Google Oceans

In case you had heard and believed the sensationalized stories, no, we haven’t found Atlantis. Those are artifacts from mowing the lawn, not 8-mile wide city blocks. FYI!
HOWEVER, the enhanced Google Earth beta version with higher resolution Ocean mapping is really fantastic. I strongly recommend upgrading to it!

Woman role models

I’m struggling with how to contribute to carnivals on the topic of role models or important individuals in our lives, while still maintaining my pseudonymity. I work in a pretty narrow and specialized field of science, and maintaining anonymity on the web is very much in my best interest as a young, non-tenured female scientist. [...]

WHAT

I know I shouldn’t really be surprised by shit like this anymore, but today’s Cake Wrecks post still managed to shock me.
I mean, WHAT??? I can’t think of a reason why ANY person would think this was a good idea, let alone the several adults who were probably involved with ordering, purchasing, and decorating these [...]

Well!

I’m glad to have finally learned that monitoring volcanoes is just a waste of taxpayer money. We can finally use those funds for something more useful! I don’t really know why anyone would want to pay attention to a volcano anyway. It’s not like people live on them, or like they kill anyone, or like [...]

Diversity carnival!

I did not contribute to this month’s (first ever) Diversity in Science carnival myself*, but it’s a great read. I’m still working my way through the posts. I encourage you all to go read about these great role models!
*I really wanted to contribute, but sadly, I know or look up to almost no black scientists [...]

Quick hit: Evo psych

I missed PhysioProf’s post the other day about how evo psych is complete crap. But I am of the opinion that evo psych is complete and utter crap, so I love his post!

jekal??

I just find endless amusement in the google search terms people follow to find this site. Today’s latest:
“image of half man half jekal”
hahahahahahaha

Grad school

Getting in my posts today! Zuska has a great post up today about recent studies on grad school and depression. I’ll admit that when I read the first few sentences in my feed, my reaction was, “I’ll click through and read this because I identify with that, but I mean, DUH, more funding wasted on [...]

Humans and hazards

Erik Klemetti has a great post up today about the age-old problem of balancing hazards mitigation with people’s real-life needs and attachments.
This is a problem I’ve thought about a lot, though I did not end up going into a career in hazards work as originally planned. I, like Erik, have not had to choose between [...]

On the internet

This one is for laughs: One of the search terms that people have recently used to find my blog was, “why so many fatties on the internet?” Indeed. WHY are there so many fatties? Well, I hope you found the answer to your question here! Ha!