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  • Pregnancy 101: Peas made me puke, but not just in the morning

    …ing. What is morning sickness? Tick-tock. Credit: Jeanne Garbarino It has long been known that nausea and vomiting are common symptoms of pregnancy. In fact, documentation of this phenomenon goes as far back as 2000 BC. However, the term “morning sickness” is a complete misnomer. For one, pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting is not just a morning thing. It can happen at any time of day. Second, the term “sickness” suggests a state…

    Authored by on February 14, 2012

  • Wordless Wednesday: The faces of the women and men in science, DXS edition

    Meet Chris Gunter, science education editor for Double X Science! We (and you) are lucky to have her!Read more about Chris on our About Us page. Some of us got to meet at a conference for online science writers.From left, DXS Physics Editor Matthew Francis, Biology Editor Jeanne Garbarino,and Managing Editor Emily Willingham. And a meme of that conference was #youvebeenframed. In this case, Emily Willingham was, with th…

    Authored by on January 25, 2012

  • 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

  • Pregnancy 101: My placenta looked like meatloaf, but I wasn’t about to eat it.

    …of us are involved in policing the neighborhoods, some of us build structures, some of us communicate information, some of us deal with food, some of us get rid of waste, etc.  Every cell gets a job (it’s the only example of 100% employment rates!). Now back to the cells in the fertilized egg.  As they start to learn what their specific job will be, the cells within the sphere will start to organize themselves.  After about 5 days after fertil…

    Authored by on July 27, 2012

  • After Newtown missteps, journalists get guidelines

    …almost twice as likely to say that they don’t want to live or work near a person with mental illness if they read an article about a person with mental illness involved in a mass shooting, according to a study published March 20 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Interestingly, this tendency is the same even if the article avoids any mention of mental illness. This may be because this link between violence and mental illness is deeply engrain…

    Authored by on March 27, 2013

  • Good Deeds, Good Science: Dr. Ben and The BioBus

    ng research-level science to schools in places like rural Kansas, funded by small donations from its supporters.   Now, the BioBus needs help finishing its fundraising campaign so it can return to NYC and continue teaching in 2012. Please help by visiting www.fundly.com/biobus and giving what you can — this is grassroots work, and any amount helps!  Thanks so much, and Happy New Year! Below is are a few videos of The BioBus trip thus far, w…

    Authored by on January 3, 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

  • 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

  • Book Review: Science Myths Unmasked: Exposing the misconceptions and counterfeits forged by bad science books

    …s to understand science.  Rudel argues that these shortcuts, which are often associated with an “abuse of [scientific] language,” only confuse students. In fact, included on the back cover of Science Myths Unmasked, Volume 2: Physical Sciences is a quote from Richard Feynman regarding science textbooks: “They said things that were useless, mixed-up, ambiguous, confusing, and partially incorrect. How anybody can learn science from these books,…

    Authored by on March 2, 2012

  • Diversity in Science Carnival #14: Women’s History Month–Exploring the role of women in the STEM enterprise

    …and I close with a quote from it. It’s a letter by Chitra Thakur-Mahadik, who earned her PhD in biochemistry and hemoglobinopathy from the University of Mumbai and served as staff scientist a Mumbai children’s hospital for 25 years. She wrote to her younger, “partially sighted” self that, “The future is ahead and it is not bad!” She goes on to say, “Be fearless but be compassionate to yourself and others… be brave, keep your eyes and ears open…

    Authored by on March 29, 2012

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