Following up on yesterdays salute to SMBC, something that I only discovered today: It also turns out that Mr. Weiner co-hosts a podcast with his wife. It's cool and worth mentioning here because They bring you awesome science things but with a critical eye towards those inconvenient details and incentives... [Read More]

As a kid, I loved Calvin and Hobbes for the simple jokes, art, and the resonance of the characters. I grew up and continued to re-read my old Calvin and Hobbes books, I realized Bill Watterson accomplished with grace and skill something that few people manage in any medium: subtlety... [Read More]

Venting alert! One of the big space stories this week is a study published in Science showing the levels of radiation in deep space can be hazardous to your health. NASA’s reaction to this data (that was measured by the Curiosity rover on it’s way to Mars - very cool)... [Read More]

Saturday Space Stories! Public-private partnership between NASA and Bigelow - cool, but always danger of picking winners/losers Relatedly, who wants to live in a balloon on the moon? “Mars is Hard” Yes, it is. So is going to the moon, and yet… Oh those wacky Canadians But will it work... [Read More]

As you may be aware, I also daylight as a graduate student. For an update (with pretty pictures!) on what's been going on in research land, check out my blog post on our lab website.