by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 24, 2008 | Citizen Science, Social network science
Two timely science facts from Scientific American: Why Trees Lose Leaves: University of Missouri plant biologist John Walker says he and colleagues have identified a group of compounds [in Arabidopsis thaliana] that prompt production of the proteins that cause plants...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 13, 2008 | Science Policy
No one disputes that a lot of oil lies untapped under the rocky floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans off the U.S. coasts, in areas where Congress has banned drilling since 1982. But is it enough to free the U.S. from its dependence on foreign suppliers? Based on...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy
Surely you recall the infamous “hanging chads” of the Bush/Gore election….that’s what Congress was trying to avoid when it voted to switch over to electronic voting machines six years ago. If asked, you could have warned Congress that when it...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 1, 2008 | Social network science
No doubt about it: cancer is scary and it “sucks,” as the kids say. As we age and start to peer ahead at our approaching demographics, the statistical odds aren’t quite as rosy as they were, say, 15 years ago. And, the American Cancer Society...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 11, 2008 | Blog
Tired of watching the know-it-all, walking encyclopedia get all the attention at cocktail parties and neighborhood BBQs? Here’s your chance to steal the spotlight (if only for 2.5 minutes). Try one of these trivia questions on for size and let me know how it...
