Science Education & Policy

You can donate money to help schoolchildren throughout the year, but if you participate in the ocean blogging community's annual Donor's Choose drive (which ends November 9th) then you get your name thrown in the hat to win some pretty special pr ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 20 2010 - 12:18am

Squid Guts at the Mall

The National Mall, that is. The inaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival is going out with a bang this weekend. And by "bang" I mean " Grand Finale Expo," featuring hands-on science exhibits from flight simulators, virtual reality ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 22 2010 - 11:20pm

Asia Has Taken Over Scientific Leadership Role From US

The US is supposedly the leader in terms of scientific output. However, there is supposedly also "a threat" of losing this position. To counter this, there are suggestions such as giving out more visas to foreign scientists and engineers. Even “d ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Nov 8 2016 - 1:04am

Free Communicating Climate Science Webinar November 11th

Climate science is suffering a crisis of confidence among the public but the data is there- what climate scientists need are effective climate change communication strategies and ways to engage the people on the street who influence policy decisions. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2010 - 3:00pm

If Obesity Is Contagious, 42 Percent Of You Will Be Huge By 2050

Is obesity contagious? A Harvard groups says it is and that it is spreading via social networks. If so, America's obesity epidemic won't plateau until at least 42 percent of adults are obese, according to their estimate derived by applying m ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2010 - 5:03am

A Quick Introduction from an Unapologetic Reductionist (who's nonetheless flexible, just so long as we're reducing)

A Disclaimer: I am not spreading any social gospel of minimalism or primitivism; nor am I making any moral statement about the merit of culture with my blog's title. Tis a dramatic catch phrase which more or less represents a correct attitude, driven ...

Blog Post - Ken Myron - Nov 8 2010 - 12:26pm

Fixing The University Of California System

University of California president Mark G. Yudof has issued an 'open letter' to California to talk about the budget problems the system is facing and how they want to deal with the issues facing the state- " I am writing today to let Califor ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 9 2010 - 12:25pm

The Invention(s) Of Writing

You're on this website so you obviously know how to read. And some regard the digital revolution as a monumental one but there was one even greater; the invention of writing itself. If you are in the Chicago area this weekend and keen to learn about ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2010 - 1:11pm

A Medieval Practice To Be Restored?

Warning! If you’re thinking this is going to be about gruesome punishments or such like, prepare to be disappointed! This is about teaching and learning electromagnetism. ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Nov 15 2010 - 2:09pm

Here a short outtake of a depressing but interesting piece “ The Shadow Scholar: The man who writes your students' papers tells his story ” on outsourcing of thesis etc. writing that undermines our at points plainly ridiculous education systems furthe ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Nov 20 2010 - 3:33pm