Are Obama’s STEM Initiatives Enough? An educator’s response.
This is an educator’s response to my earlier post: Are Obama’s STEM Initiatives Enough? by Eric Klein Evidence of the effect of external factors such as recession on […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Biology of Star Wars: Are exogorths just really big caecilians?
Don’t be fooled, what you’re looking at is a recently discovered species of a limbless amphibian called a caecilian. They prefer tropical climates and can be found in […]
Vietnam: New Bat Capital of the World?
Check out these ugly suckers: “Leaf-nosed? Who you calling leaf-nosed?” Scientists in Vietnam recently identified a new species of leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideros griffini) on Cat Ba Island located […]
Are Obama’s STEM Initiatives Enough?
This is a follow-up to an earlier post: Obama’s STEM education initiatives were formally proposed last week with the unveiling of his budget for fiscal year 2013. The […]
Money Mayweather vs Linsanity
Occasionally, I will take a break from writing about science and health issues to concentrate on other topics. Today is one of those occasions. Earlier this week, in […]
Breast Cancer Awareness. More harm than good?
Perhaps lost amid all the controversy of Susan B. Komen defunding Planned Parenthood and their subsequent about face, is a re-evaluation of the organization’s effectiveness and message. Susan […]
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin!
Evolution can’t catch a break. Today marks Charles Darwin’s 203 birthday. It’s been 153 years, since On The Origin of Species was published and yet according […]
Supercontinent Amasia Meet the Scientific Amasian
I’ve been (publicity) scooped! Clearly ignoring the power of synergy, Yale geologists pre-empted the unveiling of my blog and presented their model predicting that the next supercontintent dubbed, […]
Is Sugar Really Sugar?
Last week an article published by Nature proposed that sugar be regulated in much the same way as tobacco and alcohol. Citing the UN, deaths caused […]
Improving STEM Education
Obama’s STEM Initiatives Earlier this week, President Obama hosted the second annual White House Science Fair where 100 students were invited to present their research and inventions. The […]
