by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 27, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Policy
A colleague of mine, Chris Mooney (author of the Republican War on Science) recently published an article in Slate magazine: “Mission Accomplished. The “war on science” is over. Now what?” I encourage you to read the full report. I found two...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 16, 2009 | Citizen Science, News
Score one for citizen scientists! This beautifully written NYTimes piece explains the benefits of decentralizing (some) science by enlisting the talents of citizen scientists (us). The author calls on Obama to create a National Citizen Science Initiative.
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 6, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Policy
These are real-time results of a pretend market trade. Go ahead and make a prediction! Bill Gates? Ester Dyson? That cool guy from the Apple commercials? (Why not…CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta was just named U.S. Surgeon General.)
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 6, 2009 | Blog, News
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are accepting nominations for the 2009 Life Science Awards now through January 12, 2009. Relatively simple online nomination process. Certainly worth the 15 minutes it takes to complete...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 30, 2008 | Blog, News
Read this, from the editors at Scientific American: “Millions of us dream of transforming our lives, but few of us are able to make major changes after our 20s. Here’s why.” Read the full article: Set in our ways. Why change is so hard. An easy way...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 30, 2008 | Blog, News
Saw this on SciFri’s Twitter page a few hours ago: “Census Bureau says projected 1/1/2009 U.S. population will be 305,529,237 – up 2,743,429, or 0.9 percent, from 1/1 2008.” PS: This marks the Science Cheerleader’s 100th post! Thanks for...
