Archive for the ‘Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry’ Category

  • North Korea's nukes
    North Korea’s nukes

    Underground nuclear tests have been the biggest roadblock to a comprehensive test ban. How are these explosions detected, and how reliably?


    Thursday, June 11th, 2009
  • Counting birds
    Counting birds

    The feds put out a massive report on American birds, and the #1 source of data is – amateurs! What is the role of amateurs in ornithology? Hint: if you want to survey 800 species on 3.5 million square miles…


    Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
  • Embryonic stem cells
    Embryonic stem cells

    Last week, Pres. Obama revoked the limits on studies of cells that can become any body cell. What was lost in eight years of limits on embryonic stem cells? What’s ahead?


    Thursday, March 19th, 2009
  • Small is beautiful: Nanotech meets biology!

    Biology operates on the nanometer scale, and now ultra-small technology is producing monster benefits for genetic analysis, cell biologists, and the treatment of blinding glaucoma.


    Thursday, September 25th, 2008
  • Dig the latest top tech tricks

    What you can’t see can still interest you. Archeologists use radar, magnetic, electrical gizmos to see through the ground, find places to dig.


    Thursday, June 5th, 2008
  • Math-mangled: Better Way To Teach Math?

    Test shows horrific math performance by U.S. students. What do mathematicians and educators say about teaching math? Are we near a resolution of the math wars? Is there one optimal way to teach math?


    Thursday, March 9th, 2006
  • Telescopes: Tomorrow’s Technology

    New technology in ground-based telescopes will give better picture of the universe and detect deadly asteroids.


    Thursday, June 5th, 2003
  • Space Telescope Gets Fixed

    Hubble Space Telescope is fixed, will add to history of discovery. Get a gander of galaxies, quasars, gamma ray sources, and other greatest hits of the greatest spyglass.


    Thursday, March 21st, 2002
  • Alternative Medicine: Some Stuff Works!

    New research into alternative and complementary medicine shows effects of St. John’s wort, hypnosis and the placebo effect.


    Friday, March 8th, 2002
  • Creativity, Scientific Style: Nobel Season

    What is the secret of scientific creativity? What does it take to come up with the big discoveries? How do some institutions come up with more than their share of Nobels?


    Wednesday, October 18th, 2000


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