Nobel Laureate Autograph Recipe

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...

The Lightning Grief

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...

What's Shakin' Near Chicago?

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:...

Event Horizon T-Shirt

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...

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