Introversion Is Not a Personality Fail

A few years ago, I got into an argument with my now mother-in-law over my supposedly…

You Are Not a Brand — You Are a Person

I have something to say, and I am not sure how to say it without sounding grumpy. Come to…

The Fact-Based Lowdown on GMOs

Cutting through the noise, the activism, hysteria, and the pandering surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The below Q&As are the final stages of my slow transformation from being naively anti-GMO when I didn’t pay attention to who was telling me what and why…

Why go to college?

It feels like every day I see an article on some script kiddie’s blog that advocates not going to college for a technical…

Broadcasting the continuum of science

I think we need a better tool for communicating ideas.

The problem with journal papers is that they are discrete, static and conservative while science is essentially a continuous, dynamic and unpredictable process. So, we need an…