I am writing this from 34000 feet in a Delta jet using the airlines free access to it's wifi. I am also reading a book, The Science of Liberty by Timothy Ferris. The book is the story of how science and the rise of liberal democracies are linked. Science emerged...
I am writing this from 34000 feet in a Delta jet using the airlines free access to it's wifi. I am also reading a book, The Science of Liberty by Timothy Ferris. The book is the story of how science and the rise of liberal democracies are linked. Science emerged...
There are at least two interpretations that emerge when we explore why we teach science from the democratic argument. The first interpretation is that we should be teaching science to help students become informed citizens in an increasingly technocratic and...
When the new Congress convenes in January, 2011, it will get hotter in the House & Senate with an influx of Representatives and Senators (all Republicans) who continue the conspiracy that global warming is a hoax, and that humans are not contributing to the...
The Great Migrations Blog Carnival: Part II Minjae Ormes, of National Geographic Channel, sent me this text that announces further the NatGeo's Great Migrations program that premiered last week. As Minjae notes, a group of science bloggers wrote about the program on...
Yesterday's post, Got Science?, was initiated after I received an email from the Union of Concerned Scientist requesting that I take a pop quiz on global warming, and to request a sticker that says on it "Got Science?" The recent elections will mean that there will be...
