Happy July 4th, an important day for us all, and my favorite holiday. There are serious problems all around us, but today perhaps we can reflect on the importance of the American day of Independence. The notion of independence is an underlying principle of science...
I recently received an announcement of an ecology program from John Kamman whose organization sponsors field science and cultural exchange projects. The organization is Ecology Project International and has projects and programs in Montana, Costa Rica, Mexico, and...
I've been in England for the past two weeks, and will be writing a few posts about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill reporting on the views of this catastrophe from the U.K.
As we all know, President Obama told the story that his daughter knocked on the bathroom door while he was shaving, and asked him, "Have you plugged the hole yet, Daddy?" As science teachers we are reminded that this question is the kind of question our youth asks...
The latest word on effort to plug the BP offshore oil well using the "Top Kill" procedure is that the effort is continuing, but the company has not determined whether it is working, or that it won't work. According to a report in the New York Times, BP will continue...
