Science Education & Policy

Teenager Invents Anti-Aging, Disease-Fighting Compound Using Tree Nanoparticles

Here's a pretty good kickstart for a science resume; inventing a disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using nano-particles from trees at age 16. ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2012 - 9:54pm

Universitas 21 Top Countries For Higher Education

Which countries are the best at providing higher education?  The Universitas 21 Ranking was announced today at Lund University in Sweden. Universitas 21, a network of research universities, has developed their own ranking as a benchmark for governments, e ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2012 - 10:30pm

Jekyll And Hyde: Climate Change Denial And Preparedness In Corporate America

End-of-year academic stress getting you down? Here’s a spirit-lifting tip: Open your browser and Google “Heartland billboard.” You’ll quickly find The Heartland Institute’s latest propaganda piece: a mugshot of Ted Kaczynski next to the words, “I still be ...

Article - Holly Moeller - May 18 2012 - 6:24pm

Why Science Test Scores Being 'Stagnant' Is A Good Thing

More high school students are taking math and science classes- a good thing, we all want more science literacy- but the U.S. Education Department, in its quest to stop people from wondering how it still exists after 33 years of education not being a federa ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 24 2012 - 4:13pm

Rankings Of Elite Universities Under The Age Of 50

Asia has six of the top ten universities in the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking, with CUHK and HKUST beating the UK's Warwick University to the top spots.  23 countries are represented, led by Australia with ten institutions, followed by the UK with eight ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 29 2012 - 1:30am

Kids & College: The New Sense Of Entitlement

Kids have to go to school when they are young. As a result, many of them take it for granted.  Once college education became a 'right' and the public relations campaign made it seem like college was the only route to success, the sense of entitl ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 30 2012 - 12:01pm

Finalists Of The 2012 Reaxys PhD Prize Announced

The Reaxys(R) PhD Prize rewards original and innovative research in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry. Today, Reaxys announced the 45 finalists for the 2012 Reaxys PhD Prize. This international prize is open to all students studying for (or ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 30 2012 - 9:59am

Taking Headhunters To The Woodshed

I started a new job this spring. After a long search in a tough market, I landed my dream job as a senior professor and administrator at a top research university – a university that did not retain a headhunter for its search. Talks at other schools had p ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jun 6 2012 - 10:05am

17th Century Thoughts

Browsing, as I do from time to time, recent German news in thelocal.de, I came across Schoolboy cracks age-old maths problem ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jun 7 2012 - 11:37am

Anti-Science Hippies Make Progress Toward Labelling GMOs (Except Organic Ones)

I just wrote an article talking about how limiting choice is framed as 'leading the way' when it comes to a pet belief- and anti-science Californians who insist any genetically optimized food is dangerous are making my point while making some inr ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 2 2013 - 9:13am