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Not-so-serious Sunday 38
By Kelly Normally I favour something a little silly on a Sunday, but today I am going for something a little more meditative, or creepy depending on how you feel about jellyfish. Underwater...
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Yeti!
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kiwahirsuta.jpg By Kelly There is a creature on this great planet of ours that I dearly love. I can’t say it’s always been my favourite because it was only...
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Time to get creative
By Kelly For the last 2 1/2 weeks I have been back in Hobart at the nation’s marine science hub. For the last 2 1/2 years we have been trying to do some rather fancy measurements on my coral samples...
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When science meets art
By Kelly While I maintain that to be a good scientist you need to be creative, today I am feeling a little less so. For many, many, many, many weeks (and weekends) now I have been processing samples in...
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Life under pressure: Mariana Trench supports thriving microbial community
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21806406 By Kelly Life under pressure. I’m not talking about the present state of my academic life, although I am starting to feel the squeeze. In...
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A Cautionary Tale
http://myburnoutthing.com/definition-of-burnout/the-difference-between-burnout-and-stress/ By Kelly By the time you read this post I will be on my way home after five weeks interstate. I’ve been...
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Not-so-Serious Sunday 41: More than just a sugar rush
By Kelly As we wonder at the age of the universe it seems an appropriate time to look up at the night sky. Swedish photographer Göran Strand has been doing just that, and on March the 17th took 2464...
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Let’s talk climate change (if you are in Canberra)
By Kelly My apologies for the late notice but for those in Canberra may I suggest an evening with the ACT Climate Change Council and the indomitable Barbara Norman? From their flyer: The ACT Climate...
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The most astounding fact
By Kelly When you look up at the night sky do you feel big or small? I’ve written about the awe I felt looking up at the Aurora Australis from the Southern Ocean and feeling so insignificant in the...
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Not-so-serious Sunday 42: The science of beer
By Kelly I’ll admit it, perhaps the science (and art) of beer is not directly related to the Earth sciences. One could argue however, that beer is so dear to many geologists that it does indeed,...
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My list of lists
Source: http://www.lifehack.org By Kelly Procrastination comes in many guises and with my approaching deadline, that is defying all previously understood linear timeframes, it has become my nemesis. To...
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What collaboration can achieve
By Kelly The perception that the ‘scientist’ sits in an ivory tower with no ability to communicate, let alone work, with others is one of the stereotypes the OnCirculation folks are trying to dismiss....
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Not-so-Serious Sunday 43: How the universe began
By Kelly This is not at all how the universe began but strangely this is exactly what I thought of when watching this recent clip from the ‘slow mo’ guys. Watching paint dry may be synonymous with...
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Not-so-Serious Sunday 44: The Science of Soap
By Kelly I don’t actually have anything sciencey to say about soap, except perhaps that the chemical process that produces soap is called saponification*. Rather, I have another visual feast for you...
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Implementing the science: A National Climate Change Adaptation Research...
By Kelly Image: Life Saving platform built well above sea level at Lakes Entrance, Victoria (2013) – photo Barbara Norman I am quite sure that I am not the only student that has felt a disconnect...
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Not-so-Serious Sunday 45: Imploding turbines
By Kelly In another tribute to the wonders of slow motion video I present Veritasium‘s detailed look at imploding metal drums, by condensing water from vapour inside a sealed vessel. But it’s more than...
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Geo-engineering the atmosphere: Lessons from the SPICE crew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SPICE_SRM_overview.jpg By Kelly We are back on the subject of geoengineering, prompted by an article in Nature Climate Change that reminded me I had to write on the...
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Learning more about SPICE
By Kelly As an apprentice scientist, and an apprentice science communicator I have learned a lot over the last few days about error in reporting, science miscommunication and some of the problems...
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Not-so-Serious Sunday 46: Richard Feynman’s Ode to a Flower
By Kelly There are few things as soothing to my ears as the philisophical physicist. I have listened to Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot (see below) more times than I can count, but I’m not a physicist so I...
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Investigating the Investigator
By Kelly Source: http://csirofrvblog.com One of the major draw cards for the Earth Sciences comes from the tantalizing prospect of field work. And for marine scientists, this couldn’t be more exciting...
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