Romney and Obama: U.S. Government Can Play a "Very Important" Role in STEM Education
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney staked out a softer position than usual last night on the role of the federal government in American life.
Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
Hot Bots: How Arduino Teaches Kids the Science behind Modern Gizmos
Guest post by Michael R. Duffey There is a wide variety of creative projects which can help introduce children to the world of microcontrollers.
Budding Scientist Projects: Raising a Monarch
Our pet Monarch caterpillar Two weeks ago, I set out in search of milkweed hoping to find an egg laid by a Monarch butterfly. With no previous egg-hunting experience, I was armed only with what I had read in the terrific book “My Monarch Journal” by Connie Muther and Anita Bibeau.
It's Raining Caterpillars [video]
A Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar (the black and white one) with a Banded Tussock Moth caterpillar above it. Last week, my parents’ yard in Western Massachusetts was overrun with fuzzy black and white creatures known as Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillars ( Lophocampa caryae ).
Teen Develops Less Invasive Means to Detect Breast Cancer
This year's Google Science Fair winner, Brittany Wenger, 17, from Sarasota, Florida, spent more than 600 hours coding a sophisticated computer program to help doctors detect breast cancer using a less invasive form of biopsy.
Google Science Fair: Winners tackle breast cancer, hearing loss and water quality
Finalists and winners of the 2012 Google Science Fair. Foreground: Vint Cerf and Shree Bose (2011 winner) An expectant crowd gathered last night inside an airplane hangar at a flight school in Palo Alto, California to hear the winners of the second annual Google Science Fair.
Google Science Fair: Inspiring Winners in Africa
Titus Mandla Sithole This year, Scientific American funded the first Science in Action award, a $50,000 prize as part of the Google Science Fair. The prize also includes a year of mentoring to advance the work.
Google Science Fair: Uniting the `Avengers' of Innovation
T.H. Culhane On Monday Google will announce the winners of its second annual Google Science Fair. As SA did last year, we've partnered with Google on the competition, and editor in chief Mariette DiChristina serves as a judge.
Why Math Teachers Feel Poorly Prepared
When William Schmidt, an expert on math education at Michigan State University, moved his family from East Lansing to Charlottesville, Virginia for a year’s research leave, his work took a personal turn.
Here a Henge, There a Henge: Astronomy Fun on a Street Near You
Manhattanhenge, by EffingBoring via Flickr Invited Guest Post by Evelyn Lamb (@evelynjlamb) Later today the setting sun will align with Manhattan's street grid to produce a striking phenomenon dubbed "Manhattanhenge." Taking its name from the more famous Stonehenge in England, where the sun rises over the prominent Heel Stone on the summer solstice, Manhattanhenge happens twice a year, once about three weeks before the summer solstice (May 29th and 30th this year) and once about three weeks after (this Wednesday and Thursday).Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the city's American Museum of Natural History, is credited with "discovering" the phenomenon, which has grown in popularity since he published a photo of the setting sun from a vantage point looking west down 34th Street about a decade ago.
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