I’m proud to announce my journalistic debut this Monday, a news report on a study which claimed to show that transcendental meditation decreases the risk of death due to heart disease. On Wednesday, my article earned a (mostly) positive nod from Paul Raeburn of the Knight Science Journalism tracker, a blog that “peer reviews” science (More…)
On Friday morning, scientists will finally have an answer to a question that has plagued mankind for millenia: is the Moon made of cheese? Many experts say that finding the fermented dairy delicacy is the first pre-requisite to future colonization of Earth’s natural satellite. This is why NASA launched the LCHEESE mission, which will culminate (More…)
For those of you who don’t already know this IRL, I have now made the switch from being a science writing intern in Boston to a social media intern in Washington, DC. My new employer is Science Magazine, or more specifically, Science’s online news division called ScienceNOW. Since my job consists of monitoring Twitter, Facebook, (More…)
From today’s NYTimes, on using glass as a construction material: For flat glass, heat tempering…took advantage of one property of glass — that when it cools slowly it becomes denser. By rapidly cooling the exterior of a sheet (usually with air), the surface stays less dense. This is about the process of “tempering” glass to (More…)
I’ve taken up an old hobby again: rambling about moral philosophy. Science writer John Bohannon (creator of the “Dance Your PhD” competition) started a blog about bioethics, and I’ll be contributing posts and comments there. The blog, called “The Electric Monk,” is a collaboration between bloggers from around the country who are interested in the (More…)