Science Education & Policy

New Antarctic Ice Core Will Provide Clearest Climate Record Ever

Researchers today closed out the inaugural season on an unprecedented, multi-year effort to retrieve the most detailed record of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere over the last 100,000 years. The dust, chemicals, and air trapped in the two-mile-long i ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2008 - 11:21am

What Role Do Teachers Play In The Education Crisis?

In discussions about the quality and equity of our educational system, one thing lost in political arguments about unions and ideological bias and No Child Left Behind is empirical data of what difference teachers make in actual education. A special issue ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2008 - 4:17pm

Theory: Stop Terrorism By Just Waiting Until Terrorists Get Old

Old people generally mellow with age. They are less likely to be confrontational and more likely to reflect on the world. They are also more likely to have families they care about and thus something to lose. That goes for terrorists also, according to a n ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2008 - 3:21pm

A 'Cocoon Strategy' For Whooping Cough

The new Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children’s Hospital announced that it will implement the nation’s first major “cocoon strategy” vaccination program to protect newborn infants from the life-threatening infection pertussis, more co ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2008 - 2:17pm

Using Evolutionary Principles To Combat Terrorism

The authors of a new book, "Natural Security: A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World", say lessons learned from Mother Nature help protect us from terror threats-- if governments are willing to think outside the box. “Biological organisms have ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2008 - 5:37pm

Foreign Enrollment For Science And Engineering Graduate Programs Grew 16 Percent In 2006

A more attractive dollar, better undergraduate science education in other countries and more common-sense application and approval rates for U.S. student visas has resulted in a 16 percent enrollment of first-time, full-time foreign graduate students on te ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2008 - 6:23pm

Politics, Education Fiefdoms Keep California Behind In Tracking Student Education Progress

While California has basic tracking system architecture in place to allow the state’s educators to closely follow the progress of students from kindergarten to post-secondary education, officials must overcome political and financial barriers, according to ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 1:11am

Study: Make Minimum Standard For Heart Transplant Hospitals Higher, Not Lower

In a study presented Jan. 29 at the 44th annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a Johns Hopkins team recommends that the benchmark for designation as a high-volume hospital rise from 10 heart transplants per year to 14 ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 11:28am

Geek Logik Makes Life Simple Again: Which Candidate Should You Vote For?

After using a previous equation to pair parenting styles with a parenting method book, I thought it might be fun to use a similar format to pair political ideas with a candidate. The following equation is as non-partisan as I could possibly make it, and do ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jan 31 2008 - 1:16pm

Ecological Society Of America Strategy: Don't Restore Old Ecosystems, Make Current Ones Resilient

Traditional ecosystems in which communities of plants and animals have co-evolved and are interdependent are increasingly rare, due to human-induced ecosystem changes. As a result, historical assessments of ecosystem health are often inaccurate. A team of ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 10:23am