It Started With a Totally Normal Conversation

My wife asked four questions in a row. By the fourth one it was too late. This is the origin story we presented to the Rotary Club of Carson City after they funded the equipment — cartoons and all.

How to Trick a Teenager Into Doing Real Science

I’m not a teacher. Amy is. I built a water-quality app for her classroom and quietly filled it with science lessons. Here’s how the con works — and why the hard half is hers.

The First Year Didn’t Go as Planned

The equipment was gone before a single record came off it. What replaced it is a better program — and a more honest picture of how monitoring actually works.