by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 29, 2018 | Books
Advanced Praise “‘The First Word’ is a rare and delightful mix: both a probing exploration of one of the great remaining mysteries of life, and a riveting story of the battles and breakthroughs that drive scientific progress.”Steve Johnson...
by Christine Kenneally BH | May 31, 2012 | Attention, Books, Brain, Common sense, Consciousness, Science
Even as the number of hours in the day remains fixed, the number of decisions we must make grows. Organic versus non? Public versus private? Paper versus digital? Modern adults must navigate real and virtual worlds, and if they have children, they need to keep an eye...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Sep 1, 2011 | Ancient DNA, Books, Ned Kelly, Science, Skeletal remains
Mark Greenwood wrote a wonderful book for children called Ned Kelly and the Green Sash. Dr. Jeremy Smith, Senior Archeologist at Heritage Victoria, wrote about his investigation into the skeletal remains found at Pentridge Prison for Providence, the journal of the...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 31, 2011 | Ancient DNA, Books, Forensic anthropology, Genes, J.J. Kenneally, Mitochondrial DNA, Ned Kelly, Odontology, Relics, Skeletal remains
Consider the case of Ned Kelly's skull. You can read my article about the bushranger's DNA and the solution to this decades-old mystery at The New York Times. Here, the August 22, 1880 article in The New York Times reporting the capture of the Kelly...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 31, 2011 | Books, J.J. Kenneally, Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly's brother, Jim Kelly, "reviews" J.J.'s book. My favorite part is his description of the book as "an effective exterminator of the hive of journalistic wasps" that plagued his family.
