the Young
— By Johannes Vogel BERLIN, 23 September, 2019 − The first global climate strike has begun: a strike inspired by Greta Thunberg and led by pupils and students, with scholars, lecturers and researchers...
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Carbon Capture Is Vital for Planet, Scientists Say
— by Paul Brown LONDON, 31 October, 2019 − If the world is to avoid dangerous overheating, some climate scientists say, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is essential. But compared with other ways of...
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Politics With Michelle Grattan: Chief Scientist Alan Finkel on Climate,...
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra https://goodmenproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/alan-finkel-mixdown.mp3 This month Alan Finkel ends his term as Australia’s Chief Scientist. An...
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Cicada Blooms Off Kilter Due To Global Warming
By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Dear EarthTalk: Are the cicada blooms of the eastern U.S. out of whack due to global warming and/or other man-made environmental problems? —Joe R., Moorestown, NJ The...
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Monitoring a Bald Eagle Nest: The Benefits Of Citizen Scientist Conservation
By Staci-lee Sherwood When most people hear the word scientist they have a certain image. They envision a professional with years of college followed by either long stints in the field or long lonely...
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EVs From Everest? Chinese Lithium Find in Himalayas Raises Concerns Over Water
By Abhaya Raj Joshi Chinese scientists claim to have found a “super large” deposit of lithium near Mount Everest. While reports suggest the deposits are far from the core area of the world’s tallest...
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Think Like Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in England in 1809. His grandfather was Erasmus Darwin, a renowned doctor, scientist and poet. His father was a doctor who wanted Charles to become either a...
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Direct Quotes From My Kids While Watching ‘Back to the Future’ for the First...
The problem with creating a series based solely on children’s reactions is that often, children do not want to participate in the things you’d like them to participate in. This poses a significant...
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Inspiring Your Daughter’s Inner Girl Boss
By National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse There’s something special about dads and daughters. It’s a special and unique connection, and beyond being a source of happiness, being a positive,...
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From Mountains to Caves: How I Found My Research Niche
Republished from the European Geosciences Union with a Creative Commons License. By Dr. Franziska Lechleitner Feature image: The mountains of “home” in upper Ticino, Switzerland. What makes you unique...
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Organizing Your Research: A Scientist’s Tips for Journalists
By Naseem S. Miller Journalists collect a lot of stuff while reporting, especially for big stories and projects: interviews, documents, research papers, articles. It can be overwhelming at times....
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Book Review: Tackling the Riddle of Free Will
By Emily Cataneo It’s 1922. You’re a scientist presented with a hundred youths who, you’re told, will grow up to lead conventional adult lives — with one exception. In 40 years, one of the one hundred...
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