by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 14, 2009 | Dr. John Reports, In the News, News, Writings
Last night, I was reading through the January edition of Discover Magazine, which chronicles the 100 Top Science Stories of 2009, when I made quite a discovery (pun intended): a story written by our very own Darlene Cavalier placed #69! Darlene’s piece,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 13, 2009 | Blog, News
ThinkGeek.com has something for every geek in your life. From Buckyballs Magnetic Building Spheres (left) to a Night Vision Digital Video Camera (“see and record up to 40′ in absolute darkness”). And, my personal favorite, a scrolling LED belt buckle...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog, News
Subscriber Jane shared this stunning video. I’ll sum it up: “Aw, ew, gasp, whew.” Check this out: via videosift.com
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 3, 2009 | News
One of my biggest discoveries of 2009 is that the Philadelphia Parking Authority actually slaps masking tape on parking signs to expand the “no parking” times and tows cars slightly before the start time “to get an early start”. Yes, my car was...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 2, 2009 | News
Our own Dr. John Ohab pointed me to this (free) resource. He used the process described to produce this podcast for Science Cheerleader. Now that I know it’s *relatively* simply but more importantly, FREE, you can expect to find many more podcasts here in the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 2, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
From the editors of OnlineColleges.net (hence the emphasis on university-produced podcasts): 100 Killer ITunes Feeds for Serious Science Geeks