Ben Ames wins the Flame Challenge. He shows how fire works.
Remember the Flame Challenge? Alan Alda’s quest to find someone who can explain at an elementary-school level what a flame is? Well, an American quantum […]
education
Robots make the grade on essay questions.
New Scientist discusses the future of the academy, in which teachers have been replaced by essay-grading robots: Grading software from nine manufacturers, which together cover […]
The simple elegance of the Flame Challenge.
Alan Alda asks exactly the right question in exactly the right way: As a curious 11-year-old, Alan Alda asked his teacher, “What is a flame?” […]
The Walking Dead anatomy lesson.
Popular Mechanics recently investigated the forensics of the zombie head shot: Dr. Steven Schlozman, has written extensively about the brain function of undead zombies (as […]
We don’t need more science education.
We need more science jobs. Over at ScienceBlogs, they crunch the numbers: Like many other things in life, you get what you pay for (if […]
Prez sends science schooling rocketing.
Discover’s Bad Astronomy blog celebrates a new effort to teach more science: I was particularly excited to hear Obama announce an annual science fair to […]
I Love Charts
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We’re not doing science right.
As if we needed someone to tell us about it, Science Daily informs us Americans that we’re failing at basic scientific literacy: Despite its importance […]
Hollywood, Meet Science.
New Scientist thrills me with a new push to get the entertainment industry to understand science: The new effort, called the Science and Entertainment Exchange, […]