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Reusing writing

When I create original 'op ed' or educational bits for Science 2.0 (the movement, not the website), I often start with a podcast of the topic (over at 365 Days of Astronomy).  Then, I post the transcript or an extension of the podcast here as an ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Sep 10 2011 - 3:32pm

Math Links and Creepy Art

Squid news has been kind of slow lately, but I hate leaving this blog empty! (The frequency with which it is meant to be updated is, after all, given away in the title.) So here are a couple of tidbits. First, a creepy illustration by Kevin Evans: ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 13 2011 - 6:25pm

Farewell To The Climber

Walter Bonatti died yesterday at 81 years of age. One of Italy's greatest "old style" climbers, Bonatti is especially famous for the first ascent to the K2, the extremely hard to climb, 8611-meter-tall mountain in the Karakorum. ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Sep 14 2011 - 7:55am

Preaching and Teaching: Performance Art

As I stared up into the dark the other morning, up before the alarm again, and already dwelling on the coming day and the need to fit everything on my to-do list into the day, my mind turned to the idea that good teachers and good preachers have the same ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 16 2011 - 6:51am

A Joint Review Of Kerry Cohen's Seeing Ezra

Cowritten by Kim Wombles and Kathleen Leopold Kathleen Leopold and I have been blogging buddies for over two years now, working on various projects together, struggling to figure out our places in the online autism community as we work in the real world to ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Sep 18 2011 - 8:01pm

An Interview With Kerry Cohen, Author Of Seeing Ezra

Kerry Cohen, author of Seeing Ezra, agreed to an interview with Kathleen Leopold and me. Kathleen's questions appear first. (This post appears at the Autism Blogs Directory) The name "Ezra" means aid or help. Is the title of your memoir a re ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Sep 19 2011 - 6:32am

Insert Deep, Insightful Words Here

"It's always darkest before the dawn." No, really? My replacement: "It's always darkest in a room with no windows and no lights on." Useful, huh? ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 23 2011 - 6:57am

Parental Advocacy for Disabled Children

What We Fight For: Children Who Will Find a Place in the World ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 26 2011 - 7:45am

Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books Shortlist

The shortlist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books was recently announced. (http://royalsociety.org/news/Royal-Society-Winton-Prize-for-Science-Books-Shortlist-Announced/) 6 books have been chosen for the shortlist out of a longlist of 13 b ...

Blog Post - Stephen Lee - Sep 28 2011 - 1:22am

Fact Checking Or Copy Checking? Journalism In Science

Imagine if a journalist sent their story to former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney to 'check the facts'- what would the outcry sound like from other journalists and the public? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 30 2011 - 4:30am