misc.ience

Why the Caster Semenya sillyness makes me so angry

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 24, 2010

I am, I would be the first to admit, generally pretty flippant and light-hearted in my blogging. Caster Semenya. I dunno, but Jenny Meadows looks at least as...hardcore...ya? Not for me the heavy-handed nor overly serious style adopted by many others. No, I prefer that my readers have a bit of a giggle, maybe pick … Read More

Cooking: where science and art already meet

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 23, 2010

I come from an extremely foody family. I’ve always explained it to people as follows: “you know that place in their hearts where fundamentalist religious people keep their god? That’s where my parents keep food’. So yes. And I now find myself living in a particularly foody city (Wellington has, … Read More

Reprise #3: the value of memory

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 16, 2010

Last reprise for the moment! According to this marvellous post, a British (yes, the Brits feature again) brain has actually worked out a formula able to place a precise, sterling value on one’s memories. It factors in elements such as how vividly you recall it, its perceived importance, and a host of other interesting factoids. It’s … Read More

Reprise #2: Sixty Symbols

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 13, 2010

Something fun to explore over the weekend! (And my first ever post) The link is to Sixty Symbols (click on the logo above), kindly brought to us by the University of Nottingham (nice one, chaps). Sixty Symbols is brilliant: it’s perfect for those of us with an interest in physics, … Read More

A year on, a reprise or two

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 11, 2010

So, I’ve now officially been at this blogging thing for a little over a year. And, inspired by Darcy’s latest post (feat. the number 191), I thought I’d, well, also have a small celebration. Yay! /dons party hat and places squeaker at the ready Also, when sciblogs syndicated my content, it didn’t pull … Read More

I'm back!

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 09, 2010

I have, once again, been remiss in my blogging. To those who noticed: my most humble of apologies. Rest assured the self-flagellation in this respect has been more than adequate. To those who didn’t: um, yes. At least you were saved any potential pain and/or horror at the situation. And, hopefully, I … Read More

Great sciencey watchables

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 29, 2010

August looks set to be an absolute cracker for that segment of my readership who a) likes to watch science-related programming and b) has access to TVNZ 7 (hilariously, I don’t actually fit into the latter group). Still, even if you don’t, then guaranteed you’ll have a friend who does, and it’s … Read More

Go forth! Make friends!

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 28, 2010

Or, why having a social network is very good for you. Really. Yes, fine, I’m biased. I admit it. I see no harm in the burgeoning everywhereness of social media and stuff. And I think having friends is awesomely important. As far as I’m concerned, the more friends we have, and the … Read More

All kinds of trippy goodness – food as scanned by MRI

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 19, 2010

Hah! Still alive! (Possibly) A melon A little bit of very intriguing strangeness today. And yes, a brief post too. Still, the amount of time spent watching this in fascination should hopefully make up for that. Some very interesting person took a bunch of different foods, and bunged them into an MRI … Read More

In which I make an excuse, but put out a suggestion

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 12, 2010

Greetings, readers all I have become too busy, and my blogging's fallen over (but very temporarily) Yes, I am alive. No, I have not forgotten my duty to you all to produce entertaining and informative content. However, I am at this point stupidly busy, and thus have fallen a little behind. Amusingly, the … Read More

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