Science Education & Policy

Survey Says Industry Support For Life Science Research On The Decline

While more than half the academic life science researchers responding to a 2007 survey indicated having some relationship with private industry, the prevalence of such relationships – particularly direct funding for research studies – appears to be droppin ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2009 - 8:08pm

Two Research Careers: A Fable For Grad Students

Let me describe two very different academic careers. ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Nov 5 2009 - 6:49pm

The Brain And The Vision Revolution In Iran

Recently I was interviewed by Pouria Nazemi, Science Editor of the Jam-e-Jam Daily Newspaper. Jam-e-Jam is the principal Iranian newspaper and is controlled by the government. In the wake of Iran shutting down its leading business newspaper last week and ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Nov 11 2009 - 6:09pm

When Preschoolers Ask Lots Of Questions, Give Them Lots Of Answers

Many a parent has been driven to the point of madness by successive "why?" questions from preschoolers, but it's a good sign that they ask and they do better if they get a detailed explanation than if you just answer 'because.' ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2009 - 2:26pm

Don't Ghettoize Innovation

This isn't news anymore (see here, and here), but Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science has weighed in on the out-of-whack system of incentives in the biomedical sciences: ...

Article - Michael White - Nov 30 2009 - 2:35pm

Why Scientists Should Blog

Back in August, I gave a talk at the Pacific AAAS meeting explaining why research scientists need to blog. After a long delay to put my incomprehensible notes in to readable (but still somewhat fragmented) form, here is my argument for why scientists need ...

Article - Michael White - Nov 24 2010 - 7:30pm

A Call To Promote More Scientific Skepticism In The Media

A small segment of scientists are not in favor of skepticism; primarily if it happens to be in their discipline. But a group of cancer researchers welcomes it and asks for even more. Writing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a trio discuss ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 13 2009 - 7:14pm

Old Scientists Dominate Funding

Old Scientists Dominate Funding I've written about this multiple times before, but it's never to soon to visit the skewed age distribution of NIH grants, via Marginal Revolution: Paul Romer is interviewed in From Poverty to Prosperity, an excelle ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Dec 21 2009 - 11:36pm

I AM RICE: A Teaching Activity on the Digestion of Carbohydrates

I AM RICE A reading activity on the Digestion of Carbohydrates By Camilo Apita Tabinas I would like to share this method of teaching the topic on digestion of carbohydrates. This worked with my students. You may wish to try it with your students. Time all ...

Blog Post - Camilo Tabinas - Jan 13 2015 - 9:51pm

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