I am normally the last person to find the wanton demolition of art amusing. But I just discovered that early this year, when a windstorm hit my alma mater, Whitman College, a falling tree broke this large metal sculpture by...
Posted on March 26, 2008 8:39 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I was reading last week's New Yorker, and this passage by Adam Gopnik - part of a long piece about professional magicians - caught my attention. I really agree with this: Whatever the context, the empathetic interchange between minds is...
Posted on March 24, 2008 11:20 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
what the Monster Manual taught me about biology
Read on »
Posted on March 4, 2008 10:10 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why do vintage amateur photos so rarely focus on nature?
Read on »
Posted on February 27, 2008 11:23 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In which I reveal the alternate identity I didn't even know I had.
Posted on February 21, 2008 11:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Blogging at the AAAS convention!
Posted on February 15, 2008 8:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Friends, readers, and new Sciblings: bioephemera has moved to a new home here at Scienceblogs! I'm happy to be here with so many bloggers I respect. And it gives me warm fuzzies to know they invited me to join them...
Posted on February 5, 2008 10:54 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks