Science is what you can get away with.

Geelong didn't have a date with destiny after all. Hawthorn 18.7 (115) d Geelong 11.23 (89)

I think Geelong will duplicate Essendon's fairytale season . Geelong over Hawthorn by 40 points. Go the Cats!

Sometimes I get tired of being the alpha geek. I keep hearing about how my people the age of my students are all so wired and comfortable wi...

This has been a frantic week, mainly due to HESTEC . I've blogged a bit about one of my major commitments, working with our visiting RE...

Drafts of the proposed new science standards for Texas are up . I picked this up from the Evo.Sphere blog , which has a more detailed analys...

Take an accounting class. If you're lucky, you'll one day have a budget to manage, and accounts to reconcile. And you'll wonder ...

I've blogged a lot about several issues concerning the teaching of evolution in Texas: Chris Comer's forced resignation , the applic...

Why are there enough women going into science? Do you reckon problems like this might have something to do with it? Eek!

I got tenure two weeks ago. Most people would think that provides security, particularly financial security. "You've got a job for ...

But I do have to mention that my latest paper just came out, and the abstract is here .

There's a story in New Scientist about the clean up following hurricane Ike. Oddly, for a science magazine, it doesn't touch on whe...

The revision took way, way, waaaaaaay too long, but I finally got another manuscript accepted and in press in the second half of this week. ...

It's not often you hear the words "certain death" in a weather forecast . Good luck, Houstonians. You'll need it. Update: ...

You are a nocturnal superhero! You're a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist by day, and a superhero by night. You do not...

Seen on Los Fresnos Elementary School sign today: "GO AWAY IKE" Despite having a ton of marking for classes and service things for...

Evidence of promotion. Note the rank under the name.

I was listening to Quirks and Quarks season opener, and hot Bob McDonald referred to the large hadron collider as the biggest machine ever ...

Blogging may go quite a bit down in frequency, because I'm teaching a new class for the first time this semester. I'm currently abou...

Yesterday, over birthday cake, I mentioned to one of my colleagues that I got tenure. She said, "When did this happen?!" She said ...