Steven Shapin, Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Ourselves Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024. Pp. 560. ISBN 978-0-226-83221-0. $35.00 (cloth).

Mendel Post 15 – Mendel Book to Be Published Open Access We are pleased to announce that the e-book edition of our book on Gregor Mendel and the discovery of the laws of inheritance will be published ...

Ever feel like the weather has gone completely off the rails lately? ⛈️ You aren't just imagining it. In this episode, we uncover the scientific thriller behind the 1983 discovery of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)—a breakthrough that promised to tame the chaos of El Niño and predict catastrophic droughts. Why this story matters today: - The Dismissed Genius: Meet Neville Nicholls and John McBride, the meteorologists whose revolutionary research was ignored by the establishment until the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires proved them right. - Predicting the Apocalypse: Learn how a simple pressure difference between Tahiti and Darwin became the world’s most powerful tool for climate forecasting. - Breaking the Models: We explore the modern crisis—why climate change is heating our oceans and causing traditional weather patterns to fracture, leaving even our best scientists guessing. From human tragedy to cutting-edge atmospheric science, we’re peeling back the curtain on why our modern weather feels so erratic. Is the climate shifting faster than we can track? Or are we losing our ability to forecast the future? 🎧 Listen to the full story and discover why the rules of weather have officially changed. 👉 Join the conversation: Does your local weather feel more unpredictable lately? Let us know in the comments below!