Yesterday, I marched for science. I was reluctant, the weather was cold and windy and threatened rain, I had a busy day ahead of me... but I did it anyway. The numbers are still being crunched, but it appears that tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C. and at satellite events around the … Continue reading Why I marched for science

What is it about octopuses that captures so many people's interest and imagination? Their legs? Their eyes? Their brain? All the amazing things they do? We have so little understanding of the sheer diversity of creatures that live beneath the ocean's waves, and their existence feels so foreign to us land-dwellers. But maybe it's because … Continue reading On octopuses and oceans

I love to read, and I have consumed many (many!) books over the years in my spare time. In recent years, as a busy parent with a full-time career in science education, my genre of choice trends toward whatever interesting fiction titles I find on the "New Books" shelf of my local public library branches. … Continue reading Women, space, and data…my winter of reading good books about science