Science Education & Policy

The guys over at Deep-Sea News have organized an " Ocean Bloggers Challenge " to fund ocean-related education for classrooms in need. It's through a really nifty website called Donors Choose, which lets you see exactly where your money is go ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 21 2009 - 11:25pm

Go To Community College- You'll Make More Money (Especially Women)

Education quality is a moving target these days. With college education a right since the early 1990s and student loans unlimited to pay for it, costs and claims have expanded, as hot air must, to fill the available money space. Because everyone with goo ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2009 - 12:43pm

Musicians Make The Best Researchers?

The performative and improvisatory aspects of music compares favorably with the temporal, polyphonic aspects of scholarly research, says University of Illinois professor of education Liora Bresler. Understanding that could improve both research and educat ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2009 - 12:39pm

Escaping The Black Hole Of The PhD Program

Harvard Magazine excerpts Louis Menand on "Professionalization in the academy. If you're thinking of going to graduate school, you need to read this. This is the premise behind academic scholarship: ...

Article - Michael White - Oct 30 2009 - 2:14pm

Are scientists getting dumber?

From a news story in today's issue of Science: A new study finds little evidence for leaks in the U.S. pipeline for producing native-born scientists except for a steep drop in the percentage of the highest performing students taking science and engine ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 30 2009 - 3:37pm

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