One week of data collection down! I’ve discovered that I love my daily commute, it’s a great excuse to listen to an episode of Dungeons and Daddies (I refused to give this podcast a chance for the longest time simply because of the name, but I just reached episode 10 Read more…
[This post refers to a whole bunch of published studies – I’ll provide links to them in the text so you can check them out yourself!] Domestication, the process that turned wolves into dogs, guanacos into llamas, ducks into…well, domestic ducks, comprises changes that help a species thrive in a Read more…
Biology is founded on observational research. Pivotal insights about our world were the result of some guy needing a hobby, so he traveled to new places, peered through homemade lenses, or grew pea plants in a garden. The research environment may have changed drastically since their time, but observation remains Read more…
Science is limited only by our imagination. An inspiring statement, but one that also contains a note of caution. By the same token, we can argue that the potential for scientific discovery is limited by our human experience. Back in undergrad, I was introduced to the German term “umwelt”, often Read more…