by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 2, 2011 | Biology, General - Science, In the News, Interviews, Miami Dolphins, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
My guest post on Scientific American. Cheerleader for science: A chat with Mireya Mayor, author of Pink Boots and the Machete Today is the publication day of Pink Boots and the Machete, book by Mireya Mayor, physical anthropologist, National Geographic Explorer, and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 5, 2009 | News
From Scientific American Magazine: The first doses of approved vaccines for the H1N1 “swine” flu will start trickling in across the U.S. on Tuesday. The first to arrive, 600,000 doses of MedImmune’s FluMist nasal spray, will be for healthy people...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 14, 2009 | Blog, News
From Scientific American: “With Major League Baseball’s All-Star game taking place tonight, a researcher explains why, when it comes to swinging a baseball bat, heavier isn’t necessarily better….Swinging light or normal weight lumber just...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 30, 2008 | Blog, News
Read this, from the editors at Scientific American: “Millions of us dream of transforming our lives, but few of us are able to make major changes after our 20s. Here’s why.” Read the full article: Set in our ways. Why change is so hard. An easy way...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 30, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
I met many fascinating people in Minneapolis at Innovation 2008. One of them is Lynn Fellman, an artist who creates personalized portraits–and I do mean personalized. Her portraits are based on DNA sequences and mutation markers. I’m ordering...
