Category Archives: Animals

Spiders and the electric light (1887)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

(Digging through my archive of historical papers for short topics to blog about while I’m away on business.) In the modern era, we are very conscious of the impact of humanity on nature — even though we are often very … Continue reading →

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My day as a shark biologist!

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

(Alternate title: The old physicist and the sea) One of the wonderful things about being active in science communication is that you get to meet very interesting people who are involved in a variety of fascinating research activities.  If you … Continue reading →

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Foster kitten update!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

I thought I would do an update on the status of the momma cat and her five kittens that we’ve been fostering!  We’re now at the seventh week of age, and the kittens are really tiny versions of cats at … Continue reading →

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Foster kittens in the house!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

While I’m working on my next physics/optics blog post (I keep taking on challenging topics that require lots of research), I thought I’d share some pictures of our newest houseguests: momma kitty Snuggles and her five newborn baby kittens!  Here … Continue reading →

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Cats, cats, cats!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

I’m struggling to get a new optics post going for the blog; I’ve got a number of possibilities I’m exploring, but it will likely take a few days to get it going.  In the meantime, I realized I haven’t done … Continue reading →

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Martin Cruz Smith’s Nightwing

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

It can take an author many years of writing to establish their own unique voice and style.  Their early works are often a fascinating “what if” scenario, giving a glimpse of directions a well-known novelist may have alternatively taken.  The … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Human Nature, by Carin Bondar

Posted on December 9, 2010 by

In recent months, I’ve been trying to make a more concerted effort to read and review the flurry of science books being published by the excellent bloggers and twitterers out there. A couple of months ago, I picked up Written in … Continue reading →

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Kitty fostering breakthrough!

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

As I’ve noted in a previous blog post, my wife and I have been fostering a brother/sister pair of cats, named Mandarin and Mango, for the past several weeks.  Some more recent pictures, first of Mandarin at play: and of … Continue reading →

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Kitty fostering: Mango and Mandarin!

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

We’ve had a new pair of foster kitties in our house for over a week, but I haven’t been able  to get pictures of them because they’ve been hiding under the bed!  On Sunday, Terry of F.U.R.R. (whose rescue kitties … Continue reading →

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Vote for kitty Sasha!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

I can’t resist doing a mini-bleg: vote for our kitty Sasha as cutest pet in the American Express Cutest Pet Photo Contest!  The pic you’re looking for is: Voting runs to 10/1/2010, and you can vote every day for Sasha!  … Continue reading →

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