Tag Archives | Washington D.C.

mini-post: D.C. wanderings, a photo-blog

A few comments: 1. NMNH in the captions = National Museum of Natural History, aka the Smithsonian’s absurdly fun enormous collection of dinosaur bones, a giant squid, the Hope diamond, meteorites, BUGS, elephants, a crochet coral reef that lives up to its hyperbolic name… 2. The National Art Gallery has a great temporary exhibit featuring…

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mini-post: science and engineering fair photos

N: I had a conversation at the awards ceremony with John Mather about kids and science. John’s argument was that kids are natural scientists — and that the problem we’re facing is not how to interest kids in science; rather, the challenge is in *keeping* them interested. The Science Expo today demonstrated the truth in…

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K-tron and Slugnads do D.C.

This will be a “LIVE, recorded during an earlier broadcast” blog post. We will update as much as possible. *NOTE: We have updated to the point of arrival back in California. We’ve added some flavorful text message exchanges and additional photos throughout. Enjoy!* And….begin: [in flight, time unknown because Keith is superstitious and refuses to…

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