When I give a guest presentation about music in science education — not a frequent occurrence, but it does happen — one of my favorite parts is to discuss how the music of a song can add special clarity and … Continue reading →

On Tuesday I attended a session of a new UW Medicine program called Poetry & Prose Rounds. Its website offers the following description: Writing about and through illness can change lives and enrich health care. This is the murky realm … Continue reading →

It’s probably obvious to anyone who reads this blog that I spend more time thinking about science and math songs than almost anyone else on the planet, and thus have lots of ideas about their many possible uses in and … Continue reading →

Well, They Might Be Giants’ stellar Here Comes Science did not win the Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album last weekend, and a bunch of scientists are pretty upset. In fact, the journal BioTechniques went so far as to create … Continue reading →

Alison McCook notes certain parallels between the guitar-smashers and the gene-cloners. “Punk ethos is typified by a passionate adherence to individualism, creativity and freedom of expression with no regard to established opinions,” Bill Cuevas, biochemist at the biotech company Genencor … Continue reading →