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3 Ways to Make Science Less Sciency

November 23, 2011

This story originally appeared on Groundwire.org, a Seattle-based non-profit organization helps environmental organizations connect, inspire and mobilize their communities. (Disclosure: There are actually 6.0221415 x 10^23 ways to make science less sciency, but that would have defeated the point.) Take a moment and think of something that doesn’t involve science. (Hint: it’s impossible) Science is [...]

Science outreach from the military: Armed with Science

June 3, 2011

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I was recently interviewed by Michael Douma, Executive Director at Idea.org, about my role in the Defense Department’s Armed with Science project. The article covers Armed with Science’s origins and some of its core tenets, and relates the project to broader efforts aimed at boosting scientific literacy and improving attitudes about science. Read it.

Blogger Blogs About His Blog Being Blogged About

January 13, 2011

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Family Matters: Blog Brings Science to Life for Students

This week, my Defense Department (DOD) buddies, Lt. Jennifer Cragg and Elaine Wilson, wrote very nice stories about the Dispatches from Antarctica series that I’ve been working on for the past few months.

Goooooo Science Magazine!

December 10, 2010

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The current issue of Science (published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) includes a nice piece on Science Cheerleader right below a diaper-laden baby and the words “Poop Scoop”. Click on the giant image above this sentence or download this .pdf file for evidence.

Open Innovation: John Ohab Style

July 27, 2010

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The most recent edition of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)’s Innovation Newsletter explores “open innovation” — essentially the notion that organizations can and should innovate by drawing from external sources of knowledge. Seems like a good idea, right? I made it up. (I didn’t) Dr. Larry Schuette, ONR’s Director of Innovation, and his team gave me the [...]

Know the Scene: Are You Good to Go?

October 27, 2009

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I had the opportunity to help spread the word by contributing to The Sara Bellum Blog, part of a larger effort by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to provide information to teenagers on the science of addiction.