And people are saying nice things about me AND my paper on the internet!
Category: Science
DIY brain hat!
I have been inspired by the rush of brain hats on the internet of late. And you too can make a brain hat! It's an easy project - you only need to know how to knit, purl, and decrease - but long. (You have to make approximately a bazillion brain ridges.) I adapted my pattern …
It’s 2017, where’s my cyborg?
Last week my lab mate James and I gave a talk at the Pacific Science Center on the present and future of brain-computer interfaces. It was pretty rad. I'm sorry we missed you there (unless you came, in which case thanks for finding my website!) but you can still check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVOYpDWT8Qk and …
Do droids feel pain?
One of my favorite parts of my existence as a scientist is the wild range of questions people ask me. My favorites include "how do I know when I have to pee?" (asked by a ~2 year old, to his parents' mortification) and "if zombies are a nervous system virus, then what are vampires?" Today: …
Neuroscience of Zombies, watch now!
Missed me at the Neuroscience of Zombies at Pacific Science Center? Want to catch my zingers in the Q&A again? Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu50Yhif8dE
Neuroscience of Zombies, 10/28!
Come see me at Pacific Science Center on Wednesday 10/28 for a very special Halloween edition of Science in the City: The Neuroscience of Zombies! Free for PSC members and $5 for everyone else. More info here!
A scientist, an engineer, a physician, and a mathematician walk into a bar
A scientist, an engineer, a physician, and a mathematician walk into a bar. The scientist says, "let me investigate the selection of drinks that are found in this habitat." The engineer says, "I see your tap is making my beer too foamy - let me build a better one." The physician says, "let's observe the effects on …
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Things that could be: Epcot and Innoventions for science education
Somehow I have turned into a person who runs long distance races. I hauled my sorry collegiate butt into first the gym and then the streets in December of 2012, amid the stress of thesis (completed) and graduate school (got in) and my impending graduation (BA in hand). At the time, I couldn't run a …
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Lazy science communication
I was doing research for the educational materials for kids that I'm preparing (see here) when I ran across a website with an upsetting attitude. On a website about visual perception, the author said (paraphrasing to protect the guilty and the innocent) "if you're not a scientist in my specific discipline, you might find my explanations too …
Communicating science better, part 1
Scientists are terrible at talking about science. You know this, I know this, the whole world knows this. This is really sad. What's sadder is that our reputation as a profession is so terrible that a lot of people (by which I mean the general public, not other scientists) aren't even willing to give us …
