Guest Author • Jul 31, 2019 •
Ceridwyn Roberts I often wonder if all science starts with kids making potions. All you really need is some red cabbage indicator and then everything in the house is being tested, including the cat’s fur with the cat still attached. When my son was little ‘playing chemist’ would keep him happily occupied for at least half an hour at a … Read More
Robert Hickson • May 27, 2019 •
No one needs telling that the Future is Coming. But there are different perspectives and attitudes toward it. Some see the future as “dark and full of terrors” – The machines are taking over; Democracy is dying; We are doomed! Others see nothing but light – Technological utopianism; Singularities; Becoming an interplanetary species; Or a delight for … Read More
Guest Author • Jan 23, 2019 •
Ceridwyn Roberts I think of my temper as a chemical reaction. Mostly it’s stable and inert, but add just a touch of tired grumpiness and BOOM you have the equivalent of caesium in a swimming pool. As a science geek, I can share with you that the thing I love about caesium is that … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 26, 2018 •
Guest post by Ceridwyn Roberts My dad is a scientist – a nuclear chemist – the sort of guy you’d expect to find at the beginning of a superhero story. Short, glasses-wearing, geeky. He had a radiation monitoring badge that he sometimes forgot to take off when he left the lab and I’d examine it, hoping to see his powers … Read More
Guest Author • Jan 19, 2018 •
Clifford Johnson, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. How often do you, outside the requirements of an assignment, ponder things like the workings of a distant star, the innards of your phone camera, or the number and layout … Read More