Back in 2007, our team at Chabot Space and Science Center was through-the-roof excited about the production of a new show for our digital planetarium.

Using the latest technologies in computer Generated graphics (CG) we were looking to fulfill the promise of full dome i...

The quality of the relationship between the non-profit board and the organization it governs is one of the most critical contributors to organizational health and success. In practice, the risks of dysfunction between board and staff are high, and can get in the way of...

There’s been a lot of discussion and debate about the lack of diversity in the technology workforce recently, particularly here in Silicon Valley.  In the industry, engineers and tech workers from minority communities are woefully underrepresented. This is bad for a nu...

Over the years of working in informal science and environmental science communication, I’ve taken an interest in learning more about how we decide what to believe.  In forming our beliefs we’re all wired to fall prey to a series of cognitive “traps” which can lead us t...

Boy this measles thing has really got my heart pumping again. In fact, it’s making me downright optimistic about our future.  Unlike the usual sciency news story, this one is clearly more than just a standard meme, a weeklong sensation soon to be washed over by the nex...

I've been really agonizing over this one.  In fact, a draft of this piece in various forms has been on my computer for several months, as I seem unable or unwilling to finish it.  For background, it’s been about a year since I completed my series on fracking (for the t...