by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 5, 2010 | Blog, In the News
Top 50 Cheerleading Sites, as listed here. “Cheerleading has gone from an American pastime to a cutting edge sport that requires as much athleticism and competitive fierceness as football or basketball. Even in middle school, girls are trying their best to...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 26, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Interviews, video
Science Cheerleader’s sister site, ScienceForCitizens.net, is the focus of attention over at MotherboardTV.com (highly recommend subscribing to their site…and ScienceForCitizens.net as well, of course). My partner-in-crime, Michael Gold, and I were...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 8, 2010 | Blog, In the News, OTA
Last week, Nature Magazine’s Daniel Sarewitz, wrote this about a science policy initiative SciCheer helped to inspire: “More and earlier public involvement is required to steer powerful new technologies wisely….Relative to the cost of research and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 22, 2010 | In the News, Science Policy, Writings
Wrote this post calling for the White House, National Academy of Engineering, and others, to create an Emergency Response 2.0 system to pre-wire the nation so we can rapidly and effectively respond to the next natural disaster. As of this evening, it’s been...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 15, 2010 | In the News, OTA, Science Policy
Nice feature in the May edition of the American Chemical Society’s magazine: Momentum for technology assessment based on input from everyday citizens who are not experts in a particular topic, or participatory technology assessment, is just beginning to build in...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 25, 2010 | Citizen Science, In the News
Bob Grant, Associate Editor, The Scientist, writes: Meet citizen science’s answer to match.com – http://scienceforcitizens.net/. The new website, brainchild of Darlene Cavalier (AKA – The Science Cheerleader) and colleagues, seeks to hook researchers up with members...
