by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 25, 2010 | John-the-Tourist
John Takao Collier writes: A few months ago my 11 year old daughter (we’ll call her “E”) and I attended a lecture at Fermilab on “Green Fluorescent Protein” (GFP). The talk was given by Martin Chalfie, chair of the department of biological sciences at Columbia...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 15, 2010 | John-the-Tourist
John Takao Collier writes: Bizarre scientific things seem to happen to me between 4 and 5 am. A couple of nights ago, a thunderstorm rolled in around 4:30 am. The approaching storm woke me up, but basic laziness kept me from jumping out of bed to check for...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 14, 2010 | John-the-Tourist
John-the-Tourist writes: When: 4:00 am, February 10th, 2010 Where: My bedroom, about 30 miles west of Chicago, Illinois, USA… Me: Zzzzz, Snort, Zzzzzz Earth: RUMBLE, RUMBLE, THUNK! Me (eyes popping open): What the hell was that? An earthquake? My wife, Lynn:...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 28, 2010 | John-the-Tourist, Testimonials
John-the-Tourist writes: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”. Not quite true – my intrepid Science Cheerleader squad member John Ohab nabbed a snazzy Einstein T-shirt while he was recently in Las Vegas and presumably got the shirt outside the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 22, 2009 | Art and Science, John-the-Tourist
John-the-Tourist writes: In my attempt to keep up with high-energy physics news, I read the online publication, “Symmetry Breaking”. “Symmetry Breaking” had an article with an fascinating set of photos of a sculpture (Quantum Man II, below)....
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 10, 2009 | John-the-Tourist, Science Education, video
From John-the-Tourist: At the risk of revealing how ancient I really am, I just missed the “Sesame Street” era when I was younger. By the time the lovable Muppets were a staple on public TV, I was “too old” to watch such juvenile fare...
