The Hygienic Laboratory at the Staten Island Marine Hospital Service building. As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a national lab dedicated to the study of infectious disease. In 1887, the government set its sights on a [...]
Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
May 20th, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
Cliff Mass: UW Weather Scientist Takes on The Public Schools’ Math Curriculum
Seattle Schools Lawsuit, Enfield, and Common Core I would like to update you on the math lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools, reveal an interesting encounter with Seattle Superintendent Susan Enfield, and tell you the depressing tale of our state’s math curriculum. As many of you know, I wa[...]
May 12th, 2011 - 10:12 pm § in Science
Designing Man: How Beautiful Faces Are Made!
Wonderful video. Read more here.[...]
May 9th, 2011 - 7:25 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Calling All Scientists
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Calling All Scientists A report by the National Academies, which advises our country on science and technology, last fall found that the U.S. ranks 27 out of 29 wealthy countries in proportion of college students with degrees in science or engineering. It called on federal and s[...]
Climate Gate: A physicist tries to disprove global warming.
Sad to say, the worst fear of the science crowd, has come true. A real scientist, has gotten funding to prove his point. Richard Muller, a physicist from UC Berkeley and critic of climate science, has been funded by Bill Gates and David Koch! Watch the video to see how this research turned out.[...]
Why American Education Outclasses the World.
Recently I had the “fun” of being invited to evaluate the world’s elite universities. I had read these ratings before but had not thought much about the process. One thing I REALLY tried to do was to be fair when it came to world class universities outside the US. I was especially [...]
Man<>Chimp
E!News Published: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 – 13:38 in Biology & Nature Chimpanzees and humans are minimally different genetically, but the small differences are what make us human, according to a team of researchers who identified segments of non-coding DNA missing in humans that exist in [...]
WGU vs. Phoenix .. getting your BGED in Biology.
The Seattle Times reports that online schools are replacing the community colleges as place to get the bachelor’s equivalent degree. A new version of the GED is now emerging .. I call it the BGED .. Bachelor’s Graduation Equivalent Degree. Like their online high school equivalents, som[...]
The Republican ignorance agenda
Robin Lakoff, from Berkeley Blog Conservative Republicans have been very busy lately making inroads into teaching and learning at all levels — a curious program, especially at a time when more serious voices have been urging America to strengthen its investment in science and technology in order t[...]
Florida State Bill Would Require Teaching Of ‘Non-Evolution’
“Why do we still have apes if we came from them?” The Huffington Post Nick Wing First Posted: 03/17/11 01:56 PM Updated: 03/17/11 04:00 PM Florida GOP State Senator Stephen Wise is drawing fire with a legislative proposal that would require schools in the Sunshine State to dramaticall[...]