Who was Carl Sagan and why is he important for Science, Science Communication and the public? CARL SAGAN – THE SCIENTISTS The son of a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, a curious boy, born in the poorer suburbs…
Scientific literacy – don't be fooled!
Why should we care? Before we could answer the question who to trust when it comes to science and literacy, it is important to account for what, how and who measures it. The majority of…
(Bio)Engineering a dragon
It's clear we do need dragons, even if only for the sole reason that it'd be absolutely awesome!.. Reading this blog post made me think - how hard would it be to (bio)engineer a dragon?…
Skinner and his superstitions
Do you cross you fingers and knock on wood? Or may be turn the other way when a black cat crosses your path? Being superstitious has little to do with being religious, and for some…
20 years after Dolly or "where are all…
A sheep was born 20 years ago today, a group from Scotland (from the Roslin Institute) announced that they have successfully cloned the first mammal from an adult somatic cell. The achievement was in the…
XX in science
We have it wrong in STEM Yesterday was the international day of women in science. Truth be told, I only found out when I saw tweets with the hashtag flooding my feed. Part of me…
My list of science wishes for 2017
I'm known to be very bad at fortune-telling, so I'd rather share few things I hope to see happening in 2017. There are plenty of things to dream of for the (hopefully not so far)…
Restarting evolution – mirror proteins
Evolution is not the means to an end We often think wrongly about evolution as a process which is directional - headed in a specific "predetermined" way, the road to a specific endgame of Nature.…
Not a hiatus, just "The Thesis" and a…
It was not all part of the plan I've been absent from around here for a while. It wasn't a planned hiatus from my favorite thing, from writing in my favorite blog... But doing so…
"Science Café"
I am co-hosting a live stream science news show 3 times per week with the wonderful mastermind behind the Blue Streak Science podcast - JD Goodwin. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (unless my PhD interferes…
