As a newcomer to the blogosphere in recent months, I’ve stumbled on a few really innovative sites. One of the first was “Framing Science,” a blog at scienceblogs.com authored by Matthew Nisbet. Nisbet is a communications professor at American University, and he’s churning out some incredibly helpful ideas.
I love the blog — and Nisbet’s ideas [...]
Well, I tried to take an evening off! After checking out the Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville yesterday, I drove just out of town to Monte Sano State Park. The website advertised trails and primitive camp spots — all I needed, I thought, to stop thinking and writing [...]
The weather cooperated swimmingly for the Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday.
The moonbuggies, not always.
It’s challenging, after all, to model a craft after lunar rovers — combining featherweight gear with the durability to withstand craters, gravel pits and undulating erosional features called rills. Teams from high schools and colleges across the United States [...]
Scientific American usually does a great job — but today, I suspect their reporters weren’t listening very closely when they wrote this post: “Texas vote moves evolution to the top of the class.”
I listened this afternoon to the Texas Board of Education as its members revised the state’s science teaching standards, and it sounded to me [...]
It’s a wonderful thing when kids are invited to get excited about science. And with the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday, NASA is throwing open the door.
As it heads to the International Space Station, Endeavor will be toting living things besides seven astronauts: butterfly larvae, young spiders, and the nectar and fruit [...]
