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Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science

Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations.

Scientist Warns Cash Woes 'devastating' To Science

(AP) Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations.

What makes science "science"?

As a science educator, I train science graduates to become science teachers. Over the past two years I've surveyed their understanding of key terminology and my findings reveal a serious problem. Graduates, from a range of science disciplines and from a variety of universities in Britain and around the world, have a poor grasp of the meaning of simple terms and are unable to provide appropriate definitions of key scientific terminology. So how can these hopeful young trainees possibly teach science to children so that they become scientifically literate? How will school-kids learn to distinguish the questions and problems that science can answer from those that science cannot and, more importantly, the difference between science and pseudoscience?

Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science

warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations.

Scientist Warns Cