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. [...]
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Simulated Biological Attack on the Pentagon
July 21, 2009
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 [...]
Why I quit Twitter in a 140 characters or less
June 13, 2009
I cancelled my Twitter account today. It was a cost-benefit decision. What do you think? Visit my blog –> http://tinyurl.com/locdko
Armed with Social Science!
May 13, 2009
Listen to the first Armed with Science show covering the Defense Department’s efforts to leverage social science. Drs. Ivy Estabrook, program officer for the Human, Social, Cultural and Behavioral Science program at the Office of Naval Research, and Elisa Bienenstock, Chief Human Science Officer at NSI, Inc., will discuss the Defense Department’s efforts to understand [...]
Pentagon Channel Report on emerging technology at the Dept of Defense = John’s first Oscar nomination?
April 9, 2009
On Monday, the Pentagon Channel did a 3 minute special report on emerging technologies at the Department of Defense. Another special report? you ask yourself. Yes, another special report, except this one draws heavily from actual dialogue of the Armed with Science audio webcast, including an audio clip of last week’s guest, Dr. Mark Drapeau. [...]
Pentagon Channel report on Twitter at the Dept of Defense featuring me!
April 6, 2009
Here is a special report on the use of Twitter at The Pentagon Channel. Interestingly, the Pentagon Channel has 102 Followers but has not actually followed anyone at this time. Is this an attempt to exploit the power of Twitter while defying the fundamental pillars of social networking? Make sure to watch until the very [...]
John’s insight lands him on the Twitter homepage!
March 24, 2009
Shameless word play involving the word “twitter” is not the only way to get quoted on the homepage. Brilliance is also an option.
Armed with Science Flash Player
February 18, 2009
Check out this new flash player I downloaded from the Armed with Science page on BlogTalkRadio.com. You can embed your own flash player by visiting Armed with Science and clicking on the big icon to the right that says, “PROMOTE THIS SHOW”. You will be really happy with your decision.
Super Mario Kart Quest Update: New Mario Circuit 1 World Record
February 7, 2009
Despite claims to the contrary, my domination of all things Super Mario Kart continues to take the world by storm. Just this week, I shattered my own world records with brand new world record times for fastest lap and fastest race on Mario Circuit 1. Amazing! Red stars were added through sophisticated digital image editing [...]
Armed with Science in Popular Science
February 6, 2009
Despite doing no advertising, we managed to get picked up by Popular Science. Check out the article and all of its hyperlinked glory here. Listening In on the DoD: A new military radio show probes scienceBy Laura SilverPosted 02.05.2009 The Department of Defense has a new voice. It’s a little tinny at times, but the [...]






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