But really, why?
I’m a prairie kid who loves research. I have a Master’s in economics with a focus on public programs, labour and education. Long before that, I did my undergrad in physics & English with a math minor.
Besides my resume, you’ll find this page full of sewing projects, the odd published poem, and stories about Canadian science.
A note about the blog title: in math and physics, the prefix eigen means one's own. It comes from the german, but mostly I always liked thinking about a particle's eigenvalues, and thought I might apply the same thought to my excursions.
May-Britt and Edvard Moser discovered grid cells, which help our brains map their surroundings. Now they have the Nobel.
A tsetse fly bites a girl. She becomes itchy, feverish, and her joints ache. Weeks later, she loses coordination and some sensation in her limbs. It becomes difficult to think, to sleep.
Whether it be Schwartz’s or Pete’s, smoked meat has a special place in the hearts of Montrealers.
We tried the Draw a Scientist test at Saturday Science, and we got some great results.
Back at Saturday Science, the little ones made their own tangram sets and let their imaginations run wild.
As computer chips continue to get smaller and more powerful, the field of electronics is approaching some severe limits.