A friend of mine, on Darwin's birthday (February 12), would dress up in Victorian attire as a young Charles Darwin, enter his high school biology classroom, and announce that he was the "father of evolution." Then, he pulled out his iphone, and i-clicked...
This is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, who was born February 12, 1809, which is the same day that Abraham Lincoln was born. Darwin, according to one of our grandsons, is the "father of evolution," (see yesterday's post). Two recent...
Today I received a voicemail from one of our grandsons (Evan) wondering if I might come and speak to his science class. After leaving a message saying I would be happy to do this, he called back and explained. His middle school science teacher is working with the...
There were two articles in the New York Times today that relate to this post about the nature of science teaching. One was an essay entitled by Dennis Overbye, Elevating Science, Elevating Democracy, and the other was an interview with Peter Agre (President of the...
I've returned to from a bit of hiatus and want to start with a discussion of how science might fare in the next Congress, and in the White House. A year and half ago I wrote a post entitled Meeting of the Minds on Global Warming: The US Congress, Al Gore, and John P....
I witnessed one Space Shuttle launch in 1982, and it was an unbelievable experience. The sounds that you hear, and the vibrations you feel are amazing. Here are a few pictures of the Endeavor launch, on November 14, 2008. After lift off roll...
