Communicating Science in My Native Tongue
Several months ago Drug Monkey asked me this: @amasianv do you blog in Vietnamese? Could be a cool thing, no? — Drug Monkey (@drugmonkeyblog) September 9, 2012 Communicating science is tough as it is, […]
Category Archives: Science EP&O
Don’t forget to bỏ phiếu in tomorrow’s bầu cử
Find out whom Amasian Dad, lifelong* Republican, will be voting for in tomorrow’s presidential election.
How my dad saved high school biology
It really came as no surprise when my 9th grade high school biology teacher told me that we wouldn’t be doing any experiments that year. The high school I attended […]
Experimental Ethics
by Youssef Rizk, Esq. While doing some reading online during the work day, I came across an article about a recently FDA approved experiment that would attempt to develop a […]
“What are you going to do after you get your PhD?”
It’s a question familiar to every PhD student, ranking up there with “When will you finish?”, and if you’re lucky enough to be in biology: “Are you working on a […]
Urging our Senators to Support NIH Funding: Does it Work?
Last night, before leaving lab I received this email: Urge Your Senators to Support for $32 Billion for NIH in FY 2013 Dear Colleague, The Senate Appropriations Committees will […]
Carl Zimmer comes to Brown and schools me in the art science writing.
When it came to science writing, I made a gross miscalculation. Two months ago, the idea of of science blogging came with the naive notion that it would […]
Around the Web Wednesdays 3.21.12
This is my first installment of Around the Web Wednesdays. Every week I will gather interesting stories from around the worldwideweb to share with you all (drum roll […]
#hashtag backlash: In defense of Twitter.
A couple of weeks ago I was reproached on Facebook for overenthuiastic tweeting and my apparent affinity for hashtagging. Here’s a sampling of their criticisms: “what’s with all […]
Are Obama’s STEM Initiatives Enough? An educator’s response.
This is an educator’s response to my earlier post: Are Obama’s STEM Initiatives Enough? by Eric Klein Evidence of the effect of external factors such as recession on […]
