An overview of this week in Nobel Prizes.
Author: xiaozhi
Shutdown affects scientific community more than a dark panda cam
Day 3 of shutdown. Three days without the panda cam. But many scientists and researchers barred from work can’t care less; the panda cam is the least of their worries. Here are some examples from a Reddit discussion.
Did human activity cause lobster shell disease?
Here’s a treat for lobster-lovers: a video from the American Chemical Society featuring the New England Aquarium director of research, Dr. Michael Tlusty, explaining why they turn red when they’re cooked, but also introducing shell disease, a problem that has been troubling lobsters for a while. This was one of the videos that I produced with colleague, Kirk Zamieroski, while I was on internship with the American Chemical Society over the summer.
Shark Week: On shark’s fin soup, and alternatives
It’s Discovery Channel’s 26th Shark Week! Of course everyone has to write something about sharks this week, so here’s my small contribution. Being Singaporean Chinese, the obvious shark topic then would be shark’s fin soup.
Electrifying Wastewater: My first video for Bytesize Science!
Video: Watch Professor Bruce Logan from Pennsylvania State University explain how microbial fuel cells, a device that can produce electricity from wastewater, work.
Traveling for Bytesize Science: Animals, machines and a little bit of history
I’m back from a long week of travels filming for Bytesize Science. A colleague, Kirk Zamieroski, and I went up to Boston filming at MIT and the New England Aquarium, then traveled back to Washington DC through New York City and Princeton, New Jersey. If you haven’t yet, check out the video series online at BytesizeScience.com
Dear Readers,
I am alive! And I am appalled at myself for not having posted anything since 21st April. Here are some updates: I am on internship with the American Chemical Society in Washington DC producing videos for their online video series, Bytesize Science! And dear readers, I hope you’re all enjoying flip-flops and summertime.
Compost For Better Boston Soils
This graphic was produced as part of a large-scale multimedia project, Boston Agriculture, for my Online Journalism class with classmates Poncie Rutsch and Matthew Hardcastle. With two more classmates, we created the website, Boston Agriculture, covering the expansion of urban agriculture in Boston in spring 2013. This graphic is part of the Nuts and Bolts… Continue reading Compost For Better Boston Soils
Urban Hydro Farmers: The Story Of Boston Teens Growing Green
Audio Slideshow: Two Boston teenagers, Leslie Bellamy from West Roxbury Academy and Roshanna Clark from Urban Science Academy in West Roxbury, share their experiences growing and selling hydroponic vegetables as part of College Bound at Boston College.
Hotpot, a shared act of creation
I had a reservation for four at 7 pm on Saturday night. I had reminded the three friends joining me for dinner to be punctual, and we were all at the restaurant as the clock struck seven. Still, we had to wait fifteen minutes before we were finally seated in the crowded restaurant.