The Best American Science Writing 2008

I picked up this book at ScienceOnline ’09 in North Carolina back in January.  I read some of it there, some on the plane and have plugged through the remainder over the last few months.  There is something wonderful about a collection of essays (or short stories) that means you can read one in entirety at a [...]

Undergraduate Laboratory Adventures

If I’m being honest, I don’t remember that much about undergraduate chemistry laboratory classes.  I remember which academics seemed ‘nice’ and which seemed ‘odd’.  I remember which of my classmates fell into either of those two categories as well.  I only remember a few experiments and a few experiment related moments.

I was fascinated with the sodium [...]

Science Online London 2009

I’ve registered for this year’s Science Online conference in London.  I went last year and really enjoyed the day despite partially melting in the heat.  London in August is a special kind of warm, and North Carolina back in January (for Science Online ’09) was a special kind of cold!    There are 150 places, and 146 [...]