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Friday, June 14, 2013

What's the Deal? Are Daddy Longlegs Spiders or Not?

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I know that spiders are not insects, but in my previous post I brought them up so I'd like to answer my own question.  Because usually w...
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Monday, June 3, 2013

I've Been Antsy About Getting The New Issue Out!

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Hurray!  It's the start of a new Brainy Girls issue, and for the next two months, we'll be talking about one of my favorite topics...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Weathering the Storm

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There have been a lot of extreme weather events that have made the news lately, especially tornadoes . When I was growing up, in both Oklaho...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Meeting New Role Models and Finding Inspiration

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Monday was a very exciting and inspiring day for Brainy Girls!  As you probably know, one of the reasons I started this online magazine was ...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Remembering the Great Swarmageddon of 1987

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Prints from Anderson Design Group Have you heard the news?  It's on the horizon...yes, the 17 year cicadas are coming!  Brood II, in...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Giving a glimpse of women doing science!

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I was a little nervous, to say the least, about stepping foot inside a middle school after all these years, but the afternoon I spent at Sha...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

As RuPaul Says, Girl, You've Got to Work It!

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I'm very excited to announce a brand-new Work It! featuring my good friend, Brenda Moraska LaFrancois.  Brenda is an aquatic ecologist ...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bicycles!

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Bicycles are cycles in the truest sense of the word, and today I have some fun facts to share with you about the history of the bicycle and ...
Monday, April 8, 2013

April showers...and you know the rest.

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I live in the Pacific Northwest.  To be a little more specific, do you remember the diagram of the water cycle that you learned in school?  ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Around and Round we go!

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Greetings, Brainy Girls, and happy spring!  I figured that since our seasons are in transition, what better theme for the April and May issu...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Science is a Girl's Best Friend

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Poster by Alicia Tran I'm truly excited to share with you a brand new article for National Women's History Month, written by Ama...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Ze Future and Jean

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Hi Brainy Girls readers!  Today we're trying something a little new for the blog.  We're featuring our first guest blogger, Courtney...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Just for You - Blogs by Women in STEM Fields!

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Just a quick post today to share some websites I've recently stumbled upon in my research for Brainy Girls.  Are you looking for inspi...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Quick! Name a Superhero!

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And now for a little different *spin* (think Linda Carter turning into Super Woman) on National Women's History Month! Did you ever ...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

And it's International Women's Day, too!

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Did you know that, tucked amongst the awesomeness that is National Women's History Month, is a day celebrating women around the world?  ...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

Happy National Women's History Month!

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Welcome to another issue of Brainy Girls!  This is a special one-month issue to celebrate National Women's History Month.  Throughout Ma...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Let's leave this issue with a 3D mark!

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It's almost the end of the month, which means that we will soon be switching over to a new issue of Brainy Girls.  I've really had f...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Darlene Schaper Interview, Part Two!

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Guess who has two thumbs and figured out how to use video editing software this weekend?  This girl!!!  I finally sat down to edit the video...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Art and Science Intersect How?

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First, apologies for the lapse in posts.  I've been away on vacation, enjoying some rare sun for those of us who live in the Pacific Nor...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Art to Make Your Head Spin!

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Have you seen the 3D sidewalk art that has been going around lately?  It's really incredible - viewed from a particular angle, the drawi...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Crave Bunnies?

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This weekend I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Darlene Schaper, a Portland, Oregon, artist who kindly agreed to show me aroun...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Let's Talk Fiction!

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In the past, our Brainy Girls topics have been about reality - the concrete, the sure, the proven.  But given the theme of this issue of Bra...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Issue! And New Year!

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Hello, 2013!  It's a brand new year and to kick it off, we're going to start a brand new issue of Brainy Girls!  Did you vote for ...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Happy Holidays!

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I just want to say a quick hello to all you Brainy Girls (and Brainy Boys) out there, and thank you for all the support you've given thi...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Three Down, Two to Go!

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We've covered three of the five senses:  smell (perfume science), hearing (interview with conductor Dijana Ihas), and taste (entomophagy...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Katydids and Conductors

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Photo Credit: Dr. Montealegre-Z and Professor Daniel Robert Let's continue our exploration of the five senses.  What do crickets a...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Who is an Engineer?

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One of the things that Brainy Girls tries to do is defy stereotypes.  What do you think a female engineer acts like?  Looks like?  Take a lo...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I'm *Sensing* Some Changes Around Here!

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Welcome to the November - December issue of Brainy Girls!  Over the next week or so you'll notice that the content will change - the old...