Arizona State University, in collaboration with several science fiction authors including Neal Stephenson and Cory Doctorow, is trying to start active collaborations between scientists and science fiction writers, through a new Center for Science and the Imagination. If you don’t immediately see how cool this is, let me explain. »
Today is the 125th anniversary of Erwin Schrödinger‘s birth. Here’s a Schrödinger paper doll we made last year as part of our science paper doll collection. »
This post is adapted from a presentation I gave on July 19th at NightLife @ The California Academy of Sciences, a 21+ event held every Thursday evening at CalAcademy with a different theme every week and lots of delicious adult beverages available. It’s really fun to be able to make cocktails at home for friends and loved ones, and it’s great to be able to follow recipes for classic dr... »
All the hard work I’ve been doing for the last year is about to pay off: tickets for the 2012 Atheist Film Festival – Saturday, August 11 in San Francisco – are now on sale! Feast your eyes on our rad trailer by the brilliant Casimir Fornalski (whom I interviewed here): If you’re going to be in the Bay Area on August 11th, please come to the festival (or tell your Bay Area ... »
I’ve just returned from SkepchickCON, the mini con inside of CONvergence, where I sat on some panels, dressed up as a Dalek, and spent a not-insignificant amount of time standing in a corner. Don’t worry about that last one, though–it was for a good cause: SCIENCE BOOZE! My contribution to the rockin’ annual SkepchickCON party was a demonstration of fluorescence. Specifical... »
Apologies for the tardiness of this post–you can blame Elyse’s esophagus. Your Mad Pic Lab word this week is: sloth. El Mofo commands it, and so it shall be. Speaking of El Mofo, let’s take a look at what you sent in to celebrate her birthday week (and learn whether we stumped Daniela): »
We’re a mere three weeks away from SkepchickCon, our annual track of science and skepticism panels at the Minneapolis sci-fi and fantasy convention CONvergence! This year, Skepchick is teaming up with a bunch of Freethought Bloggers for extra awesomeness. Plus, our good friend Marian Call will be performing live! There’s more general information over on the main site, but I’m her... »
Your Mad Pic Lab word this week is: Mofo! This week is my birthday. And since this is my project (mine in that I totally stole it from Cotton Babies) and I make all the rules. So my birthday week can be themed after me, El Mofo! If you’re not sure what Mad Pic Lab is, but want to participate because it’s my birthday and you want to make me happy, it’s a former photo-a-day project... »
