Does Your Brain Have Self-Control?
Yesterday I interviewed Dr. Kelly McGonigal, author of “The Willpower Instinct”, on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour. We discussed how willpower and self-control work, how the brain functions with regard to...
View ArticleDr. Kiki is on the Loose
I’ve been waiting to write this. I don’t know why exactly, but it felt like the right thing to do. Last week, I posted on twis.org that our show will no longer be netcast by the TWiT.tv network. Since...
View ArticleBack At It…
I looked at the date of my last blog posting… just about 6 years ago, in fact… and am amazed at how things have progressed since then. I obviously stopped blogging, but in the past 6 years I have...
View ArticleWisdom Versus Weakest
This week has been a doozy for news in America, and it’s only Tuesday. Trump has travelled the world, cow-towed to Putin, and managed to do unfathomable damage to our world standing… oh, yes, Germany...
View ArticleGetting What I Want
I am… I think… finally, starting to see my work for the past year or so beginning to bear fruit. It’s a wonderful feeling to have clients and to be doing work that I enjoy. The best feeling in the...
View ArticleThe Pivot
I’ve hit a moment in my life where I think it is time to make a change. I look around at the science communications landscape, and it is FULL of amazing people communicating science. The YouTube space...
View ArticleOh, The Humanity – Our Urge To Escape
I understand the need to escape from reality. There come moments when the pressures of the real world just get to be too much. Flight can be easier than fight. It can help to escape into a book, movie,...
View ArticleSex, Science, and Politics
Thanks to a conversation with an individual on Twitter, I now understand that there is a segment of the US population that is in denial about the reality of developmental biology, specifically that...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Awareness for You and Me!
This past month I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Kristi Funk, founder of the Pink Lotus Foundation, breast surgeon, and author of the book, “Breasts: An Owner’s Manual”. This...
View ArticleInternational Day of Women & Girls in Science 2019
Kirsten (Kiki) Sanford obtained a PhD in 2007 for studies in avian neurophysiology. We’ve come a long way, baby… but, we still have a long way to go. It’s International Day of women and girls in...
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