Sady Doyle has a piece in the Atlantic about how the latest case of HIV in the porn industry has revived public concern about the lack of condoms in straight […]
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Following on the heels of Expelled and Obsession, a film warning of radical Islam, there’s more signs that the Right has discovered documentary film as a strategic communication tool to […]
“I’ll be your mirror,” The Velvet Underground sang in the song of the same name, “Reflect what you are, in case you don’t know.” In The Moment of Caravaggio, Michael […]
I try to give you a challenge, and you nail it on the second try. The answer to Mystery Volcano Photo #4 revealed.
Count this as your mini-update for Redoubt, with the news being no news. Even AVO seems a little bored with Redoubt lately (not to say they aren’t watching it as […]
Maybe it was a good thing that I was headed out of town the day Juan Williams got whacked by the NPR head honchos. Because it probably wouldn’t have taken […]
When Daedalus crafted wings of feathers and wax for his son Icarus, he included the warning to not fly too close to the sun. As anyone who knows Greek mythology […]
NASA has been keeping an eye on the current eruption of Llaima from space.
In late August 1893, painter Paul Gauguin returned to Paris after spending the previous few years in Tahiti, the Polynesian paradise that propelled his art to a whole new level. […]
“For people with depression the world really does look dull. That’s because their ability to perceive contrast is impaired.” A new experiment could help diagnose clinical depression.
FDR’s words about nothing to fear but fear itself proved anything but prophetic for comic book censors a decade later.
Todd Purdum has a feature in Vanity Fair this month that is so rich with insight, color, and analysis regarding the communication challenges facing the Obama administration that I immediately […]
Images of the Eyjafjallajokull-Fimmvörduháls eruption taken from space show the lava flow snaking down a stream valley – and how small the eruption is so far.
Don’t look now, but Redoubt might be trying to make a late year comeback, as AVO raised the alert status back to Yellow for the first time in months.
Leave it to a comic book icon to cause a flag-related stir as the 4th of July weekend approaches. Wonder Woman, everyone’s favorite 69-year-old Amazon, celebrated the 600th issue of […]
Looking for a new book to add to your volcanology library? “Volcanoes: Global Perspectives” is a great addition.
“[The painting is] one of the most powerful, horrible and yet fascinating pictures that has been painted anywhere in this century,” wrote the New York Tribune in 1879 of then […]
Conflicting reports are floating around about the earthquakes in Saudi Arabia, some claiming that cracks have formed in the land near Al-Ais and smoke has been seen coming from them. However, this is not confirmed – but things continue to shake.
Llaima from space, lightning caught at Redoubt and an eruption video to send you to the weekend.
Another day, another eruption for Redoubt – but at least now we have lots of images and video to go with it.
In June, I will be heading to Copenhagen to speak at and participate in the annual meeting of the Danish Science Journalists Association. The meeting titled “Framing Research” tackles many […]
When I first launched my blog in March, you may remember me writing about a blog post entitled “IMAX Hubble 3D & The James Webb Space Telescope.” The new telescope […]
Df s;dlkj;fdslk ;lkfdj;lfdsjlkfdj My wife laughs at my penchant for taking photographs of sculpture when we travel. It’s as if I’m trying to bring these huge stone and marble marvels […]
It’s another busy week on the road giving presentations, trading ideas, and meeting a lot of really smart and dedicated people. Yesterday, via video conference, I spoke as part of […]
What was the impact of Bush’s Iraq speech? Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post has an excellent round up of media and pundit reaction to the president’s primetime TV appearance. […]
When you hear the name Edvard Munch, you almost immediately think of The Scream. It’s unavoidable. Even during his lifetime, Munch found himself linked to that image and a select […]
As I wrote earlier today, how Sarah Palin’s devout Pentecostal faith colors her views on complex policy problems such as Iraq or climate change is a relevant question that journalists […]
Enjoying a piece of music or recognizing the face of a loved one seems like a simple, instantaneous process. But like all things associated with the brain, they aren’t. Both […]
At the WPost, Juliet Eilperin pens a lengthy feature on the differences between Palin and McCain over the causes of global warming. Palin believes that the effects of climate change […]
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology finds that wearing red makes men appear more powerful, more likely to make money and more likely to climb the social ladder.