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12 Days of Christmasy Citizen Science Projects

December 19, 2011

Who would have ever predicted the never-ending utility of a picture of me reading Science magazine while wearing a Santa costume? Probably Santa.

Printing Human Skin + John = Military Cartoon

April 20, 2010

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Printing Human Skin + John = Military Cartoon

On Monday, the Armed with Science blog featured a story about Army scientists who are printing human skin cells with a modified inkjet printer. True story. Naturally, this led to my inclusion in an Delta Bravo Sierra military cartoon. Enjoy!

AFCEA: Defense Department Wants You to Get Scienced

January 27, 2010

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AFCEA: Defense Department Wants You to Get Scienced

Katie Packard at AFCEA wrote this very thoughtful article on Armed with Science. Check out the original. Defense Department Wants You to Get Scienced SIGNAL Online Exclusive, January 2010 – by Katie Packard The U.S. Defense Department’s weekly podcast series, “Armed With Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military,” emphasizes the important roles science [...]

Javan in the House!

December 10, 2009

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My long-time friend, Javan Mesnard, announced that he’ll be running for the Arizona House of Representatives next year. The Arizona Guardian covered the story this afternoon, and I’ve successfully copied and pasted it below. Congratulations and best of luck, Javan!

Armed and Scientific

November 25, 2009

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Check out this new story, Armed and Scientific, just released by UCLA Magazine. I was recently interviewed for the “Quick Takes” series, which highlights former students and their work since graduating from UCLA.

The Powerhouse of the Carpet

October 13, 2009

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Mitochondria are “the powerhouse of the cell.” But, you already knew that. Everybody does.

BioEphemera is one of The New Scientists!

August 17, 2009

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My friend and colleague, Dr. Jessica Palmer, who you might remember from such science blogs as BioEphemera, was recently featured in a Powell’s Books article written by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. I’ve copied and pasted the article below, likely breaking several copyright and distribution laws in the process, but I’d do it again in [...]

Science Podcasts You Shouldn’t Miss

August 6, 2009

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Check out this fantastic article written by Mary Spiro at the Baltimore Science News Examiner. She listed the Defense Department’s Armed with Science as one of “eight science podcasts you shouldn’t miss”, along with other notables, Science Weekly, This Week in Science, Short Science, Nature’s podcast, Science Friday, The Science Show, and The Naked Scientists. [...]

Professor, Cheerleaders Unite to Teach Science

August 4, 2009

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Check out this FoxNews story about ScienceCheerleader.com’s Brain Makeover project: Professor, Cheerleaders Unite to Teach Science Tuesday , August 04, 2009By Joseph Abrams Just don’t call him professor pom-pom. A physics professor who says he’ll do “anything” to get people interested in science is teaming up with the Philadelphia 76ers cheerleaders to offer online lessons [...]