Paleontology & Geobiology at Williams College

Some well deserved love for the women who run the Curiosity Rover’s twitter feed!

Rovers Are From Mars: How Curiosity Is Killing It On Twitter : Monkey See : NPR.

A great reminder of our responsibility to communicate our science – and the responsibility of educational institutions to help scientists learn how to do it!

Women In Astronomy: Guest Post: Kate Follette on Encouraging Graduate Students to be Good Teachers and Better Communicators.

Cool! A website by a man who must never sleep, Dr. Craig McClain, that documents the biggest and smallest members of each of the animal phyla: The Story of Size: Life: From the Smallest to the Largest.

MSL landed successfully last night. Years and years of work has gone into this project and I am so happy that it’s off to a great start and so proud of my many friends and colleagues who helped to get it there!!!

Mars Rover Pulls Off High-Wire Landing : The Two-Way : NPR.

A nice short video on Sunday night / Monday morning’s landing of Mars Science Lab. All of my fingers and toes will be crossed for this one!

The Curiosity Rover Landing – YouTube.

Just discovered a great research  / student blog from old Harvard colleague Helen K White! Go check out the adventures of Haverford College students as they research microbiology, oil spills, and more.

Soapbox Science: Reaching Out: So You Want To Communicate Science Online: The Flowchart : Soapbox Science.