– FROM THE ARCHIVE – (CLICK HERE FOR PIN-UP POSTER – pdf file ~250k) — We suggest photocopying at 129% – LTR to 11×17 — Earlier this week, we had the chance to sit down with a member of a growing army of naked bubble mice. In thousands of biology labs around the globe, these lab mice quietly do their part in the pursuit of science and medicine. Called Nude Mice, these striking creatures are a result of spontaneous inbreeding, natural genetic freak shows if you will. More importantly, they are bereft of both hair and immunity – things that…
The Science Creative Quarterly
By Benjamin Cohen and David Ng
B.R. Cohen is a professor, a writer, and a guy who used to blog with Dave Ng. He teaches at Lafayette College in Easton, PA.
Dave Ng is a guy who used to blog with B.R. Cohen. He runs a science literacy lab at the University of British Columbia, and would like to invite you to participate in research that looks at the sweet spot where science and creativity meet.
THE NUDE MOUSE – A SCIENCE CREATIVE QUARTERLY PIN UP (NO. 1)
(Last week was reading week at UBC, but we were so freaking busy that we didn’t even get a chance to rest. Therefore, this week we get to catch up on our sleep by reprinting some of our finest. Enjoy.) – FROM THE ARCHIVE – (CLICK HERE FOR PIN-UP POSTER – pdf file ~250k) — We suggest photocopying at 129% – LTR to 11×17 — Earlier this week, we had the chance to sit down with a member of a growing army of naked bubble mice. In thousands of biology labs around the globe, these lab mice quietly do their…
PUZZLE FANTASTICA #2: NUMBERS-MIRROR-INSTRUMENTS
We begin the new year with a puzzle to tempt you. The first PF was not solved, and was thereafter both lauded and criticized for its design (see below). This time, we are a little more deliberate, more designed, more clever – which we fear will also make it more simply. In any event, here are three clues to confuse you. More clues coming, unless of course, someone actually solves it first… (Click here for a larger version of the schematic clue) IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, PLEASE COMMENT HERE. * * * As for setting the Puzzle…
PUZZLE FANTASTICA #1
Over at the World’s Fair, we started on a little blogging experiment. It is sort of a blogging carnival, but one that revolves around a mystery. In any event, all clues for the first puzzle are now available, and we would like the Science Creative Quarterly readers to partake. We’ll leave this up for a week or so, but here is the last entry reprinted below: “Here presented is the final clue in our little experiment. It being the start of a story, a novel to be precise. In fact, we’re getting tingles just thinking how lovely it all comes…
INTRODUCING THE WORLD’S FAIR
The World’s Fair is a new blog by David Ng (editor of the SCQ), and Benjamin Cohen (McSweeney’s Annals of Science). Here are the two of them talking about it: DN: Hey, my name is Dave Ng. BRC: I’m Benjamin Cohen. Dave, what’s your story? You’re Canadian right? So that’s this whole other thing, I take it. DN: Yes, I am Canadian, living in Vancouver actually and based at the University of British Columbia. I was born in England though, which you can sometimes hear when I talk (especially when I say the words water and four). I guess that…
THE NUDE MOUSE – A SCIENCE CREATIVE QUARTERLY PIN UP (NO. 1)
(CLICK HERE FOR PIN-UP POSTER – pdf file ~250k) — We suggest photocopying at 129% – LTR to 11×17 — Earlier this week, we had the chance to sit down with a member of a growing army of naked bubble mice. In thousands of biology labs around the globe, these lab mice quietly do their part in the pursuit of science and medicine. Called Nude Mice, these striking creatures are a result of spontaneous inbreeding, natural genetic freak shows if you will. More importantly, they are bereft of both hair and immunity – things that would normally protect them from…