Tag: scicomm

October 18, 2017

The media love natural disasters, even those that don’t exist. Last week (early October, 2017),

October 10, 2017

In the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey (1968), Neanderthal-like folk are scrounging for

October 4, 2017

Toba Lake, in northern Sumatra, occupies the ancient Toba caldera. One of its outlets, the

September 27, 2017

Flood, fire, drought … We have, by luck and muddled management, thwarted pestilence, but it

September 5, 2017

The class field trip is underway. Teacher hands out the rap-around, virtual imaging glasses, and

August 31, 2017

Zeus, the head-honcho of assorted Greek gods, heroes, nymphs, and mortals, was chiefly the God

August 25, 2017

Life is a risky business. Not a day goes by when some aspect of our

August 6, 2017

This is the second in a series on the geological world under a microscope Geologists,

July 30, 2017

This is the first post in a series on the geological world under a microscope

July 11, 2017

A tale of scientific fraud and personal hubris My second-year university Geology wasn’t particularly notable