Travel

The Big Physics Bus Tour

Inside the Nobel prize-winning wide-open spaces of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
by Kristin Abkemeier

28 March 2007

My eyes adjusted to the dim tunnel a couple of beats after I stepped inside from the brilliant midsummer California sky. A brief glance ahead found a tangle of ductwork and…

Putting the “Ew!” in Museum

Our reporter went to the Meguro Parasitological Museum and all we got was this tapeworm
by Kristin Abkemeier

28 February 2007

Flights of Fancy at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

A small New England science museum offers a window into nineteenth-century curiosity
by Kristin Abkemeier

07 February 2007

Science Bloggers Avoid the Spinach Dip Brush-Off

A cocktail of lessons from last week's Science Blogging Conference
by Eva Amsen

24 January 2007

Captain Cook’s Kiwi Adventures!

Our reporter tackles the knee-shredding descent to Captain Cook’s New Zealand hideout
by Kristin Abkemeier

17 January 2007

The Serious Pursuit of African Science

A glimpse into the lives of African scientists through the eyes of a filmmaker
by Alom Shaha

02 January 2007

A Trip to the Beijing Planetarium

Our intrepid traveler solves the mystery of a 500 year old meteorite, an ancient goddess and modern art
by Kristin Abkemeier

02 January 2007

Radioactive Beachcombing

The Trinity Site in New Mexico is the perfect nuclear science tourist trap
by Kristin Abkemeier

18 December 2006