Ragged Clown

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Tag Archives: science

Apr
20
2008

Science is a verb

Talking to the dead is no big deal…it’s getting them to talk back that’s the really hard part.

Apr
20
2008

Why bother?

A NYT article asks why, if the magnitude of global heating is so great, changing my light bulbs will make any difference at all and answers Sometimes you have to act as if acting will make a difference, even when … Continue reading

Apr
14
2008

Science Education

Richard Dawkins doing what he does best – talking about science – to Lawrence Krauss at Stanford. It’s in six parts. You can see the rest here.

Apr
9
2008

Science Projects (continued)

Now this would make a cool project for a science fair: He was nominated for a Nobel Prize. I don’t care about any of this. Shafik won my heart by publishing a paper in European Urology in which he investigated … Continue reading

Mar
30
2008

School Science Fairs

[Here’s a post that I started about 2 years ago and probably will never finish – which is a shame because it would’ve been a good one….] I always look forward to the Science Fair because … …. rant about … Continue reading

Feb
7
2008

Inside a Cell

Dylan was telling me last night how he is looking forward to doing chemistry. I was the same at his age, but I soon learned that physics was much cooler. These days, it’s biology that excites me. I only wish … Continue reading