Category Archives: health

Prairie Voles

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Sense of smell is primal. Sometimes, riding the bus into work, I smell my seat-mates, which is not always pleasant. Sweat, vomit, cigarettes and booze smells waft downwind.

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Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The film Contagion takes a peek at the CDC folks in Atlanta and shows that they care about one another: it’s the other folks that cause them grief—the feds and the locals. I think they got it right. I was … Continue reading →

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Contagion

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I’ve delayed reading the reviews for the new film Contagion until I sort though my feelings. When I worked at the CDC my colleagues didn’t suit up in the Day-Glo orange hazard gear but they did venture to outbreaks to … Continue reading →

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Science Talk Sees Red

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Michele Bachmann’s recent pronouncement about vaccines is right up my alley because it reveals how we talk about science. In case you missed it, during a recent debate Bachmann scoured Rick Perry, governor of Texas, for requiring that girls in … Continue reading →

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Bike Ride

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

You can’t be depressed riding a bike. Thanks goodness it’s a downhill ride to my work and most drivers are patient as I peddle through the intersections at a tortoise pace.

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Primed to Kvetch

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

One of our graduate students wrote a crisp and tidy thesis about the effects of photography on sympathy and we’re just about ready send off her findings for review.

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Research as Politics: Shrimp on a Treadmill

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A common insult to sling at your opponent is that she is “cherry picking” her data. When I hear cherry picking I think about cherries and then I think about pie, and then I’ve forgotten all about research.

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Pink Pee

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

My doctor said to check my pee. Seems that taking a bunch of antibiotics to whack away a lung infection can wreak havoc on my liver and I need to check my pee.

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Intuition

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

From a scientific view, intuition can be a curse.

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Why Study Science Communication?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

One of the reviewers of my proposed book (heavy emphasis on the proposed) asked me, “Why should readers care about science communication?” I take it for granted, I guess, that knowing how we think about risks to ourselves and others, … Continue reading →

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