It is no surprise to find a lot of science embedded in the paintings of an artist who is also an astrophysicist – in the rowing art of Soren Meibom, you will have to look very closely, but when you do, you will find nothing short of a scientific treatise on the sport. In 2019, […]
Marietta’s Kasy Science competes in the Elizabeth S. Broughton Memorial Invitational cross country race during the fall. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett) Marietta High School seniors Emma Bauerbach and Kasy Science committed Friday to continuing their academic and athletic careers at the University of Rio Grande. Bauerbach will play soccer for the RedStorm, while Science […]
MAYFIELD — Kentucky Science Center brought its traveling miniature version of Science Play2Go to the Graves County Public Library through Science in Play2Go. Deana Gschwind, Graves County Public Library director, said this exhibit was an opportunity for libraries to bring STEM education and early childhood education together as a way to get kids school ready. […]
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Hilltoppers made the short trip across county lines to take on the Cyclones on Saturday night. The Lady Cyclones opened the evening with a dominant 54-29 victory. The Elizabethton boys followed suit, hanging on to top the Hilltoppers, 48-43. OTHER SATURDAY SCORES: Sullivan East 66, Unaka 50 (Girls) Sullivan East […]
Children at the 2022 Science Festival try their hand at maneuvering robots from VEX Robotics. The 2023 event is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Field House at Pennsylvania College of Technology. PHOTO PROVIDED WILLIAMSPORT — The annual Science Festival for local children and their families is scheduled 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in […]
Another year, another climate record broken. In 2022, an international team of scientists measured the hottest global ocean temperatures in human history. That makes 2022 the seventh year in a row that ocean temperatures have hit new peaks. The record is based on two international timelines of ocean heat data stretching back to the 1950s: […]
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today released the theme for the “National Science Day 2023”, titled “Global Science for Global Wellbeing” at National Media Centre, here. The Minister said, as India […]
The prominent economist Milton Friedman said that in order to understand the motivation of a person or organization, you must look for the self-interest. So where do regulators‘ interests lie? Not always in the public interest, alas, but in increased responsibilities, budgets, bureaucratic empires, and avoiding bad decisions. But what constitutes a bad decision? As a recent […]
A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota, published in Nature, suggests that science and technology are becoming less “disruptive”. Innovation in science is slowing down Despite “unprecedented expansion of scientific and technological knowledge”, the rate of innovation in science is slowing down, according to the paper. Associate Professor Russell Funk from the […]
From left to right, comedians Kyle Marian, performing climate and health science jokes at the Asian Comedy Festival in New York (Credit: Ann Yoo), Kasha Patel, and Chuck Nice. A scientist and a comedian walk into a bar—for an interview about the craft of science comedy. Ira talks to comedians Chuck Nice, Kasha Patel, and […]