Richard Dawkins & Daniel Dennett. Oxford, 9 May 2012
Taped live at the event in Oxford, UK by clearstory.co.uk
Issue for the week of June 2nd, 2012
The Issue for the month of June 2nd, 2012
June 2, 2012 issue of Science News
Designer Flu
How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know (p. 20)
Storm Front
Hurricane experts push to improve intensity forecasts (p. [...]
From cancer to quantum, teens’ scientific feats celebrated
Winners of the 2012 Intel ISEF show the promise of science for improving the world
New ways to detect cancer, search online social networks and link atoms using quantum physics took the highest honors this week at the 2012 Intel International [...]
Indian winners of Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The world’s largest high school science research competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public, announced its top winners in Pittsburgh
Raghavendra [...]
NGSS, take one
The first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is available on-line — and your feedback is invited. The Next Generation Science Standards are intended to be “rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner [...]
PROBA-2:Proposals invited for the PROBA-2 Guest Investigator Programme
The Royal Observatory of Belgium is soliciting proposals for analysis of data from PROBA-2′s two solar observation instruments, SWAP and LYRA, under its Guest Investigator Programme. Proposals in response to this Third Call for Ideas [...]
Antievolution legislation dies in Missouri
When the Missouri legislature adjourned on May 18, 2012, both antievolution bills in the House of Representatives died in committee. House Bill 1276 would have permitted teachers “to help students understand, analyze, critique, and review [...]
Young scientists, inventors and mathematicians score big
Cancer sensor, a better way to search tweets, and quantum teleportation are among research highlights at a global high-school-science competition
Gordon E. Moore Award winner Jack Andraka is flanked by Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award [...]
Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids
TEAM SPIRIT From left, Ohio Stateâs EcoCAR 2 team members Travis Trippel, Katherine Bovee and Amanda Hyde with the Saturn Vue that finished second in an earlier competition.
LIKE many college students, Katherine Bovee, a master’s [...]
Credit-for-creationism scheme dies in Alabama
When the last day of the regular legislative session of the Alabama legislature ended on May 16, 2012, a bill that would have established a credit-for-creationism scheme died. House Bill 133, if enacted, would have authorized “local boards [...]
