The weak math achievement distribution in America is a complex phenomenon. Four of the root causes are culture, preparation, standards, and practices.
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Nick Pandolfo
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Posted 04.30.2012
This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's Digital blog. Social media, video games, blogs and wikis are playing increasingly importa...
James M. Gentile | Posted 04.30.2012
As our nation's leadership in scientific and technological innovation is challenged as never before, federal funding of basic scientific research remains essential, but that research should be potentially transformational.
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.23.2012
If Los Angeles were to fall victim to a terrorist attack, one of the most likely methods would be a "dirty bomb," USC researcher Adam Rose told The Hu...
Steve Blank | Posted 05.30.2012
The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps combines the best of what the U.S. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together.
David Paul | Posted 04.14.2012
If Americans care about where their products are made, companies will care. Therefore, even as the president promoted tax credits for insourcing -- the new word for bringing those jobs back -- perhaps another step would be to build on the power of choice.
James M. Gentile | Posted 03.25.2012
Hands-on research opportunities for undergraduates combined with personalized attention from inventive professors is one of the reasons that liberal arts colleges have long played a disproportionately large role in the education of our nation's future scientists.
Jamil Zaki | Posted 03.11.2012
The consensus as I've experienced as a researcher is that (1) ignorant political attacks will not affect our ability to get work done, and (2) it is not our job to help the public understand our work. I think both claims are wrong, and potentially dangerous to the future of science.
Posted 01.05.2012
From EarthTechling's Nino Marchetti: CES 2012 will showcase the usual mix of interesting new gadgets and gear, only a portion of which we'd conside...
Dean Kamen | Posted 03.05.2012
If kids looked at Nicola Tesla or Bill Gates the way they look at LeBron James and Tom Brady, then I guarantee that our students' enthusiasm for math and science would match their passion for Little League and Pop Warner.
Steve Blank | Posted 02.26.2012
The 21 National Science Foundation teams had been out of the classroom for just 15 hours as they filed back in with their business model canvas presentations. Their assignment appeared (to them) to be deceptively simple.
Steve Blank | Posted 02.20.2012
Over the last two months, the U.S. government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. This week we saw the results.
Steve Blank | Posted 02.13.2012
Finding a product/market fit amidst startup chaos requires a team with a combination of hackers, hustlers, designers and visionaries.
AP | By DAN JOLING | Posted 11.15.2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A research team is attempting to discover the origin of a cast bronze artifact excavated from an Inupiat Eskimo home site believe...
James M. Gentile | Posted 01.14.2012
Generating home-grown engineers and scientists is crucial to ensuring our nation's leadership in the technological innovations that have fueled our economy for decades.
AP | Posted 11.27.2011
WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama and top officials in her husband's administration are embracing new rules designed to make it easier for scien...
Steve Blank | Posted 11.22.2011
If you're an experienced coder and user interface designer, nothing is easier than throwing together a web site. (Heck, in Silicon Valley even the waiters can do it.) But for the rest of us mortals, whose eyes glaze over at the thought of web site design, here's a handy how-to guide.
Steve Blank | Posted 09.27.2011
The NSF has announced the Innovation Corps -- a program to take the most promising research projects in American university laboratories and turn them into startups.
Ian Fletcher | Posted 07.31.2011
Despite our smug self-image, the U.S. actually only ranks in the middle of the pack for resources committed to innovation. In truth, our economy is not innovative enough -- and it's costing us, big-time.
Susan Buchanan | Posted 06.20.2011
Last summer, biologists and chemists whipped through Gulf waters collecting samples to gauge impacts from BP's spill. Analyzing some of those samples is stalled, however, until BP releases more research funds.
Mathew J. Creighton | Posted 06.14.2011
Americans, in their heart of hearts, do not see Muslims differently than any other immigrant groups. However, the public expression of this opposition is more important.
Angela Haines | Posted 06.05.2011
Overlooked in the recent raucous debate on illegal immigration is the powerful role of legal immigrants on both innovation and job creation.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 05.25.2011
Of the hundreds of amendments being offered by Republicans to their bill, H.R. 1, we offer 10 up for you to judge whether or not they are worthy of note, ridicule, or an end-of-a-long-week chuckle.
Andrew Fieldhouse | Posted 05.25.2011
It's not the non-security discretionary budget that is the culprit of today's deficit. But if enacted, Paul Ryan's proposed budget would have devastating consequences in those key public investments.
James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011
Five current or recent Harvard undergraduates hope to inspire high school students to become involved in science with a new book titled Success with Science: The Winners' Guide to High School Research.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 06.01.2012