by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 23, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy, Shad
Just published this article in Science Progress. Hope you enjoy it. The purpose of the piece is to let you know that all 720 formal (easy-to-read) reports put out by the defunct Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) are now available online, courtesy of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 17, 2008 | Blog
This month marks the 26th anniversary of American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer’s defeat over Russian Boris Spassky. A decade after Fischer was crowned America’s first (and so far only) World Chess Champion another American chess prodigy emerged. At the age...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 8, 2008 | Citizen Science
Ame, a reader from Philly, posted this question in response to the FireFly article: I don’t see as many Fireflies these days so my daughter and I will participate in the FireFly Watch to help solve the mystery. I also don’t see as many bees and I’ve...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science, Social network science
Who doesn’t love fireflies? Except Mean Matthew who, when we were kids, would squish the glow-in-the-dark goo out of them and wipe it on his neck to show off. (Don’t try that at home, kids. This was before real glow-in-the-dark jewelry was sold, and,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 2, 2008 | Citizen Science, Science Policy, Social network science
Winner: Bart Leahy. Congratulations! Your Science Cheerleader T-Shirt is on its way. Bart was the first to respond to this post in which readers were challenged to read science fiction books and report back on what “real science” was learned. See here for...
