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Hey Professor! Several questions for you. Answer them (or not) in whatever order you wish:

1) What has been the general response to Science the World? Have there been more educators or researchers that have wanted to work with you? 2) What was your expectation for your page-a-day calendar kickstarter, and have you been pleased or dismayed by the difference between that and the actual response (if any)? 3) Do any of your professional colleagues know about your work on the comic? If so, what is their opinion? 4) Related to (3), have any of your professional colleagues seen any of your velociraptor impressions, and if so what did they think?

Keep up the awesome!

Lethal dose is approximately the amount of liquid required to cover a 5x5 inch patch of skin. It messes up your neurochemistry. And it eats through glass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofluoric_acid

That's terrifying.

That sounds like something you should talk to your urologist about.

Male chem E in private industry here. There definitely still is a lot of sexism out here, but it's fading at a decent pace. It really all depends on the individual corporate environments you're in. I've worked at a few different companies now, and even within a single one you find wildly differing attitudes even between sites owned by the same business. One plant might have a good number of women working there and be a great environment, one might have far fewer and be much more of a good-old-boys' club type of place. It also varies a lot by region. Up here in the mid-Atlantic/northeast region of the US is a lot more progressive than some places I've worked down south, and Europe is an entirely different kettle of fish. The bottom line is there's still a lot of progress to be made, but we're working on it.