The crew of the Great Big Podcast sat down with representatives from the Mayborn Science Theater at Central Texas College to talk about the events and activities the venue offers space enthusiasts and plans to celebrate the extraordinary solar eclipse.
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Accenture Song’s Tracy Duffy on how the ‘empathetic’ nature of design thinking can be integrated into life sciences marketing strategies. : Design thinking: A ‘transformative’ approach to life sciences marketing
The former Stanford president recieved the NSB’s Vannevar Bush Award, which celebrates exceptional lifelong leaders in science.
Can a burst of anger take a toll on the heart? Previous research has suggested there’s a link between an acute episode of anger and an increased risk of heart attack. Researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Yale School of Medicine, St. John’s University in New York and other institutions wanted to tease out why. To answer that question, they’d need to make some people angry. The investigators recruited 280 healthy young adults and randomized them into four groups: a control...
When Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky set up Retraction Watch in 2010, the idea of highlighting academic malfeasance was seen as unusual. Researchers didn’t peddle disinformation; they were the arbiters of truth and the custodians of society’s collective knowledge. In the fourteen years since, the scales have fallen from our eyes as the breadth of academic falsity has been uncovered – through the work of Marcus, Oransky, and a host of others. When they set up Retraction Watch, they believed...
Raja 'RJ' Krishnaswamy received a master's degree from Pittsburgh University. The teenager earned his bachelor's degree in computer science in 2023. Krishnaswamy had been excelling in his studies since he was in kindergarten
President Joe Biden will give a speech Thursday in Syracuse, New York, about the recent investment in semiconductor factories. The speech will address how the CHIPS and Science Act will strengthen semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. The event is expected to begin at 2 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The […]
A British startup aims to launch science satellites into space in 2025 after raising a fresh £2mn. Blue Skies Space has devised a unique business plan for the stargazers. They will be the first-ever science satellites that provide data directly to researchers via a membership model, the company said. The approach offers a new route to the secrets of our universe. Currently, researchers rely on government agencies such as NASA and ESA to access space data. Unfortunately, this supply doesn't...
The most common form of exposure to practical science among school pupils was through video, a survey has found.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, selected four University of Iowa faculty members as fellows for the national organization. It is the largest general scientific society and also publishes the academic journal Science. The organization named 502 scientists and scholars as this year’s AAAS fellows across the country. To be considered
French left denounces rightwinger Valérie Pécresse’s move against prestigious university The Paris regional authority has temporarily suspending funding for Sciences Po, one of France’s most prestigious universities, after it was rocked by pro-Palestinian demonstrations.“I have decided to suspend all regional funding for Sciences Po until calm and security have been restored at the school,” Valérie Pécresse, the rightwing head of the greater Paris Île-de-France region, said on social media on...