The cover to John Cisna’s book about his diet experiment and leap to fame, via Amazon.

So much science, so little time.

The last few weeks have seen Iowans and Iowa universities garnering attention for so many controversial, strange and cool science-related ventures it’s hard to keep up. For example:

• An Iowa high school science teacher’s experiment with a McDonald’s-only diet made him famous. Now health advocates say his presentations to students around the country are thinly veiled commercials for the fast-food chain.
• University of Iowa engineers are coming out of their shells to flex their electronic mussels. (Ba-dump ching!)
• And teachers are using digital textbooks to spy on their students’ performance – with an eye on improving it, an Iowa State University professor says.

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