Neal F. Lane: “Investments in Basic Research Are Just That: Investments”
Written testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing "The Federal Research Portfolio: Capitalizing on Investments in R&D" held on July 17, 2014
When Was the Last Time You Used a Print Dictionary?
I used to keep a small dictionary in my bedside table, another in the end table near the couch, one on my home office desk and another on my desk at work.
Mariette DiChristina: "Science Is an Engine of Human Prosperity"
Written testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing "The Federal Research Portfolio: Capitalizing on Investments in R&D" held on July 17, 2014
Vinton G. Cerf: "The Value of Investment by the U.S. Government Cannot Be Overstated"
Written testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing "The Federal Research Portfolio: Capitalizing on Investments in R&D" held on July 17, 2014
Scopes Monkey Trial: Guilty
July 21 is verdict day in the infamous Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925. The verdict came in from a jury in Dayton, Tenn., that John Thomas Scopes had committed the crime of teaching evolution to students at his high school, for which transgression he was fined $100.
Adjunct Instructors Petition for Better Pay, Job Security
Note: We’re pleased to feature a guest post by former Cocktail Party Physics co-blogger Ann (Lee) Kottner. Jennifer has graciously given me space to ask for some help from the science writing and STEM academic and post-ac community.
NBA Star Goes Shark Tagging with Florida Youth
NBA Player James Jones, formerly with the Miami Heat, is spending time with the youth he serves through his foundation tagging sharks. Yes!
Child's Play May Spur Fight against Global Warming
Augmented and virtual reality games focused on the environment are increasingly making their way into schools
Hair Dryer Gravity Defier
Levitate a ball on an invisible stream of air
Nevada Celebrates Pollinator Week
The title of this article probably is an overstatement. Perhaps instead it should have been ‘a small subset of people in Reno, and possibly in Vegas (because everything you can think of exists there) celebrated pollinators for a week.
Wild Sex: Beyond the Birds and the Bees
Joy Reidenberg, comparative anatomist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, talks about her new PBS series Sex in the Wild, about the sex lives of elephants, orangutans, kangaroos and dolphins. The series debuts July 16, 2014
The U.S. Neglects Its Best Science Students
Educators must do a better job of spotting talented kids early, encouraging them and challenging them