Tag Archives: voice

Sea otter death….and life!

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Last fall, our class visited the sea otter researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Sandeep summarized many neat tidbits about otters from that trip on this blog. Two items that really piqued my interest involved otter mortality. In California, many otters … Continue reading →

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Ten Jargon Poems

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

One day in the late 1980s, my friend S’mores and I were thrashing a rad quarter-pipe (skateboarding) at his house in the suburbs of Houston. S’mores’ Dad, responsible for a fleet of company cars, was reading about cleaning up spilled … Continue reading →

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From ‘science-robot’ to science writing cyborg

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

Whenever I have to write about science in detail, or explain a concept, I find that I default to ‘science-robot’ mode. I write in very dry, technical terms, just getting all the facts in there. And I end up with … Continue reading →

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