Link: On the science of science communication
The College of Life Sciences here at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has a very strong department of Life Sciences Communication, with some world-leading...
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Link: Profile of Tilly Edinger
Smithsonian has done a nice profile of Tilly Edinger, one of the most important paleontologists of the twentieth century: “The Woman Who Shaped the Study of ...
Link: Are physicists barking up the wrong tree?
Sabine Hossenfelder has a book coming out next month, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray. She pursues the question of why physicists today follow ...
Link: Following fieldwork in Malawi
Emory University has done a nice story about Jessica Thompson’s archaeological fieldwork in Malawi: “Bonding over bones, stones and beads”.
Link: Interview with Yaniv Erlich and massive human genealogy
The Atlantic has a nice interview with Yaniv Erlich, the geneticist who this week revealed the largest scientific analysis of a single human genealogical tre...
Link: Sci-Hub profiled
Verge has a long article on Sci-Hub, focusing on its founder, Alexandra Elbakyan: “Science’s Pirate Queen”.
Link: An appreciation of Frank Brown
Nature last week published an appreciation by Bernard Wood of the life and contributions of the late Frank Brown, who died earlier this fall: “Frank Brown (1...
Link: Steven Pinker on academic writers’ problems
Some words of advice from Steven Pinker about writing, in this interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education. I like the diagnosis:
Link: Profile Q and A with biological anthropologist Debra Martin
Vegas Seven has a great interview with biological anthropologist Debra Martin: “Seven Questions With Biological Anthropologist Debra Martin”, touching on her...
Link: Interview with Ronald Numbers about creationism
A few years ago, historian of science and creationism Ronald Numbers did a great interview with Steve Paulson, which is on Salon: “Seeing the light — of scie...
Link: Lee Berger interviewed in Nautilus
Nautilus is running a nice interview with Lee Berger about Homo naledi and other things: “The Man Who Used Facebook to Find an Extinct Human Species”.
Link: Biomechanical demands of hip width
Boston University’s research office has a nice article about Kristi Lewton’s research on pelvic biomechanics: “In defense of wide hips”. The piece refers to ...
Link: Profile of Edward O. Wilson at the retirement community
Boston magazine has a nice article profiling Edward O. Wilson, giving some insight into his current writing environment in Brookhaven retirement community: “...
Link: A visit to Ethiopian paleoanthropology
I’m frankly amazed I didn’t link to this Nautilus article when it came out last year: “Digging Through the World’s Oldest Graveyard”. In it, Amy Maxmen trave...
Profile of Nina Jablonski and skin pigmentation
Ann Gibbons has a very nice profile of biological anthropologist Nina Jablonski in last week’s Science: “Shedding light on skin color”. Jablonski is well-kno...
Dan Fisher and the art of elephant preservation
The magazine of the College of Literature, Science and Arts at the University of Michigan has a nice piece profiling Dan Fisher: “The dead elephant in the ro...
Bernard Wood interviewed in Current Biology
A recent issue of Current Biology has a short interview with paleoanthropologist Bernard Wood: “Bernard Wood”. The interview covers his transition from a tra...
A profile of John Gurche
The Mail and Guardian has a nice article about the work of John Gurche, written by Sarah Wild: “The next best thing to a time machine”. Gurche is doing a gue...
Interview with Lee Berger
As many readers know, I recently offered a massive open online course (MOOC), titled “Human Evolution Past and Future”. The course included video interviews ...
Link: Peter and Rosemary Grant in New York Times
Jonathan Weiner wrote a well-known book about the long-term field studies of Galapagos finches by Peter and Rosemary Grant, titled The Beak of the Finch: A S...
Cynthia Kenyon profile
The Guardian has a profile interview with aging researcher Cynthia Kenyon: “Cynthia Kenyon: ‘The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexp...
Pardis Sabeti profile
Smithsonian is running a profile of geneticist Pardis Sabeti, written by Seth Mnookin: “Pardis Sabeti, the Rollerblading Rock Star Scientist of Harvard”.
Tomoko Ohta profile
Current Biology has published an interview of the esteemed Japanese population geneticist Tomoko Ohta Ohta:profile:2012.
Into the belly of the whale
Carl Zimmer profiles anatomist Joy Reidenberg, who has scored a coup for public communication of science on the BBC show, Inside Nature’s Giants: “From Insid...
James F. Crow, 1916-2012
I received today the sad news that my friend and colleague James F. Crow has died, at the age of 95. Jim was a legend in the field of population genetics, wh...
Making a Hawking
Cosmos posts a long biographical retrospective from Stephen Hawking about his life and work. A lot of it will be review for people well-read on the history o...
Computer composer
An article about classical composer David Cope and the AI programs he wrote to make original music. It’s not new news, but a nice profile with many “what doe...
Seed interviews Richard Wrangham
I’ve been reading Richard Wrangham’s book, and I’ll report on it when I’ve finished it. Meanwhile, SEED gives us another Wrangham interview. Wrangham points ...
Freeman Dyson profile
In my book, what it takes to be a rockin’ physicist is coming up with something that forms the basis of entire series of sci-fi novels. So Freeman Dyson qual...