On a recent bike trip to the shore of Lake Waubesa near Madison, WI I saw this awesome tree covered in this crazy greenish stuff. Summer...

Deep in the heart of south-central Wisconsin, there lives a scientist who would prefer to remain nameless and (nearly) faceless.  We will ca...

Linguists estimate that around 50% of the worlds languages will go extinct by the end of this century ( ref ). Just as John Hammond used the...

Prepare to be assaulted by cute pictures and amazing discoveries! By the end of this post you will never look at the mammal world in the sa...

When I tell people I am a chemist the most common response is, “Oh man, I hated that in school, especially organic chemistry!” That's an...

In my last post I showed how my skillet was coated in liquid after a short stay in my pre-heating oven. I guessed that the liquid was wate...

In my ever-continuing quest to become an actual adult, I have recently begun to cook. I use a real oven and everything! In my usual encoun...