Are scientists fallible? Is science? Contributions of forgotten scientists of the past and of #WomeninScience in the future. The funny side of science and engineering. Some of the challenges facing how science progresses and some of the new projects trying to address them. Profiles of labs knitting the future and stories from scientists at work.
© 2020 Tanay and Sach
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Film quote, presumed under Fair Use: Voices of Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern from Jurassic Park (1992). Dr. Ian Malcolm and Dr. Ellie Sattler on a tour of the island, musing aloud their thoughts on humans toying with nature.
Telescope icon by icongeek26.
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Links:
Steam-power is 2000 years old
https://www.britannica.com/technology/aeolipile
‘Algorithms’ come from Uzbekistan
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91544/how-algorithm-got-its-name
Iraqis were among the first scientists in today’s sense
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7810846.stm
When they blew smoke up you to save you from drowning
https://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709
Stonehenge building not such a mystery
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/23/stonehenge-wasnt-so-hard-to-build-after-all-archaeologists-disco/
The real housewives of the Enlightenment
https://www.nature.com/scitable/forums/women-in-science/ever-heard-of-marie-anne-lavoisier-58817208/
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Library-and-Information-Services/Exhibitions/Women-and-Geology/Mary-Buckland
Some of Newton’s more dubious thoughts
https://listverse.com/2018/07/26/10-strange-stories-from-isaac-newtons-descent-into-madness/
Some of Einstein's more dubious thoughts
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/world/einstein-travel-diaries.html
Trying to avoid all GMO food? Might be harder than you thought.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/05/05/404198552/natural-gmo-sweet-potato-genetically-modified-8-000-years-ago
Who’s paying for this research?
https://listverse.com/2019/01/18/10-ridiculously-elaborate-scientific-studies-no-one-asked-for/
When not to trust experts
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/unknown-unknowns-the-problem-of-hypocognition/
Responses to crises in science publication
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-07325-2
Goodbye to animal testing!
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190122-how-bodies-on-a-chip-can-transform-animal-welfare
Insects inspire the best robots
https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613886/robot-bee-solar-powered-flying-drones/
Why Russia has more women in science than common in the West
https://qz.com/1746284/socialist-countries-employ-more-women-in-math-and-science/
Story Collider podcast
http://StoryCollider.org
One of the best Twitter handles in Science
https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/15/in-mice-twitter-account-hype-science-reporting/
Astrobiology with Neil De Grasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RExQFZzHXQ
Profile of Berkeley rock star scientist Dr. Jennifer Doudna
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/jennifer-doudna
One of the cooler labs out there
https://media.mit.edu
