Feb
22

Fresh scandal embroils US climate science debate

A fresh scandal over climate change has erupted in the United States after leaked documents appeared to show a right-wing funded campaign to influence how climate science is taught in schools.

Feb
22

The Science of Things That Aren't So

True science is blurred today by research that reveals an obvious underlying political agenda.

Feb
22

Science Spectacular spotlights companies

Inner workings explained to the public

Feb
22

A&E Begins Filming An 8-episode Documentary With Cannabis Science’s Newly Appointed Director of Horticulture Bret …

Cannabis Science, Inc. a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis critical ailment formulations, is excited to announce the appointment of world renowned Cannabis Cultivator Bret Bogue as Director of Horticulture for the company.

Feb
22

Science Spending

Science has changed the world. It has created new products and ease of service. What the future will bring is, of course, always uncertain. "It’s not every day you have robots running through your house," Barack Obama quipped last week at the White House science fair, a showcase for student exhibitors that also gave the US president a chance to reiterate a favourite theme. Science and technology ...

Feb
22

Research and Markets: Lead and Public Health. Science, Risk and Regulation

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "Lead and Public Health.

Feb
22

New Dialogues On Time, Science And Culture In Seattle

A new way to discuss science in the public sphere.

Feb
22

Research and Markets: Brain Machine Interfaces. Implications for Science, Clinical practice and Society

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "Brain Machine Interfaces.

Feb
22

Time for Kids Big Book of Science Experiments

Science is a subject near and dear to most geeks and the heart of science fun is experimenting. Experiments are where the rubber meets the road and where we get to see all the theory in action. Time for Kids, makers of The Big Book of Why and The Big Book of How, sent me [...]

Feb
22

Yale pushes science education reform

With the input of a newly formed committee, administrators plan to reform science teaching and upgrade science facilities to help combat the drift of prospective science majors away from the field. In December, University President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey convened the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Teaching Transformation Committee in response to ...

Feb
22

Ignore science at our peril

ADJUNCT Professor at The Mico University College Arnaldo Ventura has sounded a stern warning that Jamaica must boost science education and practice, or fall woefully behind the rest of the world.

Feb
22

Education Notes: Principal's Cup, KAWC Science Fair, Keep It Real contest winners

Awards/honors■ Jessie Li, a junior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High

Feb
22

Science club preps for Olympiad

The Science Olympiad Club at Northview High School is gearing up.

Feb
21

Science leads 'second industrial revolution'

New Zealand must embrace science and integrate it fully into all aspects of society to be a truly innovative nation, Massey University Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey told a conference in Wellington today.

Feb
21

MOSIRA science startup fund is ruled unconstitutional

A judge ruled that the fund designed to spur science startups across the state is unconstitutional.

Feb
21

MOSIRA science startup fund is ruled unconstitutional

A judge ruled that the fund designed to spur science startups across the state is unconstitutional.

Feb
21

Appearances By Science Celebrities, Performers and Entrepreneurs Will Take “Star Gazing” to Another Level During the …

The USA Science & Engineering Festival hosted by Lockheed Martin will set the stage for attendees to meet some of the biggest celebrities in the science world on April 28-29 in Washington, D.C.

Feb
21

Crowd Science Releases "Orange Paper" on Digital Publishing

Latest Trends in Audience SegmentationWhy publishers need more than "cookie cutter" researchNEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowd Science ( www.crowdscience.com ) has completed new research ...

Feb
21

MarketsandMarkets: Global Life Science and Chemical Instrumentation Market Worth $45.2 Billion by 2016

DALLAS, February 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The "Life Science and Chemical Instrumentation Market (2011 - 2016) (Spectroscopy, Chromatography, DNA Sequencer & Amplifier, Lab Automation, Array, Flow Cytometer, ...

Feb
21

PHL senator urges reforms in Science, Math education

A veteran senator pushed anew for enhancing science and mathematics education in the Philippines to boost Filipinos' national competitiveness.

Feb
21

Stark warning emerges from science summit

A stark theme emerged from an annual scientific get-together in Vancouver: the world must be helped to believe in science again or it could be too late to save our planet.

Feb
21

Sigma® Life Science Obtains Global License for Kyoto University's iPS Cell Patent Portfolio, Deepens Commitment to …

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced that Sigma Life Science, its innovative biological products and services research business, has furthered ...

Feb
21

Science City celebrates anniversary, looks to future

Science City is celebrating its 12th year at Union Station. A facelift is coming to help keep the interactive center from becoming stagnant.

Feb
21

Science overturns view of humans as naturally 'nasty'

Biological research increasingly debunks the view of humanity as competitive, aggressive and brutish, a leading specialist in primate behavior told a major science conference.

Feb
21

Money vs. Science | Cosmic Variance

Everyone who has been paying attention knows that there is a strong anti-science movement in this country — driven partly by populist anti-intellectualism, but increasingly by corporate interests that just don’t like what science has to say. It’s an old problem — tobacco companies succeeded for years in sowing doubt about the health effects of [...]

Feb
20

Science overturns view of humans as naturally 'nasty'

Biological research increasingly debunks the view of humanity as competitive, aggressive and brutish, a leading specialist in primate behavior told a major science conference Monday.

Feb
20

Science Behind Avalanche 'Air Bag' Saves Skier

Three skiers died in an avalanche over the weekend in Washington state. A fourth skier was caught in the snow slide, but survived thanks to an airbag she deployed from her backpack. Audie Cornish speaks with Doug Abromeit, former director of and now consultant for the US Forest Service National Avalanche Center, about how the air bag works.

Feb
20

Science Bob to appear at Natick’s Morse Library

On Feb. 21, local science celebrity and teacher Bob Pflugfelder (a.k.a. Science Bob) will perform experiments that you won't forget. Be ready for audience participation. This program is free and open to students in grades five through 12. No registration is necessary.  

Feb
20

Swiftboating Science

The rise of anti-science lobbying campaigns on climate, evolution and other topics seems to have thrown its targets ? actual scientists ? for a loop. At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, they?re eyeing the situation with a mix of alarm and despair: This year there has been a ...

Feb
20

ExxonMobil Engineers Help Close Gender Gap in Math and Science

ExxonMobil Foundation is collaborating with National Engineers Week for the ninth consecutive year to present “Introduce a Girl to Engineering,” where ExxonMobil employees will host students at 13 company locations across the country.

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