Science

WATCH: You Are Not Too Pretty To Do Math--Or Science!

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 02.07.2012 | Science

Read More: Women, Jane Goodall, Stem, Science, Mathematics, Girls in Science, Marie Curie, Engineering, Girls, Video, Math, Talk Nerdy to Me, Google Science Fair, Cara Santa Maria, Stereotype Threat, Technology, Women in Science, Science News

Hi everyone. I'm Cara Santa Maria. And I'm standing here today because I chose to pursue a career in a STEM field. STEM stands for science, technology...

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Indiana Creationism Bill Could Split State GOP Lawmakers

Lafayette Journal And Courier | Mikel Livingston | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

Read More: Indiana Senate, Public School Education, Indiana Legislature, Education, Indiana Creationism, Creation Science Bill, Creation Science, Indiana, Indiana Creationism Bill, Evolution Science, Science, Evolution, Indiana Vote, Indiana House, Politics News

If a bill that would enable the teaching of creation science alongside evolution makes it to a vote in the Indiana House, local Republican lawmakers a...

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Why I Teach Evolution In Church

Paul Wallace | Posted 02.05.2012 | Religion

Read More: Christianity, Religion, Science, Church, Evolution, Religion and Science, Religion News

The science problem in American churches is huge, and I'm one person in one church. But small steps are how big things get done.

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What Is Infinity? Artist's Eerie Answer to Key Scientific Question

Posted 02.06.2012 | Science

Read More: What Is Infinity, Infinity, Art, Video, Doug Wheeler, Physics, Science, Mathematics, Artists, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 02/02/2012 01:57 PM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries As I stepped into the Infinity Environment on Wednesday morning (F...

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Space Porn (SFW)

Posted 02.03.2012 | Arts

Read More: Mars Pictures, Hirise, Nasa, Arts Meets Science, High-Resolution-Imaging-Science-Experiment, Mars Photographs, Space Porn, Science, Space Photos, Mars, University of Arizona, Motherboard, Arts News

You've seen food porn, you've seen design porn, you've seen other types of porn... now we bring you Space Porn! Thanks to the High Resolution Imaging ...

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Appearances of Strange Isolated Jungle Tribe Linked to Facebook IPO

David Fagin | Posted 02.02.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Television, Reality TV, The Onion, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Science, Keith Olbermann, The Daily Show, Comedy, Comedy News

While many world-renowned scientists have attributed the mysterious recent appearances of the primitive Mashco-Piro tribe on the banks of a jungle riv...

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Scientists Within 40 Feet Of Antarctic Lake Buried Under Millions Of Years Of Ice

Posted 02.02.2012 | Green

Read More: Video, Antarctica, Lake Vostok, Antarctic Lakes, Antarctic Ice Shelf, Science, Antarctic Subglacial Lakes, Antarctic Icemelt, Lake Vostok Antarctica, Green News

Deep beneath miles of Antarctic ice lies a large freshwater lake that will soon be exposed for the first time in millions of years. Lake Vostok, wh...

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Getting Practical With Your Sustainability Brand

Marc Stoiber | Posted 01.31.2012 | Green

Read More: John Tierney, Javier Flaim, Recyclebank, Kyoto Protocol, Cincinnati, Futureproof Brand, Science, NY Times, Green News

The key is to make green practical, not painful. To innovate our way past sacrifice to shiny efficiency without really letting consumers know they're using less.

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Wall Street Journal's Portrait of the Young Climate Scientist

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.02.2012 | Green

Read More: Chemistry, Climate Scientist, Climate Skeptics, Paul Crutzen, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Science, Peter Gleick, Wall Street Journal, Climate Change, Climate Science, Kevin Trenberth, Pollutants, Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Ozone, Global Temperatures, Green News

I guarantee that most scientists, myself included, would love to make their reputation by refuting the whole notion of global warming. We have tried and have concluded that we can't.

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Flying for Me

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 01.31.2012 | Science

Read More: Gregory Jarvis, Space Shuttle Challenger, Science, Mike Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Anniversary, 1990s, Judy Resnik, Challenger-Anniversary, History, Nasa, Space Exploration, Space, Francis Scobee, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Astronauts, Space Shuttle, Science News

Even though I was negative seven at the time of the accident, I salute the Challenger 7, and the opportunities they gave my generation. Because they were flying for me, too.

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Spring Term

Paul Stoller | Posted 01.30.2012 | College

Read More: Humanities, Corporate Expectations, College, Pedagogy, Adulthood, Science, Higher Education, Technology, Social Science, College News

I wonder if something important has been lost in the mix of campus building projects, recruitment and retention efforts and the barrage of new pedagogical technologies -- all to convince our students to stay and study.

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Kids Too Lazy To Pursue Science Careers? What Poll Shows

Posted 01.30.2012 | Science

Read More: Video, Math, Job, Careers, Science, Mathematics, Doctors, Technology, STEM Education, Eduation, Engineering, Scientists, Science News

David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer First Published 01/30/2012 01:26 PM EST While job opportunities in science, technolog...

