misc.ience

A soupcon of shameless self-sales

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 13, 2010

Wondering whether to feel ashamed or not, I suddenly thought ‘but wait – isn’t this part of the whole point?’. So onwards… Anyway, for anyone who’s in the Tauranga (26th April) or Hamilton (27th April) areas later this month, I’m going to be talking at Cafe Scientifique about science and the … Read More

For all fans of manga: the power of science

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 09, 2010

I got sent the glorious picture below a brief parcel of time ago, and it made me happy. And, since it’s a Friday and I’m feeling magnanimous, I thought I’d spread the love to all my science geeks. In particular, of course, those who enjoy manga/anime. I’m more than happy to credit it if … Read More

GRA inaugural meeting shows strong will to succeed

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 07, 2010

This week marks the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Alliance (GRA). For those of you not familiar with it, it’s probably one of the best things to come out of last year’s largely-failed Copenhagen talks. The idea had first budded in late 2008, but was officially launched … Read More

Now starring in movies: human genes

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 06, 2010

I do so love it when people make accessibly, entertaining, highly educational science stuff. A dividing cell. The image is a composite of several images showing the effects of different gene silencings. The images were grouped according to their effect: green for genes that affect the mitotic spindle, and red for the genes that affect the chromosomes … Read More

Bacteria build pyramids

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 26, 2010

Yay! And true. Not the ones with which we’re all familiar, of course (and by these I am referring to the Giza structures). [Interesting sidenote: bacteria are capable of building structures with sand, which they turn into sandstone, and there’s a fascinating TED talk which looks at how this … Read More

It's been a very sciencey few days

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 25, 2010

Yea, and verily. Spike the tuatara Just a brief check-in, this, to assure everyone that yes, I am alive, but I’ve had my head buried in all kinds of science-based goings-on recently. It all started on Tuesday evening, when I was lucky enough to be in the gallery listening to Martin Lord Rees … Read More

High temperature superconductors and cars – it doesn't get any cooler (seriously)

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 22, 2010

Ok, so I’m going to go about this in the fashion most often called ‘arse-about-face’. An HTS motor First, a word of explanation. I was lucky enough to get to go to the ISIS-18 open day a little while back. During said day, I developed what is probably going to be a lifelong fascination … Read More

Carl Zimmer's Science Reader Survey

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 18, 2010

In a fit of market-research madness, Carl Zimmer (one of my favourite science writers) assembled a little survey looking into people’s science reading habits. The man himself: Carl Zimmer In essence, it asked how people get their ‘science fix’, where they get it from, and how they feel about paying for it. Read More

You know your 'type'? It's stress dependent…

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 12, 2010

A number of interesting revelations to be had here, and all to do with our choices of ‘mate’. And by mate, I don’t mean the antipodean colloquialism meaning ‘friend’. Nope, I mean mate as in, you know, someone you want to shag. As it were. The first revelation in this … Read More

Why GeoNet rocks my world

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 08, 2010

Last week, my colleague Dacia and I were fortunate enough to go out to Avalon to meet Ken Gledhill and Kevin Fenaughty, two of the people involved in GeoNet. The website will be one familiar to many Kiwis – a GNS initiative, it is the public face of a project which aims to collect data … Read More

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