Murdo Morrison

Deep Time and And Awe-Inspired Learning

Modern humans have existed on this planet for an incredibly short time compared with other life forms and particularly with the world...

When Good Sound and Video Matter

Like many others I have spent a lot of time on Zoom in the past year. In many meetings I have noticed that there are participants who...

Amateur Microscopy - A Different Way of Looking at the World

In a previous blog post (https://www.murdomorrison.com/single-post/science-education-during-the-pandemic) I talked about using...

Time Machine

The closest you will come to having a time machine is to talk with someone who is older than you. I had the experience once of having a...

Altruism in the Age of Self-Promotion

I have a personal rule that I try never to break. If I do anything to help others it must remain private. Any hint of attention removes...

Curiosity is Ageless

In our society there are those who engage in stereotyping of people based on age, young or old. Some of it results from lazy thinking....

The Power of the Autodidact*

When I was teaching Earth Science at the university level I often advised my students that obtaining a degree was not the end of the...

Science Education During The Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted many of the activities we formerly took for granted and has had a particularly strong impact on how...

Preserving The Past - Digital vs. Analog

Like many people my age I have accumulated a lot of memorabilia and ephemera from years past. This comes in several forms, from paper...

Getting Started in Wildlife Photography

An introduction to wildlife photography including an overview of equipments and techniques.

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