For Zack Kopplin, it all started back in 2008 with the passing of the Louisiana Science Education Act. The bill made it considerably easier for teachers to introduce creationist textbooks into the classroom. Outraged, he wrote a research paper about it for a high school English class. Nearly five years later, the…
A Nobel Laureate answers questions on the streets of New York City
The world could use more scientists like Leon Lederman, and not just because his Nobel Prize winning research led to the discovery of the muon neutrino.
The Greatest Space Art Created by Children
Earlier this year, the 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest invited kids from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade to submit original artwork of the Universe. The only requirements were that the students adhere to the theme, "Space is Infinite - Explore!"
Is Something Missing from Science Education?
If you’ve ever been frustrated at having to explain the difference between a scientific theory and a hypothesis, you’re hardly alone. But it’s not just folks without a science background who get confused over the terminology; even some science grads have trouble telling a fact from a law. And some in the scientific…
