by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 10, 2009 | Blog, Interviews, Science Education
So intuitive, so organic. We look to the stars as adults and as kids, like this little boy pictured here. The (renowned) artist, Wendell Minor, told me this is his favorite image included in the recently released book, “Look To The Stars,” by Buzz Aldrin...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 14, 2009 | Blog, Interviews, News
Kurzweil answered plenty-o-questions from Science Cheerleader subscribers, here, last month. This video series is very engaging.
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 29, 2009 | Blog, Events, Interviews, OTA, Science Policy
100_1085 Originally uploaded by scicheer Tuesday 3/24, the Science Cheerleader met with Congressman Rush Holt (NJ) and his Congressional Fellow Will ONeal to talk about reopening the Office of Technology Assessment (see link below for background) with a greater...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 23, 2009 | Blog, Interviews
(Transcendent Man, a documentary on the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, will premiere on April 25 in NYC. Learn when and where tickets are available, here.) I first met Ray when I was about 24 yrs old, working at Discover Magazine (then owned by Disney). He patiently...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 8, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, Interviews
Meet Chris Riggert, a Stream Team Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Coordinator. He has the longest job title at the Missouri Department of Conservation…and boy does he LOVE his job. He works closely with volunteers (citizen scientists) to monitor and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 14, 2009 | Blog, Interviews
A couple of days ago, I invited readers to submit questions they’d like Ray Kurzweil to answer. The Science Cheerleader and Bartacus will be interviewing Ray Kurzweil (Artificial Intelligence expert; king of the Singularity effort) in the coming weeks. Details...
