Category Archives: My Work
Wine Got to France Early
I first learned what amphoras were from the pages of Asterix comic books. Ok, most of what I know about the ancient world comes from those books. If you don’t know Asterix the Gaul, you are missing out–he’s the hero … Continue reading
Friday Snapshot: Kiruna
The group blog at the Science Writers’ Handbook website has an occasional feature: a Friday snapshot, in which somebody shares a picture and a story. Today it’s me, writing about being temporarily north of the Arctic Circle. I was really … Continue reading
Greater Wax Moth Ear News
No, not greater moth earwax news. News about the ears of the greater wax moth. It’s a moth that causes problems for apiculturalists around the world, by crawling into beehives and laying eggs so the larvae can hatch and fatten … Continue reading
Love my Livescribe Pen
I just realized I’d never pointed out a blog post I wrote months ago for the website of the Science Writers’ Handbook. I’ve raved on many occasions about my Livescribe pen, so the folks who are running the blog asked … Continue reading
How to Find Out What Dolphins Eat
How do you find out what animals eat? Well, one way is to collect their poop. What goes in must come out, in one form or another. Before the rise of DNA techniques, the only way to analyze feces was … Continue reading
In Other Book News….
I wrote a Friday Snapshot for the book blog. It’s about a Friday I spent in Switzerland about a month ago – I wrote it then and they held it until there was a hole in the schedule. I actually … Continue reading
Happy Pi Day
As I am writing this, it is March 15, 2012. That’s right. I’m posting from a whole year in the past. And on the Ides of March! Awwooooooooohhh! <–(spooky sound). March 15 is also remarkable because it is the day … Continue reading
What is Engineering, Anyway?
My second story from the Broadcom MASTERS competition last fall has gone online at the Science News for Kids website. It’s about engineering. I learned a lot doing the story–I felt like I didn’t have a super firm handle on … Continue reading
Book on Gamboa
Much of what I know about the town where I went for my frog story came from the book Gamboa: A guide to its natural and cultural heritage. The book is thorough. Really thorough. It starts with the geology of … Continue reading
Telemedicine and Dialysis
I have a story out in the new issue of George Washington University’s Medicine + Health magazine, about telemedicine and dialysis. It was the first story I’d done for them, and I enjoyed it. It brought together two topics that … Continue reading