SUMMARY: This well-constructed and engaging "flap book" is interesting, accurate and highly interactive -- a wonderful introduction to space for young children. Do you like flaps in your books? Even though I am an adult, I really like books with flaps. So knowing that, it's almost a foregone conclusion that I'd really enjoy Rob Lloyd Jones's new children's book, Look inside space [Usborne Publishing, 2012; Amazon UK; Amazon US]. That this is a children's science book makes it even better.... […]

In the May 2013 graduation ceremony, the department conferred BS Biochemistry degrees to 56 students and PhD Biochemistry to 5 students. Previous graduating classes were approximately 40:60 men:women; the current class is just about even at 52:48 [same as the … Continue reading →

It happens to the best of us. You reach a certain point in your career—well past the newbie stage, well shy of the seasoned veteran. You’re in a bit of [...]The post Taking your work to the next level (Part 1: READ) appeared first on The Science Writers' Handbook.

Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification by Veljko Dubljević has been published in the most recent issue of Nueroethics: Abstract This paper examines the claims in the debate on cognitive enhancement in neuroethics that society wide pressure to enhance can...

Does thinking too specifically about a bet make you more likely to lose? Making Habits, Breaking Habits In his new book, Jeremy Dean--psychologist and author of PsyBlog--looks at how habits work, why they are so hard to change, and how to break bad old cycles and develop new healthy, creative, happy habits. → "Making Habits, Breaking Habits", is available now on Amazon. Reviews The Bookseller, “Editor’s Pick,” 10/12/12 “Sensible and very readable…By far the most useful of this […]