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Who Is The Fetching Girl with the Archaeopteryx Tattoo?
Posted by Jeff on January 7, 2012 Photo source. Young ladies proudly displaying tattoos do not typically bring to mind a neuroscientist or a passionate advocate for science education, but that’s the point.
Lush Beauty of Mathematical Cornucopia
Posted by Jeff on December 22, 2011 When I was an undergraduate student in Chemistry, I was treated to an unforgettable lecture by Prof. Carl Trindel on symmetry in nature. Vi Hart’s example takes this concept in a mathematical direction with depth, insight and beauty. Enjoy!
Triangular Beauty, Pretending to do Math?
Posted by Jeff on December 8, 2011 Math is boring, you say? Does your mind drift in math class, leading you to unpredictable paths layed out by doodles? Try some triangular beauty, pretending to do math.
Egyptian 2011 Revolution: Euphoria, Then Reality
Posted by Jeff on November 29, 2011 This article was co-authored with Dr. Morad Abou-Sabe’, President of the Arab American League of Voters of New Jersey. CNN’s Ivan Watson talks to John King from Cairo about his exclusive interview with Egyptian activist Wael Ghonim. {February 9, 2011} The Egyptian revolution of January 25th, 2011 created widespread euphoria of the kind only wide-eyed…
Selena Gomez and Christina Grimmie: Bright Stars, Different Shades
Posted by Jeff on August 27, 2011 On a hot August Saturday afternoon, bright sun beating down on a crowd of over 20,000, my young daughter and I had our attention focused intensely on an enormous iron gate. It was supposed to open at 6 pm, and it was now 6:10 with no sign of movement. The crowd was there for one…
Predicting Hurricane Irene’s Floods
Posted by Jeff on August 26, 2011 As I sit here in New Jersey, of which thousands of acres are under sea level, let us hope that Hurricane Irene does not unleash her wrath upon us hapless citizens…
Where Did This Cheese Come From?
Posted by Jeff on July 30, 2011 “Daddy, do you know where this cheese came from?”
Minute To Win It: The Sun
Posted by Jeff on July 28, 2011 Why is the sun so hot?
On Humanity Score Card, Does Libya Trump United States?
Posted by Jeff on July 19, 2011 The Universal Periodic Review “has great potential to promote and protect human rights in the darkest corners of the world.” – Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General Should nations open themselves up to scrutiny by the United Nations? The Universal Periodic Review, adopted in 2006, takes a very close look at how nations fare in a broad…
An Orally Gifted Artist
Posted by Jeff on July 13, 2011 Sheril Kirshenbaum has studied why we kiss and what happens biologically. One artist, Natalie Irish, has taken this to a whole new level.