OFFS

From Shakesville: Rush is uncomfortable with the use of the word “dike” to describe, well, dikes. *headdesk*

Dog souls

Mad Hatter put up a hilarious sign exchange between a Catholic and a Presbyterian church. Ha! You should go take a look!

Unnatural (Or: On evo psych, gays, foods, and having too many atoms)

Lately I have found myself feeling less and less tolerant of pseudoscientific talk on the subjects of chemistry and consumer materials. Now, I think I’m a pretty good little liberal, and I have great respect for the crunchiest of my liberal compatriots. I also work to respect other cultures and look for value in traditions [...]

Awesome

The Volcanism Blog has put up a heads-up about some spectacular Redoubt plume lightning pictures that have gone up at the AVO. I LOVE plume lightning pictures!

Taking care of carnivals

I sure did push things to the deadline this month. It’s because I am overcoming challenges, every day! And that’s the topic of this month’s Scientiae: overcoming challenges, and the most firey fire of my academic career.
It’s a hard question to answer because there have been so MANY challenges.  What about deciding halfway through my [...]

Women in Science and Technology

I’m killing a couple birds with this post. Zuska is hosting this month’s Diversity in Science carnival, on the topic of “Women Achievers in STEM – Past and Present,” and bloggers everywhere have also been called-upon to observe Ada Lovelace Day by pledging to post on the topic of an amazing woman in “technology,” broadly [...]

Redoubt update

My laptop is being repaired, so I’m internet-less at home right now and a bit behind on the reporting. Eruptions and the Volcanism Blog are on top of this, though, so I suggest you read their excellent posts since yesterday afternoon. I’ll offer a brief summary, based on the information available from the AVO so [...]

Maru steals the show

We may have a 50,000 foot plume to report on, but I can’t resist a new Maru video. This cat makes me nearly pee my pants laughing. It is the most ridiculous cat that exists (and that’s saying something).

Eruption at Redoubt

After months of elevated activity and waiting for a likely eruption, Redoubt has gone to Color Code RED and had four explosions recorded since last night. The Volcanism Blog has reported quite a few of the details during the night. Ashfall from the 50,000 foot plume should start this morning in affected towns (not expected [...]

Women in science

Sciencewoman had this fabulous link to a Smithsonian photo collection of amazing women in science up today, and I just had to spread it around the blogosphere. A couple of the people included are, in my opinion, not scientists (a literature professor? a pilot?), and it’s a very biology- and medicine-heavy list (there’s not a [...]