I spent my childhood running away from this term. I spent the first year of college trying to be considered cool, suppressing my nerdiness...

I have a young son.  I've been able to see his eyes light up many times as he discovers his world. We have discovered unintentional scie...

I grew up loathing, yes - loathing, science, but I was good at math from a very young age.  I had mentors who kept telling me that I should ...