In 2008, when weblogs were still relatively new, I created the "On Research" blog at Ohio State University. Unusual among universities, it wasn't intended as a marketing ploy of the institution. I asked no permission beforehand; I just started blogging. What made this effort different was that blog postings were not intended to promote the university but rather they were meant to better describe the novelty of science and research and the people who did it. Much attention went to the junction of science and communication. Other postings were devoted to research issues. But all were intended to give readers a broader picture of what the world of science entailed. Before it ceased, we posted 83 offerings over four years. All of these were written by Earle Holland.

2012

A graphic misrepresentation . . . 2-10-12.pdf

Of ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties . . .1-31-12.pdf

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2011

A cascade of lemmings . . .10-7-11.pdf

Not what Ben meant . . . 9-6-11.pdf

Of science, baseball, and cricket . . . 8-4-11.pdf

The thugs are coming . . . 7-13-11.pdf

Who cares_ . . 5-17-11.pdf

Of Toto, witches and whirlwinds . . .4-28-11.pdf

Skating on . . . 4-7-11.pdf

Target_ Students . . . 3-29-11.pdf

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2010

Just in time . . .12-2-10.pdf

A question of balance . . .10-18-10.pdf

These are the Times . . .9-21-10.pdf

The media's "want" to know . . .8-16-10.pdf

Of Selenites and dark holes . . .7-14-10.pdf

An easy, but wrong, answer . . .6-30-10.pdf

If only life were fiction . . .6-3-10.pdf

Hard lessons learned . . .5-12-10.pdf

It's about time . . .5-6-10.pdf

Winning battles, losing wars . . .4-15-10.pdf

More meds, please . . .3-3-10.pdf

The smoking gun . . .2-25-10.pdf

Stubbornness and obstinance . . .1-6-10.pdf

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2009

Criticality . . .12-16-09.pdf

The controversy's dilemma . . .12-4-09.pdf

In the bullseye . . .11-30-09.pdf

Like a Phoenix . . .11-17-09.pdf

Fifteen minutes of fame . . .10-22-09.pdf

How it's `sposed to be . . .10-11-09.pdf

Are huzzahs enough_. . . 10-5-09.pdf

A matter of time . . .9-9-09.pdf

Of packrats and horseshoe crabs . . .8-27-09.pdf

Mere bumps in the road . . .8-11-09.pdf

Sympathy ill-placed . . .7-29-09.pdf

We are what we read . . .7-9-09.pdf

One last, fossilized point . . .6-24-09.pdf

Darwinius exaggeratus, part 2 . . .5-29-09.pdf

Darwinius exaggeratus . . .5-21-09.pdf

Flashbacks aren't all bad . . .5-13-09.pdf

The telephone call . . .5-1-09.pdf

A WWAIL of a Week . . .4-26-09.pdf

Some weeks, better than others . . .3-31-09.pdf

Of mice and men . . .3-23-09.pdf

What we don't see . . .3-12-09.pdf

The war continues . . .3-5-09.pdf

A Jovian chance . . .2-27-09.pdf

Holdren's wish . . .2-22-09.pdf

Weathercasters' lament . . .1-12-09.pdf

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2008

The soon-to-be-lost art of science reporting . . .12-5-08.pdf

ChemCraft and such . . .10-26-08.pdf

Scientist as star . . .9-23-08.pdf

Do things right . . .9-15-08.pdf

Deluge of data . . .9-7-08.pdf

When data makes you blue . . .8-20-08.pdf

Art vs. Science . . .8-4-08.pdf

Cibola, Eldorado, & the Holy Grail . . .7-22-08.pdf

A matter of trust . . .7-14-08.pdf

Not on tonight's newscast . . .7-7-08.pdf

NASA's Convoluted Path . . .6-12-08.pdf

Observing the Line . . .6-2-08.pdf

Data versus Dinner . . .5-29-08.pdf

The Initiation . . .5-26-08.pdf

The Art of Listening . . .5-21-08.pdf

Climate Lessons Learned . . .5-19-08.pdf

A New Way of Talking Science . . .5-15-08.pdf