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  • Biology Explainer: The big 4 building blocks of life–carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and nucleic acids

    …molecules themselves break down into a surprisingly small number of building blocks. The proteins that make up all of the living things on this planet and ensure their appropriate structure and smooth function consist of only 20 different kinds of building blocks. Nucleic acids, specifically DNA, are even more basic: only four different kinds of molecules provide the materials to build the countless different genetic codes that translate into all…

    Authored by on June 8, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Meghan Groome

    …to learn when it’s appropriate to pull out my soap box and go full-out social justice to them. This is changing, but for a long time I kept my personality under wraps in a professional setting. It’s only now — with 10 years professional experience, great organizations on my resume, and a PhD — that I can be clever, confront those I disagree with, and even smile. Anyone who’s ever had a beer with me knows that I’m a goofball and w…

    Authored by on February 6, 2012

  • Science, health, medical news freaking you out? Do the Double X Double-Take first

    …ouble X Double-Take: What to do when reading science in the news 1. Skip the headline. Headlines are often misleading, at best, and can be wildly inaccurate. Forget about the headline. Pretend you never even saw the headline. 2. What is the basis of the article? Science news originates from several places. Often it’s a scientific paper. These papers come in several varieties. The ones that report a real study–lots of people or mice or…

    Authored by on April 27, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Darlene Cavalier of Science Cheerleader and SciStarter

    Darlene Cavalier (source) Darlene Cavalier (Twitter) is the hard-working and seemingly tireless founder of Science Cheerleader and SciStarter. She has held executive positions at Walt Disney Publishing and worked at Discover Magazine for more than 10 years. Darlene incorporated her experience and knowledge in serving as the prinicple investigator of a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to promote basic research th…

    Authored by on April 18, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Karyn Traphagen, co-founder of ScienceOnline

    …llenbosch (South Africa). She has trained physics teachers through the University of Virginia’s Physics department and traveled to South Sudan to conduct professional development training for local teachers. She has more than 10 years of experience developing and teaching online courses. In addition to her science work, Karyn maintains a freelance graphic design studio. Her latest project was a work on Ancient Near Eastern royal inscriptions….

    Authored by on July 9, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Liz Neeley, Science Communicator Extraordinaire

    …taking a masters, and then going into the non-profit world.  At first, I mostly worked on coral conservation in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, and I did a big project on deep sea corals.  After I left grad school, I started a 20-hour per week internship at an NGO called SeaWeb .  Vikki Spruill, who was the founder and president, has killer instincts and a passion for women’s high fashion that I share. She had noticed coral jewelry coming down th…

    Authored by on June 11, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Debbie Berebichez, PhD Physicist

    …m.  My femininity allows me to be a voice in a field that has tended to isolate themselves from the public, which is bad. Some of my colleagues have become a little snobbish.  The fact that I have serious credentials (PhD and 2 postdocs) shows that I had to work like crazy – looks and personality can only go so far.  It s hard work that gets you there! Serious science communication has a lot of math and problem solving in order to explain things…

    Authored by on June 2, 2012

  • Double X Science panel at GeekGirlCon 2012

    Double X Science is without discussing who it is. After a review of who all the people on that particular slide are and what they have to do with Double X Science, three questions were asked by the moderator: In November of 2011, Emily founded Double X Science, Emily what was your motivation in founding the site and what was then and is now your vision for it? As mentioned, we have content from editors, other sites and contributors. Ray was the…

    Authored by on August 14, 2012

  • Mariette DiChristina

    …om, Scientific American Mind  and all newsstand special editions. She is the eighth person and first female to assume the top post in Scientific American‘s 166-year history. Under her leadership, the magazine received a 2011 National Magazine Award for General Excellence. A science journalist for more than 20 years, she first came to  Scientific American  in 2001 as its executive editor. She is an advisor for the Citizen Science Alliance…

    Authored by on February 17, 2012

  • Geektastic gift-giving ideas from Double X Science!

    …3 Make science cuter than ever. The Chemistry Cat Meme Pin, Etsy, $1 Buy these in bulk and hand them out to all your friends.  Chemistry and cats = a winning combo in our book. Art Cell Division 20 – Original Watercolor Painting, Etsy, $125 Artologica translates science into beauty with this brightly colored interpretation of cell division. Even the non-scientist will appreciate this. Deep Sea…

    Authored by on December 6, 2011

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