Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain grips a spear awkwardly. His face twists up like he’s swallowed something foul– not an uncommon expression for someone with a food tourism show. But in this context it’s different. The rain continues to come down, the spear is dripping. He readjusts his grip, again, as he prepares to perform manken Read More …
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My Submission to the Predatory Journal “US-China Education Review B”
Will update with more details later but essentially I got a paper accepted to a supposedly peer-reviewed academic journal called the “US-China Education Review B.” This is, of course, a “predatory” journal, an organization posing as authentic academic journals that only wants your money and has no interest in publishing actual science. But these journals Read More …
Why do chimps throw stones? It’s all about that bass
For years, researchers have been perplexed by a strange phenomenon happening deep in the forests of West Africa: chimpanzees throwing rocks at trees. A new study, published this month in the journal Biology Letters, sheds some light on the situation. When a chimp wants to huck a stone, it chooses a tree that sounds like Read More …
How to Change Minds about Climate Change, a Reflection
There are a lot of different ingredients necessary to get people to change their behavior as it relates to climate change but primary among them is getting certain demographics to change their definitions about what an environmentalist looks like. I remember on a bike trip through Murphy, North Carolina in rural Appalachia I stopped in a Read More …
The Sears Tower and Self-Determination Theory
Here they come the business men Like a herd of cattle rumbling in The exchange has officially begun -Phantom Planet I have always disliked collective, prescribed experience and have done whatever I can to avoid it. In Chicago recently, some friends and I considered joining the snake of folks queued up to take an Read More …
Rock Stacking and Behavioral Change
I have a distinct memory growing up of a photo on our fridge, sent to us from a friend. The photo was of a guy taking rocks from along the San Francisco bay and stacking them in impossibly precarious positions. Apparently, the man was locally famous and, at the time, one of the unique things Read More …
Pocahontas vs.Indiana Jones: Perspectives on Behavior in the Outdoors
The first time I can remember my wilderness ethic being challenged was on a backpacking trip in high school. I was with a group of students led by some experienced hikers that had completed impressive thru-hikes all over the world. At the beginning of the trip, I was excited. Here was an opportunity to meet Read More …