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Tinker and Change the World

Larry Bock | Posted 01.27.2012 | Impact

Read More: Science, STEM Education, DIY Projects, Engineering, Hands-on Education, Tinkering, USA Science & Engineering Festival, Hands-on Learning, Maker Movement, Teaching With Technology, DIY Movement, Impact News

Tinkering -- that hands-on, garage-based tradition -- is making a comeback among average Americans, promising to change our lives for the better on several fronts.

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Eames Video Takes Dizzying Trip Through Big And Small

Posted 01.27.2012 | Arts

Read More: Eames Design, Video, Powers of 10, Art Meets Science, Kees Boeke, Ice Cube, Ray and Charles Eames, Science, Ice Cube Eames, Eames Video, Cosmic View, Arts News

Legendary designers Ray and Charles Eames designed and defined American modernism. After finding harmony together, they managed to find a balance betw...

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The STEAM Camps Are Coming

John M. Eger | Posted 01.26.2012 | Arts

Read More: Creativity, Science, Innovation, Art, Education Reform, STEM Education, Steam, Arts News

It's early in the new year but educators across the country are already making plans for the summer and they are thinking STEAM... with the arts playi...

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PHOTOS: Amazing Images Of The 2012 Solar Storm

Posted 01.25.2012 | Science

Read More: Photography, Satellite Imagery, Nasa, Hubble Telescope, Solar Flares, Space, Science, Exposure, Sun, Space Photos, Solar Storms, Radiation, Science News

A solar storm created a dazzling light show in the northern latitudes of Earth on Tuesday. The storm also bombarded the Earth with radiation in the fo...

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Big History: Engaging the New Narrative of Science

William Grassie | Posted 01.25.2012 | Religion

Read More: History, Science, Evolution, Cosmology, Religion and Science, Interpretation, History of the Universe, Big History, Religion News

Religionists who deny certain facts of this Big History, who don't understand or accept the scope of the important details of this new unity of knowledge, do great damage.

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Homeless Science Whiz Knocked Out Of Scientist Contest

AP | Posted 01.25.2012 | Science

Read More: Science Competition, Video, Teenager, Homelessness, Intel Science Talent Search, Samantha Garvey, Science, Science Contest, New York, Intel, Science News

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — A New York high school student who attracted national attention after it was reported that she was living in a homeless shelte...

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A Journey Into Distant Worlds: Making Space Exploration Come Alive for Young Earthlings

Larry Bock | Posted 01.24.2012 | Science

Read More: Science, Education, Space Travel, STEM Education, Space, Engineering, Nasa, Space Education, Owen Garriott, Science News

It is our aim during the Festival to give kids a peek into these discoveries and distant frontiers by providing them an up-close look into cutting-edge space technology.

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Mapping the Forest and the Trees: A Visit With Remote Sensing Expert Alan Strahler

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 01.23.2012 | Science

Read More: Mapping, Remote Sensing, Earth Observation, Maps, Forest, Science, Satellite, Trees, Boston University, Nasa, College, Space, Satellite Imaging, Environment, Lidar, Laser, Science News

Prof. Alan Strahler's current work involves a ground-based LiDAR instrument called ECHIDNA, after the spiky Australian egg-laying mammal.

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Dazzling Photos Of Alternate Realities

Posted 01.23.2012 | Arts

Read More: Anenberg Center for Photography, Video, Los Angeles Exhibitions, Art Meets Science, Science, Digital Photography, Art and Technology, Technology, Digital Art, Arts News

Photography was used to capture a moment in time, to document the truth. Technology too, began as a means to further scientific truth-seeking, to make...

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WATCH: Zero-G Junkyard

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.23.2012 | Science

Read More: Video, Nasa, Phobos-Grunt, Satellites, Space Junk, Space Trash, Talk Nerdy to Me, Space, Space Waste, Science, International Space Station, Cara Santa Maria, Orbital Debris, Science News

You may think it's a bad thing that huge chunks of metal periodically fall out of the sky, but have you ever thought about the ones that don't come crashing down to Earth? That's right. There's an ever-growing amount of space junk in constant orbit around our little planet.

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Atheism: A Null Hypothesis On God

Christian Piatt | Posted 01.23.2012 | Religion

Read More: Fundamentalism, Ricky Gervais, Atheism, God, Scientific Method, Metaphysical Society, John Caputo, Science, Belief, Faith, Agnosticism, Thomas Huxley What Is Atheism, Atheism Null Hypothesis, Disproving God, Religion News

There is no way to prove or disprove the existence of God. Especially when we can't even nail down what exactly it is we're talking about.

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Religious Faith Brings Happiness? It's Complicated, Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.20.2012 | Science

Read More: Religion, Video, Atheist, Research, Poland, Religious People, Online Dating, Science, Psychology, Society, Self-Esteem, Europe, Countries, Science News

Are religious people happier? Studies have shown that God-fearing folks tend to have higher self-esteem than nonbelievers, but new research publishe...

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Opinion, Fact and Hubris: Our Response to a Changing Planet

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.20.2012 | Science

Read More: Religion, Science, Genesis, Scientific Method, Global Warming, Climate Change, Science and Religion, Science News

When the fact of climate change becomes as evident to doubters as the orbit of the earth, perhaps we will learn from this colossal mistake of elevating opinion to the status of fact. If we are lucky enough, we will have another chance.

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