The Borup Fiord Pass Glacier Astrobiology research team (L to R): Christopher Trivedi, Steve Grasby, Alexis Templeton, Graham Lau, and John Spear. In addition to advancing microbiology, this research team proved that humans can indeed hover. (Courtesy of John Spear).
I do some writing for the Colorado School of Mines, which is really one helluvan institution…
Our (or technically Sunrun's) solar panels during installation in July 2010. Little did they know they would one day anchor a feature-article lead.
I've done some writing for the Rocky Mountain Institute this year, which I've enjoyed because a) I have a ton of respect for Amory Lovins and his organization's work (Natural Capitalism and Reinventing…
At Syngenta, corn apparently trumps male genitalia.
The New Yorker’s Rachel Aviv did a great investigative piece on the tactics Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta (once part of Novartis) has used to discredit scientists – UC Berkeley’s Tyrone Hayes in particular – whose studies show their products to be harmful to amphibians and, probably humans.
The European…
I'm on the Asahi Glass Foundation mailing list. Despite being made of glass, this is a serious foundation, most famous for its annual bestowing of the Blue Planet Prize.
When I say mailing list, I mean this literally -- you get paper-based mail. The interesting thing that, despite being based in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, my mail from…
Lily and Maya with their snorkeling instructor this afternoon at Denver Divers.
Occasionally the full ridiculousness of modern, rich-country existence slaps you square on the cheek. It should happen more often. This morning, I was washing off fresh raspberries when I told Maya, 8, "You know, this is kind of miraculous. It's two degrees Fahrenheit outside…