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A Different View of a Museum

27 Tuesday Jan 2015

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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biology, Education, museum, natural history, Popular science, science, science and society, Science communication, video

I’ve always loved museums, especially natural history museums, but I’ve never managed to spend as much time wandering through them as I’d like. Fortunately, I recently discovered Shelf Life, a wonderful series of videos from the American Museum of Natural History. The web page bills it as “opening doors, pulling out drawers, and taking the lids off some of the incredible, rarely-seen items in the American Museum of Natural History” — from what I’ve seen, it’s sort of a backstage look at the museum. It’s a good reminder that museums don’t just serve to educate the public; they are also important research centers and the collections they curate are are an invaluable resource. The episodes are bite-sized; each lasts just a few minutes — long enough to tell you some interesting things, but not so long that you have to make time for it. Unfortunately, there’s only one episode per month. I’ve embedded the first three episodes, but be sure to check out the Shelf Life webpage if you’re interested in more. Continue reading →

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Notes from a quantum mechanics boot camp: day 3

30 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by sedeer in Physics, QM Workshop

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duality, exotic physics, physics, Popular science, quantum mechanics, standard model, string theory

With the third and final day of the workshop done, it’s time for me to wrap up this series on Inspiring Science. While this will be my last post about the workshop, I’m sure it won’t be the last time I write about these topics. I learned a great deal in the past few days, enough to increase both my interest in and confidence about covering physics topics. Before getting to the actual science, I want to thank the organisers, sponsors, and participants for an excellent and fruitful workshop. I hope the series continues and I look forward to coming back next year! Continue reading →

Notes from a quantum mechanics boot camp: day 2

29 Friday Aug 2014

Posted by sedeer in Physics, QM Workshop

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physics, Popular science, quantum computing, quantum mechanics

I didn’t have the energy to write about quantum computing last night, but fortunately I can make up for it in today’s post, since that was the main subject of the day — quantum information science and computing. Again, I’ll do my best to get the main idea across, but I’m sure it’s something I’ll revisit again in the future. Continue reading →

Notes from a quantum mechanics boot camp: day 1

28 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by sedeer in Physics, QM Workshop

≈ 6 Comments

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analogue gravity, entanglement, non-locality, physics, Popular science, quantum mechanics, science

I have the good fortune of attending this year’s Nordita workshop for science writers, which is focused on quantum mechanics. It’s been a fascinating and educational experience, so I thought I should make an effort to write a post about the workshop each evening. Since I’m writing about an unfamiliar subject following a day full of lectures, these posts won’t be nearly as polished as the other stuff on Inspiring Science; I’m tired and I may have misunderstood things, so there will probably be some mistakes and clumsy explanations. On the other hand (and with that caveat), I think it’s better to share whatever understanding I’ve gained today and hope that someone will correct me where I go wrong. I’m not going to make any kind of attempt to be thorough, but simply write a bit about a couple of the things I found most interesting each day Continue reading →

Found while foraging (March 18, 2014)

18 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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biology, epigenetics, gender, links, plants, Popular science, science, science and society, Science communication, Science in Society, sexuality

It’s been a few months since my last linkfest, so it seems like high time for a fresh collection. The transition to a new continent and  new career has taken up a lot of my time and energy over the last few months, and unfortunately that’s meant I’ve given Inspiring Science less attention than I’d like to. Hopefully I’ll settle into a new rhythm soon and start posting more frequently again. In the meantime you can also find my writing at Accumulating Glitches or my Beacon project if you’re hankering for more.  As always, feel free to add more links in the comments!
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Words of science: variegated

05 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by sedeer in Language, Words of Science

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color, etymology, language, pattern, science, vocabulary, words, Words of Science

Like many other fields, science has its own style of communication full of specific jargon and guided by unwritten rules.  Most of the posts on this blog focus on breaching this barrier to the public’s understanding and appreciation of science.  In this series, I’d like to take another approach by highlighting scientific words which have escaped the confines of jargon to reach a broader appeal because of their sound or their evocative power as metaphors.  Today’s word is variegated. [Previous words of science were petrichor, alluvium, nychthemeron, crepuscular, interstitial, and science.]
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