Category: Science in Context

April 15, 2017

In 1940-41, Harold Wellman, a creative but somewhat irreverent New Zealand geologist, along with his

April 3, 2017

I am of a generation that, at mention of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, I recall

March 9, 2017

Omens, God’s wrath, or just plain misfortune; comets were seen by our Medieval forebears as

February 24, 2017

Earth’s magnetic field is on the move – so too is magnetic North! Constancy in

February 18, 2017

Among wine drinkers, the term Terroir can invoke glazed expressions, or in real enthusiasts an

February 13, 2017

February 12 is Darwin Day. On this day in 1809 Abraham Lincoln was also born.

February 10, 2017

A rite of passage for many scientists is their elevation to some kind of editorial

January 11, 2017

Venus and Mars. Popular mythologies aside, neither planet has a particularly hospitable temperament. Both are

January 5, 2017

You never know what new treasures will be discovered strolling along a beach after a

November 23, 2016

Most of us at some time have gleefully created our own liquefied puddle by stomping