I have so many things I *have* to write, but I find it hard to just get started. So here’s something rather whimsical and personal and free-form to start… the journey of just one little skeptic. I am skeptical because I am gullible. I have to work at skepticism for my own benefit. Elyse over…
A couple of weeks ago, Daniel Loxton wrote a really interesting post on Skeptiblog titled, “Never Say Anything that Isn’t Correct.” In it, he makes the case that skeptics should work super, extra hard to get their facts correct when acting in a public role. Although it’s impossible to be perfect in this, there is…
I have finally reached the last disk of “Planet Earth” which contains a three-part documentary entitled “The Future.” This was produced in 2006, so yes this is probably old news to most, but bear with me. I’m always behind on TV related things, mostly because I don’t subscribe to cable, and I rarely had reign…
For the past few years now, we’ve been asked to “green” everything, from our cars to our dish soap. My stance of environmentalism is that the planet will live on, in some form, no matter what we do to it. But we need to make sure that we take care of our natural resources and…
Yesterday’s “Afternoon Inquisition” on Skepchick brought up a very interesting topic that I had relegated to the back-burner of my mind for some time now. MasalaSkeptic asked, “Is college worth it? What are the factors that make it worthwhile?” That’s a huge question with lots of individualized answers. Obviously, I’m interested in working in an…
If you’ve been paying attention to the great astronomy news coming out of the AAS meeting in Long Beach, you would know that astronomers have more accurately determined the speed of rotation and size of the Milky Way Galaxy. It seems that now, our spiral home is as massive as our nearest neighbor, the Andromeda…
Time Magazine has released its top 10 science stories of 2008. Number One is the LHC which promises to do fantastic science, despite a problem in its first test. Ian O’Neill of Universe Today points out that 4 of the 10 are space and physics related. Woo hoo! I was particularly intrigued by number 9,…
On March 22, 2013 we found out that many NASA EPO programs will be suspended as a direct result of US budgetary sequestration. We are proactively working to raise money to make sure that CosmoQuest can continue to support its staff and its programs.
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I’m a brand new post-doc in astronomy working as part of the CosmoQuest team. My thesis focused on radio astronomy instrumentation. That means, I got to build cool telescopes that will open up new frontiers in the universe. I also love to teach, both in a classroom setting and informally. I'm happy to talk about the universe with anyone who will listen, and I am skeptically curious about all things.
