Toronto is hosting Science Rendezvous this Sat May 9th. It is a festival of science!!
This is one wonderful way to get kids and older people too, interested in science and to see that scientists are not just lab slaves.
Volunteering at such an event can also help scientists or budding scientists see if an outreach [...]
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bring science to the masses
Posted in alternative careers, events, misc cool stuff, teacher, volunteer opportunities on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
more food chemistry!
Posted in misc cool stuff on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Science section of the New York Times has an article on the science of cooking – take a look!
At the Stove, a Dash of Science, a Pinch of Folklore
I had invited Ms. Corriher [a biochemist] and her husband, Arch, who were in New York from Atlanta for a visit, to dinner to help [...]
ho ho ho – need a quick present?
Posted in misc cool stuff, personal story on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a new book that sounds interesting – suitable for chemists and ex-chemists:
THE ALCHEMY OF AIR
A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
By Thomas Hager
Harmony Press. 316 pp. $24.95
Somehow fertilizer seems an unlikely subject for a Faustian tale about pride, vanity [...]
nobel prize = genius = dysfunctional?
Posted in humorous, misc cool stuff on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so it is hollywood logic – but this movie might be interesting watching…
Nobel Son
It’s got family, chemistry, kidnapping and did I say chemistry?
pr job anyone?
Posted in alternative careers, misc cool stuff on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a hilarious ad for a chromatograph:
A new trend? here are a few more oddities:
PCR Song
epMotion
Perhaps more chemical/equipment companies need some chemists to write songs and ads for them!!
grant funding – not a new thing
Posted in misc cool stuff on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Found this quote when I was testing out a new database (on eigtheenth century letters) today:
He and I are now upon a new sort of chemistry, i.e. extracting money out of the scholars pockets; and if we can do that, you need not fear but in time we shall have the lapis; for he that [...]
not your average researcher
Posted in misc cool stuff on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This really has nothing to do with careers but is a cute video – don’t all mousy lab researchers really want to be burlesque dancers? ya, right…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWq7NRB2X9Q
what would be your choice?
Posted in misc cool stuff, personal story on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Comm-oddities
Designer’s ashes buried in Pringles can
Monday, June 2, 2008 The Associated Press
The man who designed the Pringles potato chip packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that he asked that a portion of his ashes be buried in one of the iconic cans.
Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati, died May 4 at Vitas Hospice [...]
start ‘em young…
Posted in misc cool stuff on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a link to an article about how to “correctly” start your kids’ education:
The Dulwich Mom by Constance Harding, The Telegraph May 23, 2008
She states what she did for her children (tongue firmly placed in cheek):
I have fulfilled my motherly duty to the best of my ability; I played the munchkins’ classical music while [...]
using your chemistry super power to do good….
Posted in misc cool stuff, personal story, university professor on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Polanyi just won the Herzberg Gold Medal in Canada! (For all you non-Canadians, this is the highest award in science and engineering you can get in this country.) But in addition to doing great science (a Nobel prize winner in 1986), he is also has spoken out for peace and just lately for [...]
