When I was seven or eight years old, my parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I thought real hard and then confidently stated,...
People always ask me how my daughter Amoy got into science. My first thought typically: "Is there an actual event that I can pinpoint?" Was there one particular thing I...
I am a climate scientist, with one foot in the modern ocean trying to understand impacts on California species and ecosystems, and one foot in the...
Tyler J. Ford: Now that I’ve got my PhD, and I’ve been working in a science communication position for a few years, I’m often asked how...
In this camp, there were students from different ages and nationalities. We were trained for an international competition, called Rover Challenge, organized by NASA, for which...
Everything happened like I was offsetting a chain reaction of events. It made me realize that fear is nothing but an illusion.
This is my story – the story of going through a tremulous phase of my life during which I lost faith in science and myself, but...
I carefully approached her with the intention to learn more. I took the first step to introduce myself with a “hi, my name is Ivan." It...
Picture it. 1996. I was working as an admin at a research center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. In addition to being the coffee-maker extraordinaire, I autoclaved...
I have a language disability and a fine motor skill deficit. As a child, I would try not to speak up in class or speak too...
