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What you don’t know about the Boston Tea Party

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Sometimes we approach history with doubt, especially when it comes to stories about Native Americans. In grade school I heard North America was largely unpopulated until settlers arrived: a story quite different than the ones my relatives told. Reading about … Continue reading →

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Mind Different from Brain?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Consider the mind, rather than the brain. I asked readers in the last blog to think about the mind rather than the brain because Samuel Morton’s skull measurements in the 1860s asserted that American Indians have smaller skulls, hence smaller … Continue reading →

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Brain Full of Buckshot

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

In the Wild West soldiers could earn a dollar for every American Indian skull they collected. Skulls were then shipped back east so scientists could study them. One of the collectors, Samuel G. Morton, used skulls to extrapolate on personality … Continue reading →

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Confined to a Wheelchair

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Sometimes messages expand our thoughts and sometimes messages narrow them. A relative pointed out journalists are fond of saying, for example, Lady Gaga is “confined to a wheelchair,” as reported recently in the Huffington Post (UK). But a wheelchair is … Continue reading →

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Cookie Full of Arsenic

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I’d hate to take a bite of you. You’re a cookie full of arsenic. That’s just one of the unforgettable quotes from the movie, The Sweet Smell of Success my students viewed this week. Set in 1950s against the backdrop … Continue reading →

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Big Brother’s Reading You

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

We now know if you’re reading the book. At least if it’s an e-book.

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Science & Lipstick

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

It’s the stories that draw my attention to the science and health sections of the New York Times. But what caught my eye this week was a full-page advertisement. The French cosmetics company L’Oréal honors women scientists and the ad … Continue reading →

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Coffee

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I love the science section published each Tuesday in the New York Times. And I hate it, too. A delicious story emerged this week about folks who live on the island of Ikaria, off the mainland of Greece.

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Congress Takes Anti-Science Stance

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

This week Congress approved the budget bill that funds science research while axing dollars for social science. Specifically political science. The news is heart-breaking for those of us who work on the softer side of science. It’s dumbfounding that anyone … Continue reading →

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Science Ethics Redux

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Henrietta Lacks is back in the news. Lacks’ story captured headlines after Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book revealed the dying mother had her cells removed for science—without her permission. Doctors at Johns Hopkins hospital had tried unsuccessfully to keep alive human … Continue reading →

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