New York Minutes

15 years of Jurassic Park & where are the dinosaurs?

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:56:07 -0000

I rudely interrupt this week’s NY Minutes to mark an important anniversary. Yes it’s 15 years since the general release of a movie within a movie, Mr. DNA’s historic monolog in Jurassic Park………

Music to my otic organs

Sarbjit Lall — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:54:17 -0000

What do you get if you mix Oliver Sacks and a gospel choir?

Science on the streets!

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:12:49 -0000

The excitement was palpable on the streets of New York, Brian Greene suggested you put some science in your life, in the editorial pages of the Times, and Time Out NY picked it as the one thing to do if you only do one thing….

Firenze minutos, Krakow minutas

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:21:11 -0000

I recently spent fortunate but fleeting moments in Florence and Krakow, in the homelands of the great heliocentrist ‘heretics’.

Bloomin' Darwin

Sarbjit Lall — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:06:40 -0000

Darwin’s Garden: An evolutionary adventure goes beyond the Finches and brings the evolution of plants, as well as their role in Darwin’s work to life.

Bloomin' Darwin

Sarbjit Lall — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:02:49 -0000

Darwin’s Garden: An evolutionary adventure goes beyond the Finches and brings the evolution of plants, as well as their role in Darwin’s work to life.

Sippin' science

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:39:02 -0000

Nerdy as it is I like thinking about the science underlying food- protein denaturation in ceviche and during bread kneading (unravel that gluten girl!). I explored the biology (and a dash of chemistry) behind beverages further last night.

Untangling the tree of life

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:29:30 -0000

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), here in New York, has been involved in a global effort to wrangle species and untangle the branches of the tree of life , recently published here

Earthlings' planet has its day in the sun

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:57:11 -0000

April 22nd was Earth Day, and across the US, 8 cities staged concerts in honor of (and as a plea on behalf of) this place we all call home.

10! 9! 8....yadda, yadda, yadda....launch NY sci blog!

Sarbjit Lall — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:49:55 -0000

A couple of weeks ago a key Nature Network hub, Corie Lok, came to the New York Nature offices and showed us what’s happening on the Network. Within a short while of her tour of New York, the New York group has surged to 82 members.