Science

Uranium nano-materials suggest migration following nuclear accident

A persistent uranium peroxide species demonstrates deficiencies in current nuclear fuel assessment models

Scientist Finds Pen Mightier Than Pipette

VANCOUVER—If the field of journalism is struggling, you wouldn't know it at the 178th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The conference, held Thursday through Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia, brought together nearly 8,000 attendees—with press representing just under 10 percent—to share and promote science under the theme Flattening the World: Building a Global Knowledge Society.

A Whole New World

Having a press pass for the AAAS meeting in Vancouver has ushered me into a conference world that was completely hidden to me as a scientist.

AAAS: First Impressions

As you may know, I have traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, to attend the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (or AAAS). A few plans were made in advance: packing my passport, bringing my Delta free drink coupons, and more importantly, meeting up with Ars Technica's John Timmer and BoingBoing's Maggie Koerth-Baker for shadowing and general science writing n00b counsel.

The ‘diversity problem’ in science | Harvard Gazette

The discussion of increasing diversity in science has been going on for a very long time. I once naively thought that there weren't still barriers keeping women and people of color from succeeding...because I was succeeding. What I really thought, I think, is that there shouldn't be.

College v. Grad School

I would agree with this, although I somehow still managed to sleep as an undergrad. There is no succeeding in graduate school, only surviving.