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 | 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:...