December 30, 2013 – January 3, 2014 Ann Redux: You know how, if your sister is a biologist, you have to be a physicist? This isn’t only competition, it’s also cooperation and as such holds the Recipe for World Peace — if only anyone would listen. Cameron Redux: the Snail Apocolypse is upon her, also […]
Miscellaneous
LWON is celebrating the holidays by re-running some of our favorite posts. This post originally appeared in January 2014. Welcome to the New Year! The champagne is popped, the drunken kisses made and regretted. The only thing left to do is to go back to work and see what 2014 is all about. Oh, except […]
23 – 27 December This week was LWON holiday review! (Translation: we give you the gift of some our favourite posts of 2013 and you give us the gift of a holiday. It’s like Gift of the Magi!) Richard explained why his dad really is older than the universe: and what that means for the […]
On a recent episode of the literary podcast All Write Already! Susan Orlean said, “I’ve always been skeptical about the value of blogs.” While I agree with her arguments in favor of writing for pay and under the guidance of an editor, I’ve also come to believe that under the right circumstances (i.e. you are not blogging […]
16 – 20 December This week, Erik reported on the state of science magazines in Mexico: aliens, conspiracy theories and Jesus in crisis. Note to self: move to Mexico. Michelle gave Bilbo Baggins a gender makeover. Cameron asked our esteemed readers for help with a head scratcher: why do the highest tides on winter fall […]
This weekend the moon pulled back the curtains on the beach, revealing plenty of sand in the evening hours. I love the beach in the winter, particularly near dusk. The sand seems to go on for miles; when there’s a full moon, it rises from behind the mountains, which are still rosy from alpenglow. I […]
December 9 – 13 Guest Michael Balter would like scientists to understand that by talking to science writing grad students, they’re talking to the people who will one day be representing their work to the public. Please and thank you. I wouldn’t consider reading my horoscope but in any case, it’s always wrong. Abstruse Goose […]
Out of 20 million premature and underweight babies born each year, four million die. Most are in developing countries. Solving this problem is not just a short-term humanitarian effort, it also constitutes low-hanging fruit in the international development field. When infant mortality goes down, we tend to see population sizes decrease as well. Poverty can […]
