Science Blackout Poetry

Inspired by Austin Kleon and the New York Times, honoring National Poetry Month.

Update (April 27): A Reddit commenter (rightly) points out to also assign credit to Tom Phillips' Humument Project...good call!

JACS 2012, 11992

JACS 2014, 5257

JACS 1993, 9293

Comic Homage

I've been a bit under the weather, so I've turned to an old stand-by: digging through the archives of my favorite webcomics. Bonus, when they contain scientific or chemical references.


So far today, I've made it through most of xkcd, and happened to finish Deborah Blum's Poisoner's Handbook last night. With some time on my hands, I figured a "mash-up" of the two might be in order.
(Cheat Sheet: check out this story about biochemistry, NASA, and "alien life" found here on Earth)

MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE: BEWARE THE SUPER-TOXINS!

Press Release Supplement

As part of my new editorial gig over at Nature Cooking, I've had sit-downs with all the major factions in the company, including the fine folks over at Nature Protocols. They were kind enough to suggest a theme for our first issue; apparently, that's chemistry cookies!

Credit: Nature Protocols, via "The Twitter"

In an attempt to please my new colleagues, I scoured the Electrical Highway for at least 5 minutes, until I found these critical lab instruments:

Scientific Cookie Cutters | Credit: thinkgeek.com

Oddly, the strychnine and maitotoxin shapes were on back order....c'est la vie.