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How to make a junk guitar
Check out the movie "It Might Get Loud." Jack White of The White Stripes makes a guitar using a wire, coke bottle and magnet and plays some mean blues on it. Here's the clip of him doing it from...
Wolf
In northern Minnesota, wolves average eating about one full-size deer a month. But they're not like us...they don't get to eat on a regular schedule. So they eat whenever they can catch a deer. They...
Cocaine prices around the world
Hey, these people are taking drugs....do you think their actions should make any sense?
Are the movies running amok with bad science?
It's amazing how some junk science in movie sticks in people's psyches. During volunteer training this week for an archaeology activity for the upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, our trainer's first...

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How I use science

How do I user science in my job?
I use science in my job all the time, especially when I'm working on Science Buzz content, which can relate to just about any branch of science you can think of.
How do I keep up with science and technology?
There are several websites I check almost daily for the latest in science news. I'm also old school and pick up a newspaper nearly everyday and scan that for science information. People who know I work on Science Buzz also sometimes shoot me ideas about new developments in science and technology.

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This just in: Japan is full of super old people
Just because japan have a lot of old people, it doesn't mean that there is really a lot of them. There isn't really anything wrong with old people actually.
ValleyFair VS. Nickelodeon Universe
I got the Facts from the Valleyfair website for your information. Where are you reading that doesn't say that?
Geology and nature along the North Shore
Oh i remember going to gooseberry falls last year in august. And it was dry up, there wasn't much water. But it is still very pretty over there. And Lake Superior is very pretty, yet very cold.
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Biography

I wish I were an expert in:
• Global warming
• Geology of the Grand Canyon
• Psychology
Dream jobs:
• Grand Canyon river guide
• Park ranger in Glacier or Yellowstone national parks
• Jet Man, the guy who flies with a self-contained wing/jet engine pack on his back

Education and work

Website
Science Buzz
About me
I live in St. Paul, Minn., and work as an exhibit developer at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Right now most of my time is spent working on creating content for a new traveling exhibit called "Lost Egypt." I also spend about 20 percent of my time working on things here for the Buzz, posting items on the blog, approving reader comments and preparing Buzz panels that appear in the museum galleries. Apart from those work duties, I'm a big music and sports fan. I'm part of a way cool Internet fan group for the Doobie Brothers (Whoaaaa oh, China Grove!) and pretty much have earbuds latched into my ears whenever I don't have to be listening to actual people. I also sing in my church choir (but we don't do any Doobies there!). Against all good thinking, I continue to be a big fan of the Minnesota Vikings, play fantasy football and also am a big Minnesota Twins fan. And there's no other place to be on Thursday nights than be infront of the tube to see the latest episode of "The Office."

Science in my life

What is science to you?
Science is understanding the different forces and properties around us that impact our every-day lives. Working here on the Buzz has really opened up my eyes how the different avenues of science all inter-relate and impact each other.
I would invent
Dehydrated water.
Technology I love
I love my iPod, especially these new generations that allow you to carry along photos, video, etc.
Technology that drives me crazy
Copy machines. They seem to sense when I'm around and get all gummed up with paper jams. When will we ever achieve the paper-less society?
What technology do you use every day?
Computer, iPod, cellphone, microwave oven
What math do you use every day?
I don't know if I use that much calculating math each day, but I think I do use a lot of logic and reasoning skills you get from algebra and calculus in problem-solving different issues.