Science Education & Policy

Stiphrornis Pyrrholaemus- New Bird Species Discovered In Africa

Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new species of bird in Gabon, Africa, that was, until now, unknown to the scientific community. Their findings were published in the international science journal Zootaxa today, Aug. 15. The newly ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2008 - 9:59am

Spurring Climate Action By Increasing Carbon Footprint Calculations

It's not enough to be responsible for a carbon footprint, according to a Carnegie Mellon study, there's a whole carbon trail that needs to be taken into account and doing so will spur more companies and people into action. In other words, we need ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2008 - 11:24am

Religious Kids Do Better In School- Study

Whether a family attends religious services has as much of an impact on a teen's grade point average as whether the student's parents earned a college degree, a University of Iowa study indicates. Researchers found that on average, students whose ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2008 - 8:54pm

The Politics Of Fluoridation

Fluoridation was adopted more by politicking than by science according to Edward Groth III, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, with Consumers Union, publishers of the popular Consumers Reports magazine. In a presentation made at the February 2001 Annual Meeting of t ...

Article - Carol Kopf - Aug 19 2008 - 1:03pm

Zoo Doo Voodoo

In a perfect zoo there is Zoo Doo. Some zoos in the U.S. offer an exotic way to fertilize their gardens through a unique method of recycling waste from zoo animals. At the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky where the mix is called Zoo Poopy Doo, the product consis ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Aug 20 2008 - 7:20pm

Pre-School Exercises Can Prevent Dyslexia, Says Study (And They're Free On The Internet)

Atypical characteristics of children’s linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to tackle the challenges children face ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2008 - 11:38am

Earthquake Risk To New York City And Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:15pm

This Day In Science History: August 22nd

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history. For today’s quiz you’ll not only need to know a bit about science history, but need to have some familiarity with our military history as well. Which American aeronautics pioneer, born on this d ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Aug 22 2008 - 9:59am

Optimizing Science Education And The Myth Of A Necessary 'Super Teacher'

In Optimizing The University- Why We Need a New Educational Model For A New Century I laid out some of the issues facing post-secondary science education and how changing student demographics and modern faculty responsibilities have exacerbated the challen ...

Article - Carl Wieman - Nov 5 2008 - 8:37pm

Unique Longitudinal Study Shows German Children Getting Fatter With Age

Fast food and coke instead of fruits and vegetables: the consequences can already be seen in children – more and more of them suffer from overweight and adiposity. But what are the reasons? In what way are they connected, for example, with social status an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2008 - 12:22am