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Thursday Cheezburger: the power of science!
Today’s LOL theme is: the power of science! Is there anything that it can’t do? Caption: ME-OW-SIS* 75% COMPLETE *MEOWSIS-[n]-Feline reproductive process in which one kitteh separates into two...
View ArticleFriday Hoyden: Mahananda Dasgupta, nuclear fusion researcher
7th October is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to blog about your heroines in science, technology, engineering and math. Since one of my profiles this year is of an Australian scientist, and ALD falls on a...
View ArticleAda Lovelace Day blasts from the past: the science and technology Hoydens
I always enjoy spending Ada Lovelace Day reading about amazing women. However, due to timezones it hasn’t really heated up yet but luckily there’s advance reading in the Friday Hoyden archives. I...
View ArticleQuickhit: Malaria vaccine now a reality
This sends shivers down my spine (in a good way): trials suggest that the two-decade work on developing a malaria vaccine has finally been successful. This has social (and social justice) implications....
View ArticleQuickhit: Professor Michelle Simmons, NSW Scientist of the Year
Professor Michelle Simmons has been announced as the NSW Scientist of the Year. Professor Simmons is the Director of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication...
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Wednesday Whimsy
Today’s Whimsy is brought to you courtesy of Science Magazine and the AAAS, who jointly sponsor a competition called “Dance Your PhD”. Science Magazine explains the competition (links omitted): The...
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Ada Lovelace Day Article in the Guardian
As a follow-up to Ada Lovelace Day, a series of photos in the Guardian of “Inspiring Women in Science and Technology”. Please find within it a picture of my wonderful, brilliant friend Lauren, who does...
View ArticlePerhaps now the usual suspects will stop being undeservedly smug about the...
Konstantin Kakaes in Slate: How Gobbledygook Ended Up in Respected Scientific Journals In 2005, a group of MIT graduate students decided to goof off in a very MIT graduate student way: They created a...
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