Tag Archives: AAAS
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