Comments on: Sciencebase Guestbook Q&A

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:22:54 +0000

Praise via email from Sciencebase reader and science enthusiast Clayton in Canada

“I must admit to both admiring and envying you and your accomplishments. Your ability to present and explain what are often novel, complex and difficult scientific concepts, as well as your apparent effortless facility with words in doing so, are two notable and praiseworthy aspects of your skill and reputation as a premier professional science writer.

And, it has been my experience that you always exude an admirable sense of humility when praised and congratulated for your obvious writing acumen. Try not to deflect the praise and congratulations – you’ve earned both many times over. In my experience you are never condescending, but are always gracious in presenting both your views and in addressing or responding to the views of others. You are both a gentleman and a scholar.”

By: J. Dunning-Davies

J. Dunning-Davies — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:49:38 +0000

Only today I read of the ‘Periodic Table of Science Bloggers’ on the Universe Today site. I thought it quite amusing and possibly very useful to some.

Edited for brevity.

By: Tailer

Tailer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:40:05 +0000

my science teacher gave us some extra credit and it turns out he just printed off the elemental puns from this site! haha i got every one right :)

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:56:46 +0000

Hey David,

Just found this website, and I think it’s awesome! I’ve subscribed to the RSS feed, and I can’t wait to to explore your site more. I especially like that you have articles about science research, AND about science writing, as I am an aspiring science writer myself. Great job!

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:08:21 +0000

@Karen You’ve hit the nail on the head! Advocates of these so-called herbal remedies that allegedly boost “energy” levels are, if they do anything, stimulants, just like caffeine and other natural products. The marketing hype cannot have it both ways, as I’ve said in the post.

By: karen

karen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:34:05 +0000

Hi, Just wanted to let you know I had an awful experience with rhodiola rosea. I had the worst panic attacks that I ever had in my whole life. I also got a splitting headache. At first I didn’t understand what was causing this. I took this stuff to stop anxiety and now my attacks were worse than ever. Every little thing bothered me and I was freaking out. Finally, after a couple of days it dawned on me that it must be the rhodiola. That was the only new thing that was going into my body that week.

A person who commented compared this stuff to speed. I am a hyper person and speed is not a good thing for me to take. I cannot understand how rhodiola is compared to speed, caffeine, and is supposed to be an anxiety and stress reducer at the same time. This is very confusing. Please explain.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:00:33 +0000

Very interesting. This site is good to go for research on interests or concerns such as the H1N1 or as most say it swine influenza. Good Job.

By: Mike Samuels

Mike Samuels — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:03:23 +0000

What do you think of the educational package now posed by President Obama. I have had many private comments on goofbucket that I cannot answer and am looking for a base to refer these comments. Many are based on science and technology. Let me know if you are interested as I am starving for time to get to a lot of ideas

By: michel destrade

michel destrade — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:43:41 +0000

Dear David,

I am a researcher in mechanics, and now and again, I upload a preprint version of my articles on arxiv.org. There are now more than 500,000 articles on arxiv, and counting. I was most impressed to see that you noticed a recent posting of mine, on the mechanics of stabbing. You are very thorough! I was delighted that you decided to write a summary of our findings. They were not that easy to present and you made a great job of it. Congratulations on your clear and synthetic style.

Sincerely,
Michel Destrade,
University College Dublin.

By: Special

Special — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:23:13 +0000

hello david!

im a postgraduate student taking MS Biology here in the Philippines. in a few months from now, i will be in my thesis writing. i want that my topic is focused about conservation biology or ecology. if it is ok with you, please give me some suggestions on possible topics for my thesis.

here in our place, we have a wetland that is not studied (though it is visited mostly because of the migratory birds) but a thorough study has not been made. i want to study the area. can you give me some suggestions on what to study or give emphasis? =)

another interesting site are the caves which is very open to the public (and of course, it is now on the brink of destruction)..i want to study it so that there will be a basis for policy makers to do something in order to save it from total destruction….as well as the wetlands.
your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

thanks so much for making this kind of site where students like me can confide and ask for assistance to an expert like you.

more power!!! =)