by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 20, 2009 | Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Interviews, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
Now THIS radio interview was fun. And, more importantly, the fact we’ve hit FOX national news, the Toronto Star , news media in Switzerland, Argentina and the U.K., and this hard rock station (WXRX) in the mid west, tells us we are accomplishing what we set out...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 18, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science
“How to be taken seriously by scientists and how not to be seen as a crazy, among scientists,” is the title of a today’s podcast from Astronomy Cast, the most popular astronomy-related podcast. “For those non-scientists trying to get their...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 6, 2009 | Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports, Interviews
From ScienceCheerleader.com reporter, Dr. John Ohab: Citizen scientists, I’d like you to meet Ziya Tong, a new correspondent on the Emmy-nominated science video series, NOVA ScienceNOW. Ziya joins a NOVA program well-known for exploring important science and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 4, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, In the News, Science Education, Science Policy, Sticky
Very exciting day here spurred by an article about Science Cheerleader’s efforts to increase adult science literacy in the Chronicle of Higher Education and today’s FOX News “headline news story” about our Brain Makeover! The traffic brought...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 3, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Projects & Activities
In Chicago August 4-7th? Check out Georgette’s report on a citizen science workshop at the Adler Planetarium. For 175 years scientists have been baffled by a star in the constellation of Aurigae, the charioteer. The star is an eclipsing binary variable star,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 30, 2009 | Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Physics Projects, Projects & Activities, Science Education
Designing housing that is affordable for city dwellers is challenging enough, even without considering green building standards. However, the National Engineer’s Week Foundation is asking junior high school kids to design energy-efficient urban environments in...
