by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Policy
I had the pleasure of meeting the late Senator Ted Kennedy in 1998 when I directed the Discover Technology Awards program. Senator Kennedy invited some of the award winners to meet with him and discuss their emerging technological innovations. As you can tell by this...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 1, 2009 | In the News, OTA
Today, readers of The Scientist magazine found something new in their journal: a picture of Penn and Teller and cheerleaders! Hot off the press, here’s an article The Scientist ran about the Science Cheerleader’s push to restore federal science policy to...
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 | Jul 27, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Policy
My partners in pushing for the opening of a participatory Technology Assessment agency are involved in the first global citizens dialogue on climate change (this is one example of “public participation” or “citizen input” in science policy):...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 25, 2009 | Blog, Occam's Razor, OTA, Science Policy
Ode to the OTA from Occam: (I particularly appreciate the line about “public input”.) Around 1599 Shakespeare penned “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,” to an unnamed lover. As I believe that imitation is the sincerest form of...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 19, 2009 | Citizen Science, OTA, Projects & Activities, Science Education
Though our continued support for citizen scientist programs across the country is vital to the success of directed scientific research about specific topics, we also need make sure we remain broadly educated about the general scientific issues we face everyday. The...
