Big Toe Artist Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. In addition to his scientific background, Big Toe spent two semesters studying art at the Sorbonne, during which time he spent a good deal of time at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, where several of Van Gogh’s self-portraits clearly influenced his current work. Today was his day off, …
Another one of those entertaining young scientist stories that makes me want to chuck it all and go back to school: She clearly delights in the work, in part because it’s about answering questions scientists are only beginning to understand how to ask. “I have no idea what I’m going to be doing in 20 …
Big Toe Reads Thermometers Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Staff climatologist Big Toe reading the thermometers today in the Inkstain World Headquarters weather station. His first assignment is to analyze data from the IWH thermometers as relates to the official National Weather Service readings. We are attempting to resolve uncertainties about the “urban heat island effect.” …
It’s bad enough when the science establishment charges for access to the loading dock, but Shelley Batts’ experience is even worse. Intrigued by a paper in The Science of Food, she blogged it, including a graph and data table from the paper. For which sin she was threatened with legal action for violation of copyright. …
I can’t figure out how to embed a YouTube video (WordPress/TinyMCE insists on editing my html until it doesn’t work) so you’ll just have to click through to enjoy It’s a Wonderful Life in Los Alamos.
Down in the comments, Slinger points to Peter Ford’s Christian Science Monitor story on China’s greenhouse gas reduction noises: With China’s carbon footprint expected to outsize America’s within a year, officials in Beijing appear to be backing away from their view that global warming is a Western problem that developed countries must solve. While still …
Big Toe Gets Himself Donated to Science Originally uploaded by Driving in Heels. I’ve been increasingly concerned about the rigor I’m able to offer here, so I recently made the decision to add a climatologist to the Inkstain staff. Big Toe has a Masters Degree in Science, and has read several of the books on …
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This map from Platts says it all. You can’t make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions without tackling the China problem.
One of PZ Myers’ criticisms of the whole idea of framing scientific communication is the lack of specifics about how to implement the ideas Matt Nisbet and Chris Mooney are pushing. I’ve been feeling as well that the whole discussion has been a bit lacking in the way of concrete examples (Gavin’s attempt to anchor …
Los Ranchos Rail Runner Station Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. It was beautiful this morning, and I didn’t need my car today for work, so I rode. I did not, however, check the weather forecast re the return trip. When I looked up the weather at 4 p.m. and saw 25 mph (40 kph) winds out …