If you listened to Science Friday on NPR's Talk of the Nation today, you may have heard Ira Flatow mention a question from "Prospero Linden"— that was me. I was there, live, along with a 30 or 40 other people...
Posted on September 28, 2007 6:05 PM • •
Read this book. First and formost for a book review: Storm World is a good read. You will not find yourself bogged down or forcing yourself to push through a book that's "good for you." You will keep reading because...
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Posted on September 3, 2007 10:45 AM • •
I managed to get through my 15-20 minute "talk," and just as I threw it open for questions Second Life had a database problem and everbody in-world had to be logged out.... We got back in 40 minutes or so...
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Posted on July 31, 2007 3:39 PM • 4 Comments •
Chad links to an article about a study that shows that good preparation in high school math helps students perform in all science disciplines in college, whereas studying one science in high school doesn't help their performance in other science...
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Posted on July 27, 2007 1:13 PM • 31 Comments •
Following Chad and Jake, I want to jump off from an article in Science about undergraduate research. It's always nice when some sort of survey confirms one's preexisting biases.... In short, the survey found that performing research increased undergraduates' interest...
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Posted on April 30, 2007 5:19 PM • 9 Comments •