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April 6, 2026
Surviving and Thriving during the AAAS STPF Executive Branch Finalist Week
Congratulations on making it to finalist week! Finalist week can be very busy and hectic, particularly as you request and navigate interviews with host offices you are interested in. My goal with this post is not to overwhelm you, but to offer several strategies for starting finalist week off on the...
Sci on the Fly
April 4, 2019
Do No Harm: An Ethical Data Life Cycle
Ethics generally works on the principles of do no harm. Although research protocols to protect human beings have been in place for a while now, the pervasiveness of multiple types of data and their use make it less clear where the impact on human beings is in...
Sci on the Fly
March 13, 2019
Increasing participation of women in computing fields: A data science perspective
We live in an age when everyone understands the importance and pervasiveness of data—the pictures we take, the activities we track, the transactions we make, and the websites we visit. Data can often be contentious in terms of ownership and access. Today...
Sci on the Fly
February 12, 2019
Blockchain: What is it really?
Blockchain. Blockchain. Blockchain. You've probably heard this term thrown around quite a bit over the last year. And before that, you likely heard about Bitcoin, the best known cryptocurrency -- digital bits of information used by people as money -- and all...
Sci on the Fly
January 9, 2019
1.5 to Stay Alive!
With much fanfare, in 2015, under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), The 21st Convention of Parties (COP21) adopted The Paris Agreement as a plan for global action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the unavoidable...
Sci on the Fly
December 17, 2018
Advances In Science Propel Optimism
This blog highlights excerpts from Dr. Sutyajeet Soneja’s 20x20 presentation at the AAAS Visualizing Science Policy Summit on October 17, 2018. Reflecting upon my time as a 2016 to 2018 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, I have come away with a renewed...
Sci on the Fly
September 16, 2018
Climate Change and the Oceans
A version of this post was first published in the East Hampton Star on September 14, 2017. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science or East Hampton Star. While some...
Sci on the Fly
September 12, 2018
Death By Air Pollution: Time to Take Action
The original version of this post was published at PLOS One Global Health on August 20, 2018. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science or The Public Library of Science...
Sci on the Fly
September 4, 2018
Science Blogging: 16 Tips from a Fellow
Interested in science blogging but not quite sure where to start? I've put together a brief guide containing some general tips and suggestions, as well as some of my grammatical petpeeves. This guide was created drawing on my experiences and opinions, as well...
Sci on the Fly
July 16, 2018
Technology, Distractibility and the Classroom
The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science Foundation, or the United States Government. The original version of this post was published at The...
Sci on the Fly
July 9, 2018
Visual “Noise," Distractibility and Classroom Design
The original version of this post was published at The Learning Scientists on September 20, 2017. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science...
