Where science and tech meet creativity.

Not your (academic) Papa’s Laser Pointer

One of the cool things about my life is that I occasionally get asked to review things. Mostly, I get to read books I otherwise couldn’t afford, but sometimes some really cool technology crosses my desk too. Most recently, techlasers sent me an Infiniti 125mW...

Many ramblings

I am so so annoyed at myself. I have been frantically working to find time to write between classes because I got this really really cool press release and I wanted to share its findings with you. I just about have the story done (and I’m done with students for...

Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger

STS 51L. credit: NASA Sometime this weekend I looked up at my calendar and realized, I didn’t hear the Space Shuttle Challenger mentioned at all this weekend. Twenty-Two years ago today, during middle school lunch block on the East coast, the Space Shuttle...

Carnival of Space Noir

This Thursday’s carnival of space raised the bar on writing a Space Carnival post. I bow down before the whim of imagination that is this week Space Carnival over on Sorting out Science. Go read. Have fun.

Random and Unsundry things

To give you an idea of my day, I originally (thanks to not paying enough attention to spell check), named this post “Random and Incendiary Things.” I have absolutely no ideas how Phil and Fraser so gracefully balance writing, family, interviews, online...