Posts about “science”
I thought Brie Larson was phenomenal in the AppleTV+ limited series Lessons in Chemistry. The 1950s period drama is based on Bonnie Garmus' 2022 novel and includes not only a brilliant pair of scientists in love, sexism, homophobia, racism, cooking, a legal battle over eminent domain, Beau Bridges, and dastardly Christians, but several scenes about rowing and a homemade erg. And don’t even get me started on the dog’s point of view episode. <chef’s kiss>
That’s Great It Starts with an Earthquake
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline.
An Existential Crisis
A terrifying podcast on research, science, and disaster
#FridayFive: On Paleontology
Fossils have always been cool.
Being Aware of Your Tongue
It’s worse than an ear-worm.
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird … So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
Richard P. Feynman
Life in Space
An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile
Stanford research shows right-to-carry gun laws are linked to an increase in violent crime.