Mars One: 100 Still in Running to Be First Humans on Mars
Amersfoort, 16th February 2015 – From the initial 202,586 applicants, only 100 hopefuls have been selected to proceed to the next round of the Mars One Astronaut Selection Process. These candidates are...
View ArticleMOOC Sightings 001: UNC and Cornell
Despite wholesale announcements by powerful academic leaders throughout the U.S. that MOOCs are dead, sightings continue to pour in from around the country and the rest of the world. For skeptics, the...
View ArticleFree Webinar on Student Engagement 3/19/15 at 11am ET
5 Secrets to Spectacular Student Engagement Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 11 AM EDT (US) Not time-zone friendly? Register to receive the archive. Dr. Colin Montpetit, Assistant Professor of Science...
View ArticleLife on Frozen Moons
By Harry Keller Editor, Science Education Now that three of the moons of our solar system’s gas giant planets have been said to have subsurface oceans, it’s time to take stock and consider the meaning...
View ArticleMars One Fizzles?
By Harry Keller Editor, Science Education One of the craziest schemes to garner worldwide publicity and lots of contributions is having some new problems. Mars One has lost one of its final hundred to...
View ArticleMars One CEO Answers Questions About Mission Feasibility
Amersfoort, 19th March 2015 – Mars One recently published a video in which Bas Lansdorp, CEO and Co-founder of Mars One, replies to recent criticism concerning the feasibility of Mars One’s human...
View ArticleDark Matter Clues
By Harry Keller Editor, Science Education You may have seen the headlines already. “What is dark matter made of? Galaxy cluster collisions offer clues,” shouts the Christian Science Monitor.1 Here you...
View ArticleThe End of Dark Energy
By Harry Keller Editor, Science Education Dr. Peter A. Milne and his associates have found an unexpected and, to the cosmological community, startling result from their surveys of supernovae. This...
View ArticleThe Paleo Diet Belongs in Caves: What You Really Need to Know About Diets
By Harry Keller Editor, Science Education Diets provide a great opportunity to exercise critical thinking. Pick any diet and pick it apart. Do this as a mental exercise or, if you teach, with your...
View ArticleHow GIS Improves the Process of Citizen Science
By Jim Baumann Esri Writer Researchers, Artists, and Technologies Engage with Local Groups Using Computer Mapping Citizen science is an increasingly popular activity among a broad cross section of the...
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