by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 2, 2010 | Blog, News, Science Policy
Check out the federal government’s new crop of smart phone applications! Find alternative fuel locations, on the go with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fueling Station Locator. The locator works on any mobile Internet-ready device and allows drivers...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 1, 2010 | Blog, Science Education
Quest for a Living World. Now THIS was a fun event. Great discussion (now featured in Discover and on DiscoverMagazine.com, see below). It’s also where I met some terrific Science Cheerleader fans! From Discover Magazine: Bad Astronomy blogger Phil Plait...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 1, 2010 | Science Policy
Join me on July 14th when Discover Magazine, the National Science Foundation, and two prominent professional engineering societies (ASME and IEEE) present: The Road to the New Energy Economy on Capitol Hill. (I head up these and other discussions on behalf of Discover...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 30, 2010 | AFL, Education, General - Science, Health and Medicine, Philadelphia Soul, Science Education, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
In our continuing effort to playfully challenge stereotypes, we present Lindsay! S.C.: Please tell me when/how you first became interested in science. Lindsay: When I started to become serious about dance, I became very interested and in tune with how the body works...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 25, 2010 | Citizen Science, In the News
Bob Grant, Associate Editor, The Scientist, writes: Meet citizen science’s answer to match.com – http://scienceforcitizens.net/. The new website, brainchild of Darlene Cavalier (AKA – The Science Cheerleader) and colleagues, seeks to hook researchers up with members...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 22, 2010 | Blog
I recently returned from an appearance at the Humanity Plus Summit at Harvard where visionaries spoke of a world–only 30 years from now– which will be vastly different than the one we live in today. Well, according to a just-released Pew Research report...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 22, 2010 | Nature & Outdoor Projects, Science Education
Today, for people living in the Northern Hemisphere (most of you), the Sun will reach its highest point in the sky…until the next June 21st cycles around. Science blogger, Ethan Siegel, tells us how we can measure the tilt of the Earth today. Check it out!
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 17, 2010 | Dr. John Reports, Interviews
This is a guest post by Connie Ho, a civil and environmental engineer by training, now working as a product manager at NthSocial, a startup web company building products to organize social networks and online content. The dual life of a young woman means you can have...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 16, 2010 | Citizen Science, Science Education, Science Policy
Why so few posts from me lately? Truth is, I’ve been swamped. All great stuff, including a summer-long immersion in an incubator program; some very cool upcoming Capitol Hill briefings for Discover Magazine and the National Science Foundation; the launch of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 15, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science, Events, OTA, Science Policy
On Sunday, the same day the New York Times featured YOUR future–aka Singularity, read on–on the cover of its business section, I was listening to the head cheerleader of all-things-Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, as he presented the future of humanity at the H+...
