by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 5, 2009 | Science Policy
From one of my favorite writers, favorite sites: Nancy Scola at TechPresident.com. Below, she’s referencing a chat that took place at the Gov 2.0 conference I was covering for Discover Magazine. I’ll have more on that later. Gov 2.0 represents some radical...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 21, 2009 | Blog, Science Policy
Data.gov has it all. Concerned about flu outbreaks? Check out FluView, a national flu activity map. Learn about the quality of your local drinking water or view an EPA map pinpointing a variety of air, water and land pollution sources. Welcome to EnviroMapper for...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 21, 2009 | John-the-Tourist, Science Policy
From John Collier: A few years ago, for her 3rd grade “States of the USA” project, my daughter picked the Hawkeye State – Iowa. Many people view Iowa as just one vast corn field stuck between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, but my daughter likes Iowa...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog, Science Education, Science Policy
One of the projects I’m working on for Discover Magazine is a four-part energy event series on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and two professional engineering societies (IEEE and ASME). Why energy? In short: “The future of our...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 29, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Events, In the News, Science Policy
Some of you have asked to see the video of the Two Cultures event at the NY Academy of Sciences (I was a panelist for the Science and Policy discussion). Two main architects of this event were Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, authors of Unscientific America, a...
