Contemplating Man and Fire
Jul 8th, 2007 · As wildfires blaze across the western states this summer, science commentator Ruth Levy Guyer reflects on humankind's uneasy relationship with fire, and she considers its amazing properties.
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The Romance of Train Travel Never Fades ****
Oct 30th, 2005 · Commentator Ruth Levy Guyer muses on the romance of train travel. The rails exert the same pull on her now as they did in childhood.
Theory vs. Hypothesis in Science *
May 28th, 2005 · Commentator Ruth Levy Guyer explains the difference between theory and hypothesis in science. And she muses on why the theory of evolution... and Darwin himself... have engendered so much resistance over the ages.
Learn New Words, Keep the Old **
Apr 17th, 2005 · Commentator Ruth Levy Guyer estimates that she knows more than 83,000 words. But she's unable to use all of them in this brief contemplation on the power and joy of learning new words.
Noting the Synchronicity of Life ****
Mar 20th, 2005 · Commentator Ruth Levy Guyer is a scientist whose interests range beyond the strictly empirical. She reflects on the artistic and neurological phenomenon of synesthesia, and on synchronicities -- those spooky coincidences that crop up in life.
After the First Few, Why No Flood of Vaccines? *
Jan 30th, 2005 · Commentator Ruth Levy Guyer reflects on the discovery of the first vaccine by Edward Jenner in 1803 and the surprisingly small number that have been developed since then.
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