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Vitamin D needed for health
My boyfriend's mom gave us both two big bottles of Vitamin D supplements for Christmas this year. She works at a hospital, and one of the doctors there told her that especially in Northern latitudes...
All hail the Naked Mole Rat!
This reminds me of that Errol Morris film, "Fast, Cheap & Out of Control" If you haven't seen it, this documentary is really quirky and interesting, profiling a Naked Mole Rat expert who makes...
Evolution to Facebook: Oh no you di’n’t!
I don't know this for sure, but I think some people actually do have a greater capacity to maintain large numbers of relationships, however superficial, than other people do. Some people (including...
This is an interesting offer...
Good point - This reminds me of a really fascinating zine I was introduced to a few years ago by a University bioethicist who studies the use (and abuse) of human test subjects. http://www....

Biography

I wish I were an expert in:
gardening
printmaking
oceanography
Dream jobs:
I would love to be a science journalist traveling all over the world reporting on new discoveries and meeting people who are thinking creatively about science every single day.
About me
I grew-up in a very small town in Northern Minnesota. I moved to the Twin Cities in 1998 and have been spending the last 10 years learning, teaching and having fun with science, art, and many many other things.

Science in my life

What is science to you?
Science is something we all do, whether we realize it or not. We all ask questions about how things work, and then we test our best answers to those questions. If we realize this about our lives, everything becomes a potential experiment - and a whole lot more fun! I love learning about how scientific researchers see the world and how they approach questions about how it works.
I would invent
A device that would record dreams and nightmares so that you could play them back for people the next day.
Technology I love
I love my computer. There, I said it. I love my computer.
Technology that drives me crazy
I get freaked out when people are talking into those tiny phones clipped to their ears. They look like cyborgs, and I'm just not sure I am ready for that yet.
What technology do you use every day?
Computer, cell phone, eye glasses, door knobs, the bus, rubber tennis shoes, processed food....
What math do you use every day?
I use math in my work - keeping track of statistics about museum and program visitors. I also use math to budget my money, which is easy, because I never have very much.