Related News ItemsCrowd-Funding for Research Dollars: A Cure for Science's Ills?Wed, 23 May 2012 06:04:08 -0700
Science in crisis Scientists – and science generally – are in a moment of crisis on multiple fronts. The gap between science and society has grown to a chasm, with disastrous consequences for issue after issue. For example, just last month, Tennessee passed legislation permitting creation “science” into classrooms. On another front, the concern of Americans about global warming has dramatically ...
Read More... Report: More students taking science, mathThu, 24 May 2012 07:24:04 -0700
More high school students are enrolling in math and science classes and seeking online learning opportunities. Fewer want or are able to find jobs while in school.
Read More... California Science Center Names New Wing for Space Shuttle EndeavourWed, 23 May 2012 09:38:37 -0700
When NASA's space shuttle Endeavour lands at the California Science Center in Los Angeles this fall, it will be displayed in a temporary exhibit, and later a new museum facility named for an entrepreneur, explorer and philanthropist.
Read More... Science Fiction Is Barely Ahead of Space Exploration RealityTue, 22 May 2012 08:25:17 -0700
Science and space exploration have caught up to science fiction in many ways, producing marvels beyond the imaginings of the visionary writers of the past. Yet there are staples of science fiction that current technology is still leagues away from attaining, and which some doubt can ever be achieved. [More]
Read More... Science Fiction Barely Ahead of Space Exploration RealityMon, 21 May 2012 13:49:07 -0700
Science and space exploration have caught up to science fiction in many ways, producing marvels beyond the imaginings of the visionary writers of the past. Yet there are staples of science fiction that current technology is still leagues away from attaining, and which some doubt can ever be achieved.
Read More... GfK Boosts Marketing Science Expertise, Innovation with Senior-Level AppointmentsThu, 24 May 2012 07:39:00 -0700
With two recent appointments, GfK has sharpened its focus on rigorous yet innovative analytics that inform smarter client decisions. Ellen Veccia has become GfK’s Chief Marketing S
Read More... Science-y love blooms into 250-tulip proposalThu, 24 May 2012 09:23:50 -0700
True love flowers at Cornell University as a horticultural-minded grad student digs in deep to plant a colorful marriage proposal.
Read More... 3 Science Questions to Ask U.S. Presidential CandidatesWed, 23 May 2012 07:01:14 -0700
As you may already be aware from my previous posts, The Guardian U.S. and NYU s Studio 20 journalism lab have teamed up to push a project called The Citizens’ Agenda into the media discourse surrounding the U.S. presidential 2012 election. The idea: find out what you–the citizens–want the candidates to be discussing over the next four months usually meaning questions of substance about policy ...
Read More... Is Environmentalism Anti-Science? | The CruxThu, 24 May 2012 10:17:34 -0700
By Keith Kloor , a freelance journalist whose stories have appeared in a range of publications, from Science to Smithsonian. Since 2004, he’s been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University. You can find him on Twitter here . Greens are often mocked as self-righteous, hybrid-driving, politically correct foodies these days (see this episode of South Park and this scene from ...
Read More... Popular Science is First Consumer Magazine to Deploy Aurasma's Augmented Reality Technology, Bringing June Cover Story ...Wed, 23 May 2012 06:00:00 -0700
NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The June issue of Popular Science will be the first monthly U.S. consumer magazine to bring an editorial feature to life by way of a new augmented reality technology ...
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