Shannon Palus - Articles

Science courses can be kind of a mind-fuck

Reflections on post-secondary education and the cost of your undergrad soul

From order to chaos and back again

Making sense of entropy and the concept of time

Give me a book, not an interface

Nostalgia for a world without virtual bookshelves and e-reading

Rejecting a regurgitative science

I have not braved a single course in biology since high school – I am terrible at memorization – but I remember the initial experiments… Read More »Rejecting a regurgitative science

Quantum paths cross again

The letters QED stand for quod erat demonstrandum, which, in English, means “that which was to be demonstrated.” The abbreviation graces the ends of proofs,… Read More »Quantum paths cross again

Make way for intellectual freedom

After navigating the metro and trekking six blocks of sidewalk, fresh with rain, in heels to the Saturday night production of Inherit the Wind at… Read More »Make way for intellectual freedom

Methods in backyard stargazing

I used to spend evenings sitting in an Adirondack chair on the back porch of my house in Summerfield, North Carolina, where – before developers… Read More »Methods in backyard stargazing

Digging up the truth on Ardi

Latest evolutionary discovery misunderstood and exaggerated by media

Nature knows best

Prof talks science that mimics materials found in the natural environment

On physics, 4.0s, and undergrad souls

One professor discusses why the grading system is detrimental to scientific learning

Evo education

Panelists consider science in Islamic states

Women talk success

Panel moves from discussion of science to managing motherhood

Changing concepts of governance

Un-conference uses technology to make democracy more participatory

Discoveries in the drug realm are changing the world – and maybe extending your life. Pharmaceutical company Sirtris claims to have inadvertently discovered the fountain… Read More »Fountain of youth in sight