Comments on: This is what a scientist looks like

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:51:00 +0000

That photo didn’t survive – my native companion took the photo but dropped the camera.

By: Ant

Ant — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:54:00 +0000

They should do computer scientists too.

By: Ant

Ant — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:00 +0000

Did you win? ;)

By: Ant

Ant — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:00 +0000

But myrmecologists can go up to 50 times. ;)

By: Sekino

Sekino — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:41:00 +0000

You should submit the one where you’re running from the gigantic rolling boulder… oh wait.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:00 +0000

I’ll take that as saying you agree I’m sexy :)

For the record, that is the only time I’ve ever looked good in a hat (either that hat or any other).

p.s. I found your website, I like your “An awful lot of running” illustration :)

By: Claire Hummel

Claire Hummel — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:34:00 +0000

Psh, you totally need to submit that. Who doesn’t love Death Valley and smart hats?

By: sota767

sota767 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:46:00 +0000

Too bad this isn’t true for the computer industry. We’re all pretty hideous over here.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:37:00 +0000

You can always volunteer to be a subject.

By: Optic

Optic — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0000

My father the physicist used to come and do laser shows at my elementary school. I suspect this would be impossible due to liabilities these days.

By: OriGuy

OriGuy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000

Some of the best episodes of Dirty Jobs are the ones with scientists.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Well, I'm a scientist. I'm pretty sure no one's interested in photos of me in the same way that they're interested in photos of Brigette but perhaps I'll submit a sexy photo of myself in the field (maybe this one).

By: Brigette Zacharczenko

Brigette Zacharczenko — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:00 +0000

It was my first time doing a push press with 95 pounds, my previous best was 65… so yeah, probably wasn’t perfect! I did try to readjust when I locked out at the top. Since it was a competition there was a guy judging our technique.

By: Brigette Zacharczenko

Brigette Zacharczenko — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:18:00 +0000

Yes, bumper plates are made to be the same size so you can drop them. In this photo I’m doing a push press with 95 pounds.

By: phor11

phor11 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Now if we could only resolve to pay teachers what they’re really worth to society, American kids might actually be motivated to learn from and possibly even respect them.

By: OoerictoO

OoerictoO — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:00 +0000

last link in article appears to be kaputt:
http://www.boingboing.net/www.caterpillarblog.com

By: OoerictoO

OoerictoO — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:00 +0000

and thought the same after going…

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Wrong superhero

By: invictus

invictus — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:00 +0000

They can also do it, but only when lifting rare books.

By: invictus

invictus — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:00 +0000

The site isn’t borked, but the link is. The “entomologist lifting weights” link should point to: http://caterpillarblog.com/2012/02/04/this-is-what-a-scientist-looks-like/

By: seyo

seyo — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000

Hooray for CrossFitting scientists!

By: chgoliz

chgoliz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:00 +0000

A friend (who has children roughly the same ages as mine) is a chemist. When her kids were in grade school, whatever class they were in got to have a field trip each year to a “real chemistry lab” where she taught the entire class how to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and polymer to play with and bring home.

Grabbing the attention of young children *before* they learn the negative stereotypes….brilliant.

By: Danny Pizdetz

Danny Pizdetz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Pay attention to the weight of the free weights, not the size. There is a current trend for colored free weights to appear the same size as normal free weights and yet weigh less. You can only tell the difference by what’s printed on them and their thickness, not their diameter.

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000

It loaded for me – it’s worth trying again… her scanning electron microscope images are amazing. The caterpillar foot looks straight out of Lovecraft/Giger.

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:45:00 +0000

That’s not what “peer-reviewed” is supposed to mean!

They’re all hot.

The appropriate judgmental pose is “published or not.”

By: Noctilucent Studios

Noctilucent Studios — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:11:00 +0000

You say that like it’s a bad thing!

By: ahecht

ahecht — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:54:00 +0000

What about Etymologists?

By: orwell

orwell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:49:00 +0000

the next field trip will be to hooters…before going, students thought that hooters employees were brain-dead bimbos with luxuriant, flowing hair, whose bra sizes were larger than their IQs…

By: orwell

orwell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000

“scientists in their natural habitats” isn’t that the title of a gary larson cartoon?

By: David McKee

David McKee — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:00 +0000

Did you know:
Those studying the leafcutter ant can lift 50 times their own body weight?