Who Deserves the Failing Grade?
The Pew Research Center recently published its annual survey of science attitudes and knowledge, polling several thousand members of the American public and the scientific community (report summary |...
View ArticleWalking on Water, er, Oobleck – The Science Chicago Finale
Science Chicago held their public outreach finale this afternoon in Millennium Park. It was beyond fantastic. Several thousand people turned out for a huge array of engaging science activities....
View ArticleScientific Literacy, Measured by Cash Cab
While home with the flu yesterday, I watched several episodes of Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab – the surprisingly entertaining show where unsuspecting New York cab riders are invited to participate in a...
View ArticleScience Ed: Why Big Bird and Mythbusters Won’t Cut It
Last month President Obama announced a new “Educate to Innovate” program, aimed at raising American K-12 students “…from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math over the next decade.”...
View ArticleSpectacular Science Storms
If you live within 2 hours of Chicago, you need to get to the Museum of Science + Industry ASAP to see their new Science Storms exhibit. My family and I had the pleasure of seeing the exhibit...
View ArticleHave Your Science… And Eat It Too
Somewhere, parents are eating their words after years of telling their children not to play with their food. In order to teach students about the field of microfluidics, three researchers from the...
View ArticleCell Biology, Animation… and Reality?
When I first saw the video “Inner Life of the Cell,” I think I may have forgotten to breathe for the entire three minutes that it is long. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit...
View ArticleThe Satisfaction of Science
“Do you like wearing pink ties?” “Well this one is pink, but I had an orange one on yesterday,” said Mark Ratner, chair of the Department of Chemistry, Dumas University Professor of Chemistry and...
View ArticleOde to the Graduate Student
The Qualifying Exam. This phrase might mean nothing to you, but if you went to graduate school, odds are it means a lot more than nothing: nightmarish flashbacks, or fond memories of a certain...
View ArticleThe Value of STEM Education
The US House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep John Kline (R-MN), recently commissioned a General Accounting Office (GAO) report on America’s federally-funded...
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