Science Education & Policy
- When Preschoolers Ask Lots Of Questions, Give Them Lots Of Answers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
- Don't Bore The Reader With Facts!
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Article - Morgan Giddings - Jan 3 2010 - 10:51pm
- Bonsai
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I been a bonsai artist for over 12 years or more, I lost count. I have had the privileged to work with some bonsai masters from around the world. President Clinton when in office and a bonsai master "Erni Kuno" presented the emperor of Japan a bo ...
Blog Post - Don Johnson Jr. - Jan 5 2010 - 7:58am
- Learning to read- from age five or seven?
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Research finds no advantage in learning to read from age five says a press release from the world's southernmost university, the University of Otago in New Zealand. Comparing children from Rudolf Steiner schools, who usually start learning to read fr ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 6 2010 - 4:42am
- Biology's Getting Crowded
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The biomedical field is feeling crowded. I blame women. And the data back me up: This slide is from FASEB, which compiled a bunch of helpful graphs based on various sources of data about the biomedical sciences job market. ...
Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 6 2010 - 8:09pm
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