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Monthly Archives: September 2015
The coolest things in the world
Ok, this … is … thrilling. Not quite two years ago, on October 6, 2013, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger of the National Geographic Society and the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa posted an odd, tantalizing ad on facebook: Dear Colleagues – … Continue reading
Posted in Paleoanthropology
Curiosity, talent, duty, reinforcement
Naomi Oreskes on why people become scientists: Well, the idea that scientists are in it for the money is idiotic, because scientist are all intelligent people and if they wanted to make money there’s a lot of better things they … Continue reading
Posted in Climate