by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 1, 2010 | Science Policy
Join me on July 14th when Discover Magazine, the National Science Foundation, and two prominent professional engineering societies (ASME and IEEE) present: The Road to the New Energy Economy on Capitol Hill. (I head up these and other discussions on behalf of Discover...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 16, 2010 | Citizen Science, Science Education, Science Policy
Why so few posts from me lately? Truth is, I’ve been swamped. All great stuff, including a summer-long immersion in an incubator program; some very cool upcoming Capitol Hill briefings for Discover Magazine and the National Science Foundation; the launch of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 15, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science, Events, OTA, Science Policy
On Sunday, the same day the New York Times featured YOUR future–aka Singularity, read on–on the cover of its business section, I was listening to the head cheerleader of all-things-Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, as he presented the future of humanity at the H+...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 13, 2010 | In the News, Science Policy, Writings
Excerpted from a piece I just posted on DiscoverMagazine.com: Prizes: This old idea is making a sweeping comeback and it is changing the way government, industry and foundations help revolutionize future discovery. It’s high time we offer prizes to motivate and...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 13, 2010 | Citizen Science, Science Policy
Cool: Congress is busy taking note of the many ways citizen scientists can help protect the nation. Check out this: In the United States, 1 in 4 people live with the risk of earthquakes. The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners are designing innovative tools to...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 7, 2010 | Science Policy
On the heels of this announcement about a new effort to involve citizens in technology assessment, comes this word from David Sittenfeld at the Boston Museum of Science, one of the five founding partners of this initiative known as ECAST: Expert and Citizen Assessment...
