R. Philip Bouchard – Medium

R. Philip Bouchard

Published in

The Philipendium

We Underappreciate the Role of Proteins in Our Bodies

The word “protein” is quite familiar to all of us, and yet most of us have a very limited understanding of the role of proteins in our…

Jun 9, 2022

We Underappreciate the Role of Proteins in Our Bodies

Jun 9, 2022

Published in

The Philipendium

What Is a Fox?

Three different ways to categorize living things: traditional terminology, biological classification, and cladistics

May 31, 2021

What Is a Fox?

May 31, 2021

Published in

The Philipendium

Is DNA Like a Blueprint, a Computer Program, or a List of Ingredients?

The term DNA (short for deoxyribonucleic acid) often appears in the media these days. Because of these frequent encounters, we all have a…

Jan 25, 2019

Is DNA Like a Blueprint, a Computer Program, or a List of Ingredients?

Jan 25, 2019

Published in

The Philipendium

Trees and Carbon Dioxide: What Is the True Connection?

It’s not hard to find wacky ideas about science on the internet — bizarre concepts that stand out because they are so far removed from…

Sep 24, 2018

Trees and Carbon Dioxide: What Is the True Connection?

Sep 24, 2018

Published in

The Philipendium

The Curious Connections Between Water and Energy

Quickly — name three ways in which water is intimately tied to energy. Ready? What answers did you come up with? If the word “energy” made…

Sep 2, 2018

The Curious Connections Between Water and Energy

Sep 2, 2018

Published in

The Philipendium

The 10 Most Repressive Countries in the World — and the 10 Most Free

The recent talks with North Korea have brought renewed attention to that nation — and to the extremely repressive nature of its government…

Aug 2, 2018

The 10 Most Repressive Countries in the World — and the 10 Most Free

Aug 2, 2018

Published in

The Philipendium

Are You And I Related?

It seems a simple question: Are you and I related? When we phrase a question in this manner, we assume that there is a simple “yes” or “no”…

Sep 1, 2017

Are You And I Related?

Sep 1, 2017

Published in

The Philipendium

Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Peppers

What do tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers have in common? One obvious answer is that these are all food plants. We can grow these plants in…

Jul 25, 2017

Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Peppers

Jul 25, 2017

Published in

The Philipendium

How I Managed to Design the Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time

The Oregon Trail is, by most measures, the most successful educational computer game of all time. Many versions of the game were created…

Jun 29, 2017

How I Managed to Design the Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time

Jun 29, 2017

Published in

The Philipendium

Plants Don’t Get Enough Credit

I’ve recently been approached by a publicist representing the Plant Kingdom, and on behalf of all the plants in the world, I have been…

Jun 21, 2017

Plants Don’t Get Enough Credit

Jun 21, 2017

R. Philip Bouchard

R. Philip Bouchard

Writer, educator, and avid student of nature. My new book is “The Stickler’s Guide to Science in the Age of Misinformation”. See more at www.philipbouchard.com.

Following

Help

Status

About

Careers

Press

Blog

Privacy

Rules

Terms

Text to speech