Monthly Archives: February 2009
munch munch munch
The AAAS journalism awards reception is always a good show. This year’s party was at the Art Institute of Chicago. The highlight was a temporary exhibition on Edvard Munch. You know him – he did the Scream. He was Norwegian, and … Continue reading
it happened again!
Someone said hi! She used my name! I had no idea who she was! Fortunately, I saw her again later before she saw me, read her nametag, and realized I’d just met her last night. So, it was a recent … Continue reading
bad news, bared
Friday was a good news day at the AAAS conference, with the fisheries scientists putting on a happy face. Today was bad news day for climate change. Chris Field, a very smart guy who I worked for briefly in 2002, … Continue reading
an inconvenient speaking time
The big featured speaker this year at AAAS was Al Gore. He spoke Friday night. Don’t tell my mom – ok, she reads this blog – but I didn’t make it to his talk. I didn’t even try. I was … Continue reading
telling fish tales
Hey, lookit, I blogged. I mean, somewhere other than here. It’s over at ScienceNOW, the daily online news service of Science magazine. The topic: fisheries. Not *all* of the world’s fish are completely doomed. Fisheries scientists have decided that if … Continue reading
red, orange, yellow, fuschia, bronze…
I mean, really. This is how I’m supposed to be navigating this hotel: …What? So there are apparently four levels. I think they’re all subterranean (it’s a little unclear how the topography works here). I am almost certain they are … Continue reading
nametags are your friend
So, I’m at AAAS. It’s the big science writer party of the year. Uh, I mean, it’s the big general science conference of the year, and many science writers go to the conference so they can write up news, find … Continue reading
Fyre, Fyre!
I’m writing a series of quizzes for Discovery’s Science Channel. Here’s the latest batch. They’re about the elements – earth, fire, all that stuff – but also test your knowledge on important topics like madrigal composers of the English Renaissance.
one milli-Helen
While putting together the materials for this website, I’ve been googling myself a lot. Searching for my name and a keyword turns out to be the easiest way to find stuff I’ve written. It also finds lots of other things, … Continue reading