by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 25, 2009 | Blog, Occam's Razor, OTA, Science Policy
Ode to the OTA from Occam: (I particularly appreciate the line about “public input”.) Around 1599 Shakespeare penned “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,” to an unnamed lover. As I believe that imitation is the sincerest form of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
Today, the journal, Inside Higher Ed, released a report titled “Seeking advice on women in science.” The report summarized yesterday’s hearing of the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Research and Science Education....
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 21, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports
From Science Cheerleader report, Dr. Ohab: On Saturday, July 11, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Agency responsible for protecting the Pentagon, conducted an operational response test to a simulated outdoor airborne biological attack on the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 21, 2009 | Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment Projects, Projects & Activities
Proteus Gowanus is calling all citizen scientists in the area to help them map out the distribution of crickets and katydids throughout the five boroughs of New York City on September 11, 2009 (rain date: September 12, 2009) from dusk to 1:00 am. Crickets and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 21, 2009 | Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment Projects
Sarah’s cut the clutter to help us recycle old cell phones and computers. Here’s the newly married Sarah: I recently switched cell phone providers, and my old cell phone is currently residing in the junk drawer of my kitchen. A mostly broken laptop from...
