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- David Ng is Director of the AMBL at the University of British Columbia - fancy speak for a science teacher.
- Benjamin Cohen teaches at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil and Society in the American Countryside (Yale, 2009). His interest is in those places where science, art, and environmental studies come together.
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Recent Posts
- The Challenge of Eating Sustainably: College Edition
- If scientists were to write the music reviews (Vampire Weekend case study)
- Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak
- Arithmetic saves the day: Solar cells still an option.
- I've lost my brain (no seriously, I dropped it somewhere at the University of British Columbia). Can you help me find it?
- Master Skeleton Articulator: How cool would that be on a business card?
- Art and Science: It's awkward sometimes.
- What Philip Graham Knows: An American in Portugal
- How a conference managed to get over 250 attendees make Chewbacca sounds at once (plus a Chewbacca cognition poll)
- The difference between how we see things when we're home and when we're away: an aloof problem of knowledge (Days at the Museum #4)
And so forth...
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Cannonball Series
Author-Blogger Series
STUDENTS ROCK!
"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it." A.S. Byatt
Puzzle Fantastica 1 | 2 | 3
Batman as scientist
SCIENCE SHOWDOWN!
Science songs 1 | 2
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- Tony P on If scientists were to write the music reviews (Vampire Weekend case study)
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- Student on Quite possibly the only song dedicated to mitochondria, ever!
- Dr. Michael Blume on Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak
- M Witt on Buckminsterfullerene: the song - it's dreamy.
- bobh on Arithmetic saves the day: Solar cells still an option.
- David Ng on I've lost my brain (no seriously, I dropped it somewhere at the University of British Columbia). Can you help me find it?
- llewelly on I've lost my brain (no seriously, I dropped it somewhere at the University of British Columbia). Can you help me find it?
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