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Earnst Haeckel, the guy who coined “Ecology”

He was a quirky one, Earnst Haeckel. He did great work in science. He promoted Darwin’s work in Germany, named thousands of species, and inspired an art movement; but he also came up with some no-so-great thoughts, such as different languages evolved among different species of humans. Yes, you read that right. Haeckel was aContinue reading “ Earnst Haeckel, the guy who coined “Ecology””

Open Access, Metadata, and Creative Commons

We are lucky that as York University students we have access to science papers, because most journals that publish these papers charge a subscription fee, which seems counter productive, as scientific research and findings should be easily available and free to access. Open access aims to do just that. Open access allows free access toContinue reading “Open Access, Metadata, and Creative Commons “

Becoming a Wikipedia (student) Editor

I had dabbled in editing Wikipedia pages that I was passionate about a few years ago, so when professor Bazely mentioned that one of the assignments was going to be editing Wikipedia pages, I thought it was going to be a walk in the park. It wasn’t. Wikipedia editing isn’t about creating an account andContinue reading “Becoming a Wikipedia (student) Editor”

Dawn Bazely’s Words of Wisdom

“If you can’t explain a topic to a six year old, you really don’t understand it yourself”. Professor Dawn Bazely mentioned this quote in the podcast “The People Behind the Science” http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-dawn-bazely/  (13:40) where she was being interviewed by Mary McNeely, the host of the podcast. We, as science students, come across, and memorize aContinue reading “Dawn Bazely’s Words of Wisdom”

Individual Actions

I was listening to Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk Podcast https://www.startalkradio.net/show/cosmic-queries-climate-solutions-with-katharine-hayhoe-phd/ on my way to work one morning, and what the guest on the show said struck a chord with me. The guest, Katharine Hayhoe, said that even if all individuals made substantial changes to their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprints, that wouldn’t tackle evenContinue reading “Individual Actions”