Education and Outreach
I've blog-bragged about my books before, but this is special. In 2005, I published a young readers' biography of a terrific astronomer, Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel.
She is featured in a Newsweek article for November 26.
As most of my regular readers know, I like to visit schools because it gives me a chance to speak directly to my readers.
I've just set up a visit in the Cleveland OH area in May and would like to set up one more.
Like other fathers and sons, Douglas Gentile and his father have spent many hours arguing about video games. What makes them different is that Douglas, an Iowa State University assistant professor of psychology, is one of the country's top researchers on the effects of media on children. His father, J. Ronald Gentile, is a leading researcher on effective teaching and a distinguished teaching professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York. Through their discussions, they realized that video games use the same techniques that really great teachers use.
Publishers Weekly has just published its list of best books for 2007, including the following science or science-related titles.
The latest Science Shelf Newsletter is now available. A version without images and with some links not active is reproduced here.
The US population is aging. Life expectancy has increased dramatically during the past century from 47 years for American born in 1900 to 77 years in 2001. Baby boomers will significantly contribute to this growth, as older Americans hitting the age 65 by 2011, will triple. Questions remain if the medical community has the wherewithal to adequately address the demographic needs of older Americans in the next decade which may lead to new challenges in health care delivery. Adding the complexity of HIV/AIDS: Older Americans may be confronted with a number of challenges that may potentially erode a fragile health care infrastructure.
The research and development component of the U.S. Department of Energy's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), a program that aims to reprocess spent nuclear fuel which could then be shared with partner countries, should not go forward at its current pace, says a new report from the National Research Council. DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy, of which GNEP is a part, should instead assign the highest priority to facilitating the startup of new commercial nuclear power plants, a program that is currently falling behind schedule due to funding gaps.
Thousands of high school students are currently deliberating over which university to attend next year. But which are the best? A study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine warns against using international rankings of universities to answer this question.
Earlier this month, I wrote an article titled “Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act: Does It Synchronize with the Needs of Urban America” which suggested that the needs of the incarcerated, particularly those affected by HIV, black and male are disenfranchised. “Urban America” within the context of this article is defined as the current state of public policy in urban areas. On September 28, 2007 the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and HIV/AIDS Bureau published an update (Policy Notice -07-04) “The Use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Funds for Transitional Social Support and Primary Care Services for Incarcerated Persons.” According to the notice, the updated policy reflects the changes in Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. What drove the changes in policy to expand care to incarcerated persons?
If your school regularly invites visiting authors, or even if it doesn't, here's an opportunity too good to be passed up.
Instead of inviting a fiction writer, consider having a scientist who writes true stories.
Because of the science and technology content, you might even get local industry to pick up the tab!
Drew Faust will be installed today as Harvard's 28th president. That's right -- Harvard has only had 28 presidents since Henry Dunster was named in 1640. That's not counting some acting presidents, like Samuel Willard (1701-1707) or Nathaniel Eaton, who was "schoolmaster" from 1637 to 1639.
Can we obtain simple answer to sciecnce of origin of time end of time its reorigin taking clue from science of life we know?
An anonymous reader, probably an adolescent, recently posted this new comment on a posting from several months ago.
the comment i have about science is that some of the things are intresting and some aren't. i think we should jazz the science classes up some more or at all.
Some people might dismiss this as the grumblings of a typical teen. But since I write for that age group, I understand what he or she is talking about.
Moving away from home and adapting to a new social environment are just two of the many challenges that new students face as they enter university. An innovative new study conducted at the University of Alberta has found that these challenges can actually have a negative effect on a student's health.
Tomorrow, October 4, 2007, marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik.
It changed my life and the life of all Americans who are old enough to remember the event.
