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So the anarchists are killing scientists now…

30 May 2012 grant 0

I’m getting this from Nature, although New Scientist has also been covering it. A group called “the Olga Cell of the Informal Anarchist Federation International Revolutionary… Read the rest “So the anarchists are killing scientists now…”

When bad science happens…

21 May 2012 grant 0

…bad consequences follow. Forbes traces the problems with the most authoritative “we can cure the gay out of you” study:

[Dr. Robert L.] Spitzer now looks back with

… Read the rest “When bad science happens…”

Cheer up, science fiction!

22 March 2012 grant 0

It’s probably just coincidence that the week after pulp hero John Carter, Warlord of Mars finally made it to the big screen, Neal Stephenson appeared in the pages of Smithsonian with… Read the rest “Cheer up, science fiction!”

A salute: Trying and trying and trying by Gethan Dick.

6 March 2012 grant 0

Over the transom this morning, I just got word of an amazing science-music-art project that combined six University College London biomedical researchers with six bands to make a pretty… Read the rest “A salute: Trying and trying and trying by Gethan Dick.”

The professional prophet of Intel.

9 November 2011 grant b 0

Scientific American interviews Brian David Johnson, Intel’s “future caster,” who combines science fiction with software and hardware design to predict what’s… Read the rest “The professional prophet of Intel.”

Garage biology. (Like garage rock.)

25 October 2011 grant b 0

The Daily is reporting on a revolution. DIY researchers are leaving the academy to take a punk rock approach to science:

Three years ago, [Mackensie] Cowell and his counterpart Jason Bobe,

… Read the rest “Garage biology. (Like garage rock.)”

Science in Hollywood

30 August 2011 grant b 0

PhysOrg rolls out the red carpet for researchers with an invitation from screenwriters to scientists:

Producers and writers for some of television’s most popular medical, crime, science

… Read the rest “Science in Hollywood”

A decent illustration’s worth a dozen pictures.

13 July 2011 grant b 0

That’s what this Scientific American column is saying, pretty much. I can’t beat illustrator Kalliopi Monoyios’ blog-ready headline: 5 Reasons Your Camera Won’t… Read the rest “A decent illustration’s worth a dozen pictures.”

NIMBioS: Science Songwriter Residency

22 April 2011 grant b 0

I doubt I could skip out of my non-scientific day job for a month, but man, I sure want to now:

NIMBioS is sponsoring the program to encourage the creation and production of songs involving

… Read the rest “NIMBioS: Science Songwriter Residency”

Go find Genghis Khan. Yes, YOU.

7 April 2011 grant b 0

Washington Post extends an invitation to you – and to everyone else – to search for the tomb of the Mongol emperor:

Through a Web site called Field Expedition Mongolia, which

… Read the rest “Go find Genghis Khan. Yes, YOU.”

Obama’s dead dolphin problem.

31 March 2011 grant b 0

The U.S. government would rather you not, according to Digital Journal, worry your caring little head about the dead dolphins washing up in the Gulf of Mexico. So let’s just not talk… Read the rest “Obama’s dead dolphin problem.”

SEA quiz: Who did what?

18 February 2011 grant b 0

Ganked shamelessly from the Scientists and Engineers for America newsletter:

To celebration Black History Month, SEA staff has chosen five brilliant scientists and engineers for this

… Read the rest “SEA quiz: Who did what?”

Cognitive Toolkit Improvement

25 January 2011 grant b 0

Edge magazine has rounded up some pretty impressive brainy folks – from J. Craig Ventner to Brian Eno, P.Z. Myers and Martin Rees – and asked them all a single question: What … Read the rest “Cognitive Toolkit Improvement”

Art as science.

3 January 2011 grant b 0

RISD president John Maeda, writing in Seed Magazine, makes the case for including art education in our quest for better science:

Public commitments to STEM—science, technology, engineering,

… Read the rest “Art as science.”

Physics from the Bronx.

9 November 2010 grant b 0

PhysicsWorld tries to get to the bottom of a curious question: Why did this inner-city high school produce seven Nobel laureates?

The school, which opened in 1938, was founded by the educator

… Read the rest “Physics from the Bronx.”

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Honorary Troubadours
  • Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science.
  • Laura Veirs, who knows her way around a polysyllable.
  • Thomas Dolby, godfather of scientific pop.
  • Squeaky, fact-based rock about fusion containment & rocket science.
  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
  • They Might Be Giants, unrelenting proponents of scientific popular song.
  • Symphonies of Science, the people who make Carl Sagan and others sing.
  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
  • Gethan Dick,6 scientists, 6 musicians, 1 great album
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