March 9-13, 2015
On Friday the 13th, Cassie told us the sad story of the people who died after taking a perfectly reasonable-seeming medicine, and what that means for the drugs we take today.
Ann told us what today’s brilliant young astronomers are up to: crazy stuff, like figuring out a rule of thumb for guessing the density of faraway planets.
Jessa followed up on the quiz from two weeks ago with a brief lecture on symmetry, and how big of a deal it is for both arthropods and humans.
Cameron considered geography and personality and why, as an introvert, she prefers the ocean (above), then asked her friends what kind of landscape they like.
On Monday, Richard reached into the vaults to rerun a post on science, America, and the Enlightenment. Remember the good ol’ days, when people thought empiricism was important?
photo: Cameron Walker