heroes… Footprints 20 Jul 201223 Jul 2012 Three and a half million years separate the individual who left these footprints in the sands of Africa from the one who left them on the moon. A mere blink in…
Culture Change… The Shared Dream at the Top of the Stairs 13 Jul 201211 Jun 2018 Apparently (I have not yet read it), E.O. Wilson has a new book, The Social Conquest of Earth, promoting his ideas about multilevel selection. What's that? That's the idea that Natural Selection…
Culture Change… Painful Topics: Primate Conservation 29 Jan 20129 May 2018 I realize that the title of my blog probably makes some think that I'd be talking about non-human primates a bit more. But, despite the fact that I could be…
education… Interview: Mom’s Special Recipe for Gender Equitable Science Education | The Mary Sue 3 Oct 201130 Sep 2011 Interview: Mom’s Special Recipe for Gender Equitable Science Education | The Mary Sue. A nice piece on gender and science - especially important for educators and others who seek to…
climate… ‘Contagion’ Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases 30 Sep 2011 'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases. I haven't seen the movie, but this article provides another reminder…
climate… The Attacks on Climate Science Education Are Picking Up Steam | Chris Mooney 16 Aug 201120 Aug 2011 The Attacks on Climate Science Education Are Picking Up Steam And I thought teaching about human evolution was fraught with peril. Now this... What’s currently seeping into classrooms across the…
climate… Thirsty for Answers 2 Aug 20112 Aug 2011 NRDC: Thirsty for Answers: Preparing for the Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American Cities Heard about this during an episode on the Diane Rehm Show on adaptation to climate change.…
Culture Change… Strategies for Changing the Story 15 Jul 201115 Jul 2011 or, "What neuroscience can tell us about political strategies." A post a while back by Kitchenmudge got me interested in some discussions about brain differences, and how these might just point…
climate… Bill McKibben’s Extreme Weather Oped 5 Jul 2011 Powerful Video of Bill McKibben's Extreme Weather Oped. Can we definitively say that any one "freak" record-breaking event was caused by the increased concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere? No.…
education Second Nature: Sustainability in Higher Education 11 Apr 201111 Apr 2011 Share the Second Nature story!. - Excellent little video about why we can't wait to make sustainability THE priority at colleges and universities.
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 