The next generation of DIY'ers - 41 science fair experiments
Science fairs are said to shine a spotlight on the leaders of tomorrow. They are supposed to be highlighting those who really stand out as innovators. In my opinion they are more a reflection of who's parents can back off and let the ...
Not Jealous of Science Bloggers
Science bloggers, even those not part of the ScienceBlogs collective get this all the time. Phil Plait gets the concern trolls, Larry Moran gets the concern trolls and I am sure that many others whose blogs I read get the same thing. ...
Do state science standards matter?
With the fight over including evolution in the state science standards here in Florida now over the hump, we now need to ask ourselves: what did we win? As several news articles have pointed out, in many school districts across the ...
More Nebula Discussion
James at Opiate of the Masses has picked up on the controversy over “World Enough and Time”, and has posted a lengthy comment. There’s also continuing discussion at our earlier post.
Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr. Research Group News, Global Warming
“As a result of very positive encouragement from many Climate Science readers, I have decided to relaunch the website. The format will be different than in the past, however, in that comments will not be permitted. ...
What should science blogging be?
Now there are thousands of blogs dedicated to science, yet only a few are popular. And strangely the popular ones are only loosely related to science. Just take a look at the top 5 science blogs (according to postgenomic): ...
Environment: The Bush Administration's War On Science
Our government is waging a war against science, endangering millions of lives in the US and beyond.
Science Debate 2008
For those of you who haven't heard anything about, science websites and blogs are calling for Presidential Science and Technology debate. Something along those lines happened a few weeks ago by invitations of AAAS (Clinton and Obama ...
Dumbed Up Science
According to the science headlines of today, the international dust trade is in crisis, a popular television star has been arrested for corrupting the young, pancakes are the bedrock of civilisation and early human mating rituals caused ...
Science in Retreat
It is remarkable that in the Western Developed countries that are looking for innovation to bring economic advantage and prosperity, there is such a recoiling against Science. The US has an evangelical wing attacking many aspects of ...