Did a Cat Shit in Here?

A journey through the science of scent, the art of search and rescue, and whatever else attracts the attention of a peripatetic, overeducated scientific dilettante.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Saturday, June 19, 2010

The Problem with Dogs

I don’t remember what I was trying to figure out. But I do recall getting the name of an expert in finding human remains. Somebody who’d gon...

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

MEanderthal Me!

This app , for Android or iPhone, is too good. (Droid, users, you can find it by searching for "MEanderthal" in the Market.) Fo...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

About the Moderation ...

I've hated to do it, but I've had to start moderating the comments -- not because of anything any of yinz have said, but because I...

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Yo-yos

And again I see a spot that reduces me to near-speechlessness . Here's my question, though: When a "dog hander" shows up in...

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

I'm Allergic

Check out this New York Times article . Say what? A lot of the food allergies people claim are either misinterpretations of what their d...

'Nother radio spot

Sorry for not getting to this last week -- but I've done another environmental-commentary radio spot for The Allegheny Front . This is...

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About Me

Ken Chiacchia: I escaped a biochemistry laboratory at Harvard University in 1990, to pursue literary pretension. Since that Crazy Ivan jolted me off the tracks, I’ve developed into a tetrapartite life form: *** A science journalist, with publications in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh City Paper (though they don’t seem to have archived any of my stuff), and others. I also work as a staff PR writer at a Big Company. My professional society is the National Association of Science Writers. *** A science fiction writer with upwards of a dozen paid publications, and membership in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. *** A dog guy who does search and rescue with Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group — or a SAR guy who works with dogs, maybe. I’ve written about dogs and dog olfaction for both popular and SAR publications, somewhat blending personae 1 and 3. *** A farmer? I’m still reconciling that one — I’m from Hackensack, for Pete’s sake. First came the farm collies, on whom I dote; now the chickens, who are surprisingly charming and cheerful; next, maybe, the meat sheep. In any case, it’s growing on me in a big way.

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