by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 16, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Voted Berkeley’s Best Class, may I introduce Professor Richard Muller’s popular “Physics for Future Presidents!” Free podcasts of each lecture now available. From Muller’s website: Physics for future Presidents, (based on the book of the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 15, 2009 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
My podcast interview with Sean from ScienceChat (Ireland). In this piece we talk about science literacy and citizen involvement in science policy. That was fun, Sean! Although, for some reason, I sound a little like Hillary Clinton when. she. was. on. the. campaign....
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 15, 2009 | Blog, News
National Geographic’s Map of the Day is this very cool zoomable poster of every known robotic space exploration overlaid on a map of the solar system. Zoom in and trace the paths of every space mission. Check out the New Horizons mission: launched in 2006,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 15, 2009 | Dr. John Reports, Interviews, Science Policy
By Dr. John: Today, Thursday, Oct 15, is your chance to attend the final event in The Road to the New Energy Economy, a series of Congressional briefings that focus on the science and technology required to achieve our energy goals. I had a chance to attend an earlier...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 14, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science
Here’s a terrific Public Service Announcement promoting a new network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) collaborating to protect ocean wildlife in California. It was created by Randy Olson (author of “Don’t Be SUCH A Scientist” and producer of...
