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Stop Blaming Your “Aura”: the thermodynamic truth behind Mood Rings
Step inside any novelty shop or theme park souvenir stand and you’re likely to find an assortment of rings that claim to do the...
Fabrican: Taking a Piece of Chemistry onto the Catwalk
One of the most valuable experiences for any designer or innovator is the process of mastering new fields of knowledge to better guide and...
The Future of Touch: How Neural Networks are Revolutionizing Prosthetics
You might be familiar with The Amazing Spiderman where Dr. Connors, the villain, has an amputated arm. He tests reptilian DNA to see how...
Don’t Fall for the Galileo Gambit
Image Credit: Galileo gambit. (2018). RationalWiki. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Galileo_gambit
Lots of new ideas are introduced to science all the time. Many of these ideas are accurate and...
England’s Greatest Engineer: Brunel’s Great Ships
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was fascinated with the idea of building steam driven metal ships that could travel across oceans. He calculated that though the...
England’s Greatest Engineer: The Great Western Railway
After living in Bristol for a time, Isambard went on to work on constructing The Great Western Railway (GWR) which would connect Bristol and...
England’s Greatest Engineer: The Eighth Wonder of the World
To Isambard Kingdom Brunel, January 12th, 1828 seemed like just another Saturday morning. Little did he know, it could have been his last. Brunel...
The Art of Getting Robbed with Gringo Perdido
As a US citizen who travels internationally to conduct research, I’m well aware of the perception that gringos = $$. Sometimes that perception is...
Cultural Collisions with Gringo Perdido
In case you’ve ever wondered what happens to the items that are too lame to re-sell in thrift stores in our culture, they eventually...
The Ballad of Gringo Perdido
Herpetology and getting lost. These are the two driving themes of my life. They have shaped my career and enabled me to discover species...