-
-
Photography, week one (August 2018)
Celebrate summer.
-
The Smallest Self-sustaining Ecosystem: Part II
The research process, and a preliminary answer to "What is the smallest self-sustaining ecosystem that we could send to space?"
-
The smallest self-sustaining ecosystem: Part I
What is the smallest self-sustaining ecosystem that we could send to space?
-
Making sense of the mess: creating stories to understand
Creating stories helps us structure information to learn better.
-
Biology x Classification: An instructional on species
It’s been a while since I updated, thanks to the hectic nature of moving to a new state, driving across the U.S. for a third time, and getting settled before I start work. Here’s a …
-
Biosecurity at the Border
How customs agencies defend against biological threats today and how that might look in the future.
-
Synthetic Biology and Social Discomfort
On the way home from mushroom hunting, someone in the foraging group asks what I do for a living. That’s a tricky question. I could respond with the research I did for my PhD, which …
-
Science Oddity: The USDA doesn’t regulate sand from ocean beaches
A shifty loophole in the USDA’s soil regulation
-
What I learned by starting this blog
In which I face down the reasons behind my writers' block on this blog, and give a teaser summary of my PhD work.
Skip to content
