by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 8, 2009 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Policy
Phil Plait is The Bad Astronomer. His blog was named one of the top 25 of 2009 by TIME Magazine. He just joined Chris Mooney of Discover Magazine and formally endorsed the push to restore the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (thanks for the shout out,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 11, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
Friend, colleague and popular Discover Magazine science blogger, Phil Plait, recently alerted readers to this video explaining “Why Science Is Important” Worth watching. It might be difficult to articulate why science is important but I’d love to...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 1, 2009 | Blog, Events, News, Science Education
Wow. Quite a panel discussion at Caltech on Friday! And the gorgeous weather didn’t hurt. The National Science Foundation, Discover Magazine, CalTech and the Thirty Meter Telescope partnered to host a very public discussion on the Mysteries of the Cosmos....