I’m at the Science Writers 2010 conference, my favorite meeting of the year, because I always leave feeling inspired, and rather empowered to try all kinds of new, writing-related things.

One of my favorite things about this conference is the people.  They are all non-scientist, science nerds, like me. People who can appreciate a really cool scientific finding, but can talk about it without feeling a need to make sure you know how important they are. 🙂

The conference started with an entertaining welcome session.  Here are some of my favorite, nerdy bits:

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