by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 7, 2010 | Dr. John Reports, Occam's Razor, video
The Old Spice Man’s got nothin’ compared to an engineer. Dr. John here… Look at your man. Now, back to the screen. Now, back at your man. Now, back to the screen. Sadly, your man probably isn’t an engineer, but if he watches this video produced...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 3, 2010 | General - Science, Health and Medicine, NFL, Science Education, STEM Field, Tennessee Titans, The Science Cheerleaders, video
Meet Melissa, a Tennessee Titans cheerleader and a medical researcher at Vanderbilt University, specializing in molecular neuroimaging. Last we heard from Melissa, she and her co-cheerleading/scientist pals sent us this greeting: Melissa’s back as a participant...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 3, 2010 | Blog
The BBC released this adorable video of twin baby pandas at a Japanese zoo. According to this report, Japan had only nine pandas in captivity until the twins were born.
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 3, 2010 | Dr. John Reports, General - Science, Health and Medicine, Interviews, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Dr. John here… If you were to passively glance at the above photo, you may assume that I have a lot in common with today’s Science Cheerleader guest, Sami, a clinical research coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)’s Eye Center. Sami...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Westcott's Wednesday Wrap Up
Dave here. Another Wednesday, another round of links from the science blogosphere and beyond… The Fish That Walks on Stilts. For real. These fish live almost a mile below the surface. Dr. Craig McClain from Deep Sea News brings you video. The Science and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 30, 2010 | Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Dr. John Reports, General - Engineering, General - Science, Health and Medicine, NFL, San Francisco 49ers, Science Education, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Dr. John here… After a great interview with San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush cheerleader Erica, (and as part of our continuing effort to playfully challenge stereotypes and inspire young women to consider careers in science) I thought we’d make it an...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2010 | Westcott's Wednesday Wrap Up
Dave here. Back for another round of weekly links. And now these links can travel. You can find them at the ScienceWednesdays page on Delicious and you can even add the links to your own blog by either grabbing the RSS feed or the Wednesdays on Science Cheerleader...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 23, 2010 | Advanced Degrees, Design, Dr. John Reports, Education, General - Engineering, Information Technology, Master's, Other, San Francisco 49ers, Science Education, Software, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
In our continuing effort to playfully challenge stereotypes–and inspire young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, math, and health–I, Dr. John, would like to introduce you to Erica, a San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush cheerleader and a...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 18, 2010 | Westcott's Wednesday Wrap Up
Hi, it’s Dave again. Hope you liked my last weekly round up of links to interesting science blog posts! I’m back for another week as a guest contributor to SciCheer. Soon I hope to be sharing news about some people who will help me share the best in...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 16, 2010 | Blog, Interviews, Science Policy
Story Musgrave is a good friend and colleague. He’s also, hands-down, the smartest, straightest-talker I’ve ever met. We first worked together back when I ran the Discover Magazine Awards at Disney and Story was a (favorite) presenter. Since then,...
