Science Education & Policy

UPDATE: HEATTECH- The Warm-up And Stay-warm Range Of Wear Global Try It Campaign

TOKYO, October 17 /PRNewswire/--- DEMONSTRATION EVENT- UNIQLO TRY-- HEATTECH- the warm-up and stay-warm range of wear Global Try It Campaign- 1,000 consumers, 100 media representatives will be given a free HEATTECH trial kit- In the second of its UNIQLO T ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 17 2008 - 3:30am

Ghana Symposium Inaugurates Susan G. Komen For The Cure(R)'s Commitment In Africa

ACCRA, Ghana, October 17 /PRNewswire/--- Steps Under Way to Address Issues Causing High Breast Cancer Death Rates Among African Women Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) today expanded its mission to Africa, helping to establish the Ghana Breast Cancer Allianc ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 17 2008 - 10:34am

Sarah Palin: Why Are We Wasting Money on Fruit Fly Research?

Sarah Palin is opposed to the basic model organism research that forms the bedrock of biomedical research. Over at Pharyngula, go listen to her mock the fact that we spend money on projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things lik ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 25 2008 - 5:00pm

Too Cute

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Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Oct 28 2008 - 9:03pm

Science Comes Up With A Smarter Way To Study

"Practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything" are cliches are for a reason; they are mostly correct.   According to the findings published in this month's issue of Psychological Science, proper spacing of lessons  can dramati ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2008 - 2:09pm

Improving the science in science fiction

There is an interesting story in New Scientist about The Science&Entertainment Exchange, a program initiated by the National Academy of Sciences to improve the science in movies and TV [New project aims to unite science and Hollywood]. It would be hard ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Nov 19 2008 - 10:18pm

How To Teach Teachers

Official professional standards in both Scotland and England which aim to nurture the development of new teachers pay too little attention to what 'becoming' a teacher is really like, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social R ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 23 2008 - 2:03pm

College Tuition is a Scandal

College tuition has increased 439% since 1984, and the net yearly cost of college at a 4-year public university is 76% of the median family income, according to a story in today's NY Times. Even community colleges don't end up being a much bette ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Dec 3 2008 - 10:55am

Obama puts Scientist in his Cabinet

Obama is going to appoint a Nobel-prize winning physicist to be his Energy Secretary. I don't know anything about the physicist, Steven Chu (except that he's director of the Lawrence Berkely National Lab), but I can't complain anymore that s ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Dec 10 2008 - 10:25pm

Finding Meaningful Variation In IQ Scores Of Kids With Intellectual Disabilities

Parents of children with intellectual disabilities have long been frustrated by intelligence quotient (IQ) testing that tells them little to nothing about the long-term learning potential of their children. That's because these tests are scored accord ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2008 - 11:06am