Science Education & Policy

After writing, then discarding, a particularly snarky bit because it was too snarky for even me, I realized I am still due this week's entry. Fortunately, to my rescue comes Blackboards in Porn! "Celebrating pornographers who go the extra mile w ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Sep 8 2012 - 2:38am

A scientific reference manual for US judges

Science and our legal system intersect frequently and everywhere- climate, health care, intellectual property, you name it. It wouldn't make much sense to hire an environmental lawyer for a case on medical malpractice, but what about the judge oversee ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Oct 11 2011 - 1:52pm

Coming Soon from a Science Festival Near You

In the last couple of years STEM organizations from across the nation have come together in an effort to engage the next generation in potential science and engineering careers. Gaining in popularity rapidly, local and national science firms have created s ...

Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Oct 13 2011 - 9:23am

A New School Of Thought

How do we learn best? It depends on the individual! In the video below, Salman Khan is demonstrating what those of us in psychology, education, and intelligence research already knew: Everyone learns at a different pace, in different ways. And I'm ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Oct 26 2011 - 10:06am

George Augustus Linhart- as a "widely unknown" thermodynamicist

The name of George Augustus Linhart is in fact "widely unknown". In effect, he was a Viennese-born USA-American physicist-chemist, partially associated with the Gilbert Newton Lewis' school of thermodynamics at the University of California ...

Blog Post - Evgeni Starikov - Oct 31 2011 - 11:46pm

Narratives In Medicine: The Story Behind The Science Could Help The Public

Anecdotes are not data, the saying goes, but people sure believe them. An article in JAMA says doctors should consider the use of narrative, patient stories and testimonials, to boost public acceptance of health issues such as cancer screenings and vacci ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2011 - 4:00am

Average UK 11-year-old Has "Adult Skills" In Technology

The online habits of UK tweens are forcing them into complex social situations that require adult skills. In today's tech-obsessed society, UK children, tweens (10- to 13-year-olds) and teens are spending more time online and with digital devices tha ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 15 2011 - 1:31pm

Doing The 'Right' Thing: Oil Subsidies And The Deficit

Turkey Day is coming, and with it, the deadline for Obama’s 12-member “Super Committee,” a group of Congress members tasked with carving $1.2 trillion off our national debt. If the bipartisan group can even reach a deal (so far, they’ve missed their own de ...

Article - Holly Moeller - Nov 18 2011 - 11:08am

Anti-Science EU: Water Does Not Prevent Dehydration

The EU is everything that can go wrong with bloated, inclusive bureaucracy. Their proposed constitution had bits of bizarre legal fluff like 'children have a right to be heard', they don't want a strong currency because it damages their ind ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 24 2012 - 1:12am

Dowsing Rods Instead Of Science In German Universities

Germany can again be recognized as a very special place regarding the sciences: The advantage of a hazelnut rod... is the possibility to attach test-nodes (Testnosoden) at the tip. This allows to search more aimed at different oscillation patterns. … on my ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 17 2016 - 9:25pm