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Do I make your heart beat like an 808 drum?

The other day, I was running on the treadmill, and Ke$ha asked me: “do I make your heart beat like an 808 drum?” And I didn’t know how to answer! Because I had no idea what an 808 drum even was. Turns...

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The case of the mysterious sound in the woods

As many of you (and, perhaps your heads and stomachs) know, yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day. A good friend of mine, Colm Kelleher, is Irish. You might think that would make him the perfect person to...

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Since you’ve been gone … okay actually I’ve been gone.

Self imposed time-out for not blogging. Oh, hey, this is awkward, um, so yeah, blogging. The good news: I have been blogging! And working! Just elsewhere. The bad news: I’m going to try to start...

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On the origin of “meep”

Twitter has recently pointed out that I say “meep” a lot.   I don’t really remember where I got it from, and I don’t really remember when I started saying it, but for those unfamiliar with its usage it...

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Welcome to Question Time With Sci4Hels – Ask Us Something!

Hello world! Wow, it’s March. How is it March? That means in just a few months, science journalists of the world will unite at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Helsinki, to face the...

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Being a New Journalist and Mixed Messages

I’m not going to talk about Nate Thayer, because I think that case is dumb. Olga Khazan made a mistake in her first two weeks of a job (Olga, I don’t know you, but if I ever do meet you I will buy you...

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Science Studio Kickstarter – The Recap

It’s been about a month since our Kickstarter campaign ended, and what a month it’s been. But now, Bora, Ben and I finally have some time to take a look back and see just how it all went down. So here...

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Sci4Hels Question Time #1 Recap – Beats and Corn Gods

The corn god Tlaloc. This will only make sense to you if you read the post. Image: Baggis So on Monday we kicked off the #sci4hels Question Time! Which I explained here but is not hard to understand....

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#sci4hels Question Time #2 – How do you Get Noticed?

Welcome back to Question Time! Last week we had our second Twitter discussion, and let me tell you people it either went way better or way worse depending on how much you like corn gods. Here’s the...

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Podcast Pride Party – My Favorite Podcasts to Work On

Today, the podcast that Douglas Main and I made about a particularly successful tumbleweed saleswoman was posted to Boing Boing. That podcast was definitely one of the most fun to work on, and it got...

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#sci4hels Question Time #3 – Ladybiz Edition

So, you might have noticed a few things about the #sci4hels crew. We’re early career, we like gifs, we cover a broad array of subject areas and media, and we’re all ladies. Erin Podolak puts it this...

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#sci4hels Question Time #4 – How Should Science Journalists Deal with...

Image: Bernard Bujold Last week was sort of a nightmare for everyone. Between the Boston marathon bombings and ensuing man-hunt, the explosion at the fertilizer plant in Texas, the earthquakes in China...

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Me Me Meep, The Past Few Weeks of Rose

I’ve been told that I’m bad at telling people what I’m up to, so allow me to indulge in a little bit of self promotion for un momentito. The past few weeks have been crazy. In a good way, of course....

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Are You Ready for Helsinki?

Turns out, Helsinki doesn’t look like this anymore. Image: Helsinki University Library. Hi there, remember us? It’s been a few weeks, as we all got caught up in work and travels, but we’re still here!...

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Welcome to OMG FACTS

I’ve just renamed by blog. You probably didn’t notice because, well, why would you. The idea of this blog when it started was to be about sounds. I love sounds. I think they’re so weird and cool. But...

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It snows metal on Venus

OMG Fact: on the planet Venus, it snow metal.

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One pencil can draw for 35 miles or 45,000 words

Image: Dvortygirl OMG Fact: One pencil has the potential to draw a line 35 miles long. A pencil (not the same one, you used that one up already) can write an average of 45,000 words.

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10,000 pounds moving 330 miles an hour

Image: ISC Images and Archives OMG Fact: A 10,000-lb car, 10 feet longer than a Suburban, reached an unofficial speed of 330 mph — in 1935.

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Nobody knows where that weird S thing came from

OMG Fact: Remember that weird S thing everybody used to draw? No one knows where it came from. PROBABLY ALIENS. Or, more likely, graffiti.

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Bee penises are crazy looking

Image: Michael B Smith OMG Fact: This is what a bee penis looks like. After it mates with the queen, that penis snaps off and acts as a plug so that no one else can bonk the queen.

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