Gently falling flakes of disgustingness.
Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?
They sure don't act like it.
What was it like being on that ship-on-stilts that was drilling into the Chicxulub Crater of dinosaur doom?
If you had asked me this as a teenager, I would have said, “It was good,” and the conversation would have ended. In this post, though, I actually give you details.
How did a children's author, two scientists, and a bunch of blue crabs help protect diamondback terrapins?
In this post, you can find out about the day I volunteered with two wildlife biologists to do research in a salt marsh, what it has to do with blue crabs, and how the scientists are using the data they have collected to save diamondback terrapins.
Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?
Giant squid used to always be described as "elusive." Now there is so much footage of them out there, it's like they're cultivating their own online social media personas.
Are there pros and cons to getting hypothermia?
For the most part, getting hypothermia is not good, unless, of course, you want to make your body a suitable habitat for bioluminescent bacteria.
Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?
Yes, though despite this teaser photo, one of them was not me, and neither was the other.
Were there ever glow-in-the-dark Civil War soldiers?
Angels making Civil War soldiers glow? Unicorns on the Moon? It's science in the Nineteenth Century!