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Category Archives: science
Mahlon Hoagland: 1921-2009
He worked with James Watson and Francis Crick. He discovered transfer RNA and amino acid activation. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. His name was Mahlon Hoagland, he passed away last week, and you have never heard of … Continue reading
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Primordial Soup
I found this video of Julia Child explaining the Miller-Urey experiment, and thought I’d share it with you. I don’t know about you, but I wish more of my science teachers had been as enthusiastic about their subject as Julia … Continue reading
five-five-FIVE
Today’s post is about music and science. In this video, a lecture from the World Science Festival, singer Bobby McFerrin demonstrates how humans seem to be hardwired to generate a pentatonic scale. The great thing about the presentation is that … Continue reading
Meet a Real Scientist
Before my career path diverged toward web design, multimedia, and other computer-related geekery, I was a biologist. It was something I knew I wanted to be from an early age. When I read about the discovery of the genetic code … Continue reading
He Fed the World
Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, died this past weekend at the age of 95. I had written about him not to long ago, and now he’s gone, one of the greatest – and virtually unknown – benefactors of … Continue reading
Science is Real
Who knew that the Johns Linnell and Flansburg – aka They Might Be Giants – were pro-science skeptics? I didn’t until I placed an order for their new CD/DVD Here Comes Science on Amazon, where I saw this video: I … Continue reading
Galileo’s Telescope
I didn’t need to see the Google home page to remember that today is the 400th anniversary of Galileo constructing his first telescope. That date has been burned into my brain since the fifth grade, and, like many things remembered … Continue reading
Long-Term Thinking
She Who Must Be Obeyed presented me with an early (three months early) birthday present today. Knowing about my fascination with the Clock of the Long Now, she found the sculpture pictured above. It’s a numbered, lost-wax-cast replica of the … Continue reading
What They Really Said
This is the conversation I always figured NASA had with Neil and Buzz:
Thinking About Rethinking Autism
“Autism. It’s all over the media. The conversation is focused on causation and cure. It’s time to change the conversation toward hope, support, respect and understanding. The facts are not sexy. So, we got someone who is to explain them.” … Continue reading
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