by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 8, 2010 | General - Science, Health and Medicine, Interviews, Los Angeles Clippers, NBA, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Meet Taylor: a self-described math girl who’s as passionate about her healthcare career as she is about the L.A. Clippers and our troops overseas. I’ll let Taylor explain. Thanks for reaching out to us, Taylor! We’re psyched to have the opportunity...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 8, 2010 | Blog, News
We’ve got a few announcements to make this week re: awesome awards for inventors. More on that shortly. In the interim, check out this video from Motherboard TV about the world’s most prolific inventor. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, better known as Dr. NakaMats has...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 5, 2010 | Science Education, video
Thanks to Ant Atkinson and the entire Globetrotters organization.
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 5, 2010 | Art and Science, Dr. John Reports, Tshirt
The other night, I was watching one of my favorite local bands, Deville, perform at a cozy DC music venue when I noticed something familiar about guitarist, Ian Graham. That’s right — the famed Science Cheerleader t-shirt! Those things are like gold...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 4, 2010 | News, Writings
Here’s a piece I wrote for Discover Magazine.com yesterday about a pharmaceutical ice cream–called ReCharge–New Zealand is producing to counter side effects of chemotherapy. I learned about this in The Scientist. The most important ingredient:...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 1, 2010 | Advanced Degrees, General - Science, Health and Medicine, Interviews, Master's, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders, Washington Redskins
Meet Rachel: A former Washington Redskins Cheerleader who enlisted in the Navy and now has her sights set on becoming an anesthesiologist. How does she synthesize these seemingly different worlds? She’s here to tell us. Tell us about your job in the Navy and how...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 25, 2010 | Dr. John Reports, Science Policy
IdeaScale logo Got any bright ideas? The Federal government is looking for your suggestions on how it can achieve greater transparency and improve public participation in the decision-making process. Now through March 19th, anyone can submit ideas for how to make...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 24, 2010 | Blog, Photo Gallery, Science Education, Tshirt
Really doesn’t have much to do with the dino sculpture my son created, next to the THANG on our family’s fireplace matel. But I bet Carl Zimmer has a guess. I recall the time I brought this heavy THANG into HIS office at Discover. Back when HE had a...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 24, 2010 | News, Science Education
This morning, the BBC reports the British Library will interview and record 200 scientists to form a permanent record of the way British science has been practiced. “This is going to be enormously valuable to future historians because people no longer write...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 18, 2010 | Blog, Events, Photo Gallery, Science Education
I had so much fun doing Science Cheers with 1,500 kids at a Temple University basketball game yesterday. Those kids were awesome! Thanks for the invite, Temple and thanks for the assistance Hootie and Temple cheerleaders! Stepping on campus brought back a flood of...
