I received word from Roger Cross, a friend and colleague in science education in Australia that the heaviest element yet known to science, has been discovered. The new element is Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198...
NAT GEO presents The Wild Mississippi, a three-part TV program on Sunday, February 12. I viewed the three episodes today, and recommend that you tune in Sunday night at 8:00 P.M (Eastern) to view the first of the three episodes. The second and third episodes follow...
This blog was begun in 2005 with the publication of the first edition of The Art of Teaching Science. Six hundred or so posts later, we find ourselves in at the end of 2011. This year, we published four eBooks based on blog posts made during 2011. More eBooks will...
There was an article in the Washington Post entitled In Russia, The Lost Generation of Science. The article, by Will England, focuses specifically on Pushchino, a little known city south of Moscow, and the status of science in Russia generally. Science in Russia has...
There is a profusion of blogs on the Internet, but some of them stand out because they are not only compelling, but they convey accomplished, artful, intelligent, and powerful content. I've selected nine blogs that I read regularly to expand my own thinking...
There is a profusion of blogs on the Internet, but some of them stand out because they are not only compelling, but they convey accomplished, artful, intelligent, and powerful content. I've selected nine blogs that I read regularly to expand my own thinking...
