by podblack on October 26, 2009
Skeptical Books for Children – Part One; Part Two and Part Three and Part Four – An ongoing series for parents, educators, authors and those enthusiastic about outreach to the younger years.
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According to renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, “science fiction is useful both for stimulating the imagination and for diffusing fear of the future.”
Yes, the series [...]
by podblack on May 10, 2008
Couple of films I’m going to try to catch before my work starts hotting up again… and also before I head off to the hot zones to ask a lot of questions to students and teachers!
According to Salon.com – this is what Austin Powers could have done if it were French and funny:
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by podblack on April 10, 2008
I’m probably not surprising anyone by pointing out that there is a site by Carl Zimmer which features Science Tattoos:
What you might be intrigued by, however, is some research that demonstrates that attitudes towards tattoos are changing. It all started with the professor who introduced me to educational research, talking about a paper he co-authored:
Professor [...]