by Caroline Crocker | Jul 1, 2025 | Faith, Science
The Stars With his hands clasped behind his back, King David strolled up and down his balcony in the cool of the night. His attention was drawn upwards to a sky filled with twinkling lights (no light pollution back then). After gazing for some minutes and whispering a...
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 17, 2025 | Science
Those who know my history will also know I have questions about evolution. Not common descent, but about the idea that the complexity and specificity of life came about through what amounts to typos in DNA. As an author, I know that typos have never improved my books....
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 13, 2025 | Science, Teaching
The first-year medical student bit her lip, “I don’t know what to do. Most of my class is cheating, and the teachers don’t do anything about it. I’ve been offered a preview of the exams for $100 each. The only way to compete with the cheaters is to cheat. But...
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 3, 2025 | Science
A simple sugar. Several of these attached make a polysaccharide, like starch. The little balls represent amino acids. Those attach, the chain curls up, and the final result is a functional machine. The four railroad cars of DNA are guanine, cytosine, thymine, and...
by Caroline Crocker | May 27, 2025 | Science, Teaching
Kitchen sponges. Those who use them love them. Those of us who are scientists trained in microbiology don’t. Why not? Wet Places are often Germy The simple answer is: because they remain wet. Bacteria love to grow in damp places. During COVID, I had my students...
by Caroline Crocker | May 20, 2025 | My books, Science
Are scientists made or born? Obviously, career scientists do need training, but why do they even bother? It certainly isn’t for the money! I can’t guess why anyone else did it, but I can explore why I became a scientist. Fashion? It was not as a fashion...
