by Captain Skellett | Mar 22, 2011 | Science Communication
Containing the best of science writing on the web, Open Lab 2010 has been published and printed. Inside are 50 blog posts, 6 poems and a cartoon – including my very own blog post How Aqua Regia Saved Nobel Prizes from the Nazis. The book was edited by the...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 16, 2010 | Science Communication
Quick note and heads up to check out OpenLab10, which has published a list of some of the best blogging efforts from 2010. A good bunch in anyone’s book! From this epic list they will narrow down to a mere 53, which will be published in an anthology on actual...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 13, 2010 | Recent Research, Science Communication, Sex and Reproduction, The Realm of Bizzare
Ah, the elusive platypus. The water dwelling animal with fur, webbed feet and a beak. It may just be the strangest animal on the planet. Not only does it look weird, it’s poisonous, can sense electricity, lays eggs and secrete milk through their skin, and have...