Eureka: Collecting the Origin

Screenshot from the video, talking about Rutherford's famous division of science between physics and stamp collecting.

Almost everybody, regardless of what side they favor in the culture wars, knows that Charles Darwin was the first scientist to come up with the theory of evolution. At least, they think they do. In fact, lots of people had the general idea long before Darwin, including his own grandfather. We remember Darwin not because… Continue reading Eureka: Collecting the Origin

PNAS: Dr. Richard Meidell, Neonatologist

Dr. Richard Meidell driving with his dog, Riley.

I’ve decided to do a new round of profiles in the Project for Non-Academic Science (acronym deliberately chosen to coincide with a journal), as a way of getting a little more information out there to students studying in STEM fields who will likely end up with jobs off the “standard” academic science track. Seventh in… Continue reading PNAS: Dr. Richard Meidell, Neonatologist