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Read Science! Episode 28 : “Animal Conservation” Edition
With this episode we celebrated several firsts: our biggest hangout to date (all 6 of us in one little video), our first return guest (Suzi), and our first guest joining us from Africa (Laurie, from her office at the Cheetah Conservation Fund, in Namibia). To celebrate we had a very stimulating conversation about extinction and […]
Middle Schoolers Using Science to Save the World
The above video of then 8th grader Michael Koehler from Pennsylvania explaining Bernoulli’s Principle was my first introduction to the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier science competition for middle school students. At that time, in 2008, the students were asked to explain scientific principles and Michael was a finalist for his submission, moving […]
p53 and Future Crimes: Two Intriguing Books
While I always seem to have a stack of books to read, I’m always thrilled when books come out that somehow have me manage to ignore that pile in order to delve into them. Tomorrow (February 24th), two such books will be available here in the US. The first is p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer […]
Read Science! Episode 27 : “Undeniable Science” Edition, with Corey S. Powell
In this episode we talked with Corey S. Powell, editor of the book “Undeniable : Evolution and the Science of Creation”, by Bill Nye, former editor-in-chief of “American Scientist” and “Discover” magazines, and author of the Discover blog “Out There”. As usual, our conversation was wide ranging, from debating with creationists to GMOs, science journalism […]
Nerdy Necklace Choices and a Nerdy Book List
The weekend of January 24th, I was in Chicago for a meeting of nerdy, geeky, and artistic minds at an invitation only event called ORDcamp held at the Google offices. It was great fun and I met some fantastic folks doing incredible things! I threw several necklaces in my bag for the trip and when […]
SciGirls #STEMchat (and doing some “sloth”-ing in Costa Rica)
I’ve been a constant supporter (and occasional viewer) of the Emmy Award-winning series on PBS KIDS called SciGirls. They have been on the air for three seasons featuring teams of girls ages 12-14 who are involved in science activities in their homes and communities. This is a very important age to reach girls about science and […]
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