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This is Your Brain on Pentagon Channel

August 19, 2009

The magic happens at 2:20!Last month, I followed a Pentagon Channel film crew as they gathered footage and interviews for an upcoming story on the neuroimaging techniques used to measure deception. I had the opportunity to appear in background footage and even played research subject in a mock MRI study. It was like being in [...]

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 [...]

Introducing Ziya Tong: NOVA’s new science communicator

August 10, 2009

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Check out my ScienceCheerleader.com exclusive interview with NOVA’s Ziya Tong and let me know if you think there are any glaring problems with my writing style. I appreciate your feedback. Citizen scientists, I’d like you to meet Ziya Tong, a new correspondent on the Emmy-nominated science video series, NOVA ScienceNOW. Ziya joins a NOVA program [...]

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 [...]

Simulated Biological Attack on the Pentagon

July 21, 2009

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My latest video blog entry for Science Cheerleader featuring more awesome music from Princess Ladyfriend. On Saturday, July 11, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Agency responsible for protecting the Pentagon, conducted an operational response test to a simulated outdoor airborne biological attack on the Pentagon grounds. The study consisted of the release [...]

Find Nemo, Help Scientists, and Influence Policymakers with Earth Dive

July 12, 2009

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Here’s a citizen science report that I wrote for ScienceCheerleader.com. I hope you enjoy it. Let’s talk about things that frighten me and start with the mysterious creatures of the deep. I mean, really — surviving under extreme pressures and temperatures, often without sunlight, in a hostile ocean environment where you might very well be [...]

Frogster!

July 1, 2009

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I wrote this for ScienceCheerleader.com. It will change your life… The Vancouver Aquarium has re-imagined the classic arcade game, Frogger, to better reflect the global decline in the amphibian population. The new version, Frogster, retains the spirit of the original game (e.g., horrendous controls and even more horrendous graphics) but now offers a myriad of [...]

FUNology

June 17, 2009

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Here’s my latest ScienceCheerleader report… Looking for a fun way to translate your love of pignut hickory (Carya glabra) into scientific data that can help the planet? Look no further than the National Phenology Network (NPN), an organization that calls on citizen scientists to monitor the influence of climate change on plants and animals in [...]

Your Chance at OmniSCIENCE!

June 5, 2009

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As copied and pasted from its home on ScienceCheerleader.com… If you’re anything like me, you take pride in knowing everything. That’s why I spend my free time reading and contributing to the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), an online, collaborative project documenting biodiversity knowledge about all life present on Earth. EOL is a global initiative seeking [...]

Casey Trees – A Science Cheerleader Report

May 29, 2009

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I’m proud to announce the first episode in an original video series that I’m producing for Science Cheerleader.com, a blog that promotes public involvement in science and builds awareness around important science policy issues. The project took shape this March when I met Science Cheerleader at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin. After [...]

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