Science and productivity by Dr. Christine Corbett Moran
CodeXgalactic hosts writings by polymath Christine Corbett Moran on a variety of topics including: science, science fiction, productivity, philosophy, humanities, motherhood, culture, sports, politics, music, quantum computing, programming, physics, AI, biology, art, and more.
Hi! I’m Christine. My mother called me “Dr. Moran”, the internet knows me as “corbett”, my colleagues call me “Chris”, and my kids call me “mom”. I like collecting projects and experiences which I hope will one day render me able to solve any problem I find interesting or important. My portfolio of projects is Read More ...
As you might have heard on my website, my newsletter, my Twitter, or, if we’re colleagues at Caltech, at work, I am currently working on the South Pole Telescope (SPT) onsite at the South Pole in Antarctica for January-November 2016 (I am employed by the University of Chicago). I have taken a sabbatical from my NSF Astronomy Read More …
Pole Where last we had left off on my January adventures I had just arrived at “pole”, snowmobiled out to the telescope 800m from station, and begun my software training. It was January 8, and I had to pee. I discovered Diamox, the anti-altitude sickness medicine, makes one want to pee a lot, which is compounded Read More …
Well it’s time for a long overdue first tiny letter from Antarctica! This is part 1/2 of my January. Prequel Getting here was the first part of the adventure. I flew from LAX January 1, where I said a tearful goodbye to Casey, to Sydney, Australia. His family helpfully picked me up from he Read More …
It’s been a busy time preparing for the pole. Thanks to all 120 people (so far) who have agreed to follow my journey. Feel free to reply directly, it will never be a bother as I’m sure I’ll love external to the Antarctic continent interaction. I set things up as a newsletter to encourage one-on-one Read More …
Right now I’m deep in administration to prepare to go down to the Pole. I had several meetings to get all the paperwork approved for my fellowship leave (both from the NSF and from Caltech), my health insurance on hold, and attempts to put my cell phone plan on hold (which resulted in the following Read More …
This is a three part story about my journey to freeze my eggs. In part 1 I discuss the science and process of egg freezing. In part 2 I discuss the motivation behind why I chose to freeze my eggs. In part 3 I discuss the detailed logistics of the procedure as they pertained to Read More …
This is a three part story about my journey to freeze my eggs. In part 1 I discuss the science and process of egg freezing. In part 2 I discuss the motivation behind why I chose to freeze my eggs. In part 3 I discuss the detailed logistics of the procedure as they pertained to Read More …
This is a three part story about my journey to freeze my eggs. In part 1 I discuss the science and process of egg freezing. In part 2 I discuss the motivation behind why I chose to freeze my eggs. In part 3 I discuss the detailed logistics of the procedure as they pertained to Read More …
I spent the last 12 days (10 full days) at a silent meditation retreat in the southern California desert where I learned the art of vipassana meditation from S.N. Goenka and his assisting teachers. My previous post details why I went. This post goes into how it went, and followup. Going into potentially psychological surgery Read More …
I spent the last 12 days (10 full days) at a silent meditation retreat in the southern California desert where I learned the art of vipassana meditation from S.N. Goenka and his assisting teachers. If 10 days sounds long, the practice used to be to teach the technique in 7 week retreats, gradually to adapt Read More …
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