Here’s another post to highlight a worthy proposal with a good science connection. “Little Scientists” is looking to bring marine habitats to pre-kindergarten students in Buffalo: Animals and life sciences are of particular interest to young children, so we try to discover a lot about animals and habitats. We are also very lucky to have… Continue reading DonorsChoose: Little Scientists
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DonorsChoose: Cruise the Forest
We’re one week into the DonorsChoose challenge for this year, and readers of this blog have already contributed over $2,000 to help school teachers and students. Those of you who have contributed, thank you very much for your generosity. We’ve still got $4,000 to go to reach the goal for the challenge, though, so there… Continue reading DonorsChoose: Cruise the Forest
Physics Nobel: Giant Magnetoresistance
Having gotten that silly Medicine business out of the way, the Swedish Academy has moved on to the important Award, with the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics going to Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance. This is one that people have been calling for for a while, now. I’ll try… Continue reading Physics Nobel: Giant Magnetoresistance
Guess the Nobel, Win a Prize
I somehow managed to lose track of time for a bit, and forgot that it was Nobel season until I saw this morning’s announcement that the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine hase just been announced, going to Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies, for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific… Continue reading Guess the Nobel, Win a Prize
Accountability for Educators, If Not Op-Ed Writers
Inside Higher Ed has a puzzling opinion piece about science and math education by W. Robert Connor of the Teagle Foundation. It’s not his arguemtn that’s puzzling, though– that part is perfectly clear, hard to disagree with: Public and private funders have spent billions of dollars — sometimes wastefully — on education initiatives like those… Continue reading Accountability for Educators, If Not Op-Ed Writers
Institute of Physics Awards 2007
The Institute of Physics is the UK’s main organization of physicists (sort of like the American Physical Society), and yesterday, they announced their awards for 2007. The full list of winners is only available as a Word file, for some odd reason, but it’s a distinguished group. The prizes are headed by the brand-new Isaac… Continue reading Institute of Physics Awards 2007
The ISS: What Are They Doing Up There?
The new issue of Physics World is out, and features a bunch of Sputnik-anniversary stories. Among them is a long piece on science on the International Space Station: Exponentially over budget, plagued by technical glitches and some seven years behind schedule, critics have always found the International Space Station (ISS) to be an easy target.… Continue reading The ISS: What Are They Doing Up There?
Bump Hunting 2: The Big Tease
Speaking of cryptic particle physcis results, noted rumor-monger Tommaso Dorigo has a rather long post about the ongoing Higgs search. It basically boils down to “There are new results due to be released soon, and I’m not going to talk about them,” which wouldn’t seem to require 2000 words, but there you go. Anyway, if… Continue reading Bump Hunting 2: The Big Tease
The Love of a Good Dog
Natalie Angier has a piece in the Times this morning about the loss of a beloved pet cat: Cleo was almost 16 years old, she’d been sick, and her death was no surprise. Still, when I returned to a home without cats, without pets of any sort, I was startled by my grief — not… Continue reading The Love of a Good Dog
Giant Machine Creates Science
America’s Finest News Source has the last word in generic science articles: According to the scientists, the electromagnetic science-maker will make atoms move and spin around very quickly, though spectators at the hearing said afterward they could not account for how one could get some atoms to move around faster than other ones if everything… Continue reading Giant Machine Creates Science