Wordless Wednsdays: What is it?

Can you guess what this is? Kind of looks like fireworks. Very pretty, I think. Take a closer look... Take a step back......It's Honeysuckle, the viney kind that grows on fences. This is what it looks like in the winter when the flowers die and I assume...

Book Review: Tough, Toothy Baby Sharks

As promised in a previous post, I am delivering Book Reviews every Monday on Children's Books about science. I think I should have enough books to offer a review each week until the spring.Here is the first recommendation in the series.Title: Tough,...

Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars

NASA - Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image (12/8/08)A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material.The picture provides...

Give the Gift of Science Literacy

Merry Christmas! My Christmas gift to all of you is the Gift of Science Literacy. I was browsing my Dec 5 2008 copy of Science and they provide a list of books for readers of all ages: Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2008....

Wordless Wednesdays: Merry Christmas

a fir and berriesholly berry bushpoinsetta Submitted to Thematic Photographic 30 - Holiday...

Black Scientists Contributions on Exhibit in Chicago, St. Louis

Going Green is not new, and neither is the participation of the African-American Community in the Green Movement or Green Economy. Dr. George Washington Carver (a Missouri native) was essentially the leader in U.S. Green Innovation. This winter, two...

Zooming in on an early galaxy

One of the key questions about galaxies concerns the process in which they form. Galaxies are made up of stars, but in general stars do not form in isolation – except for the very first stars in the universe, which we discussed here.More normally, stars...

Winter Solstice - Happy Holidays

Today is Winter Solstice - the shortest day and longest night of the year. For many it is a welcomed natural event - the return of the longer day. But the surrounding wildlife also marks its life calendars with the waxing and waning day length. As the...

My Science Blogging Interview with Miss Baker's Biology Class

Science Blogging for Education takes on many forms. One interesting blog is a group-authored blog - Extreme Biology - that is operated byMiss Baker's Biology Class of high school students at The Calverton School (a small school tucked away in Southern...

Wordless Wednesdays: Hawk on Campus (Urban Wildlife Watch)

A rare chance to photograph a Hawk (a Red-tailed or Roadside Hawk, I think) in the city. Yes, predators like hawks and raptors live and some thrive in urban and suburban areas. I found this one perched in a tree on my campus – UM-St. Louis near the parking...

Year of the Frog - The End Draws Near

I’m really late bringing this to you. I’ve narrated this blog entry dozens of times in my head, but wasn’t quite sure what to say and how to say it. But better late than never. Better some than none.This year, 2008, is the Year of the Frog. No, it...

Lyman-break galaxies

Now that we have a good foundation regarding the concept of redshift (see here), we can turn to a particular type of galaxy that is especially easily identified by redshift. There's a class of very distant galaxies (like, around 12 billion light-years...

Warning of nut allergy 'hysteria'

Warning of nut allergy 'hysteria'Measures to protect children with nut allergies are becoming increasingly absurd and hysterical, say experts.A peanut on the floor of a US school bus recently led to evacuation and decontamination for fear it might have...

Why are U. S. politicians so corrupt?

Because voters elect them based on their looks rather than their ethics. See here for mo...

Wordless Wednesdays: Seagulls in the City

Can you spot us? Downtown Chicago, IllinoisNovember 2008...

Five Things Meme - Weekend Fun

I was tagged by MG at The Oyster’s Garter. She’s one of my internet/science blogger friends and I will get to meet her in January at the ScienceOnline09 Conference in January. Here I go.5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago:· Just starting research...

Redshift

There are some recent very interesting research results about very distant early galaxies that I want to discuss. Understanding these results depends on knowing a few basic concepts that one learns in any modern introduction to astronomy. I expect that...

Increasing Diversity in the Sciences with Mentorship and Conference Attendance

I am continuing the dialogue about Increasing Diversity in the Sciences. This time I examine the initiatives of professional organizations to provide travel awards and mini-mentorship opportunities to undergraduate students to attend scientific meetings.Scientific...

Wordless Wednesday: Animal Tracks in the Snow

This is my submission for Thematic Photographic 26 - Sweet. Why are these pictures Sweet!? Because I was able to capture some really great animal tracks in the snow and ice. Tracks are the best way to see proof of some animals, especially mammals. All...

National Props for Local Science Blogger - The Love continues.

All Grins. Why? I'm happy for all of the support and snaps for my science blogging. That's a picture of me in my "office" Panera Bread Company. hahaha. I often blog from here or one of my other "office" spaces like Starbucks, Borders, etc.Anyway, a big...

Twine.com - bookmarking and social networking

I'm experimenting with Twine.com, which is a newish bookmarking and social networking site. That is, it's a combination of Del.icio.us (and the like) and (a rather simple) Facebook sort of thing.The social networking isn't anywhere as nearly comprehensive...

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Thanksgiving

I took these photos at Litszinger Road Ecology Center (an Urban Nature Reserve) spring 2006. Two Tom Turkeys (males) facing off.Two Tom Turkeys trying to impress a Hen Turkey (female). Can you see her? She's much smaller and to the right of the mal...

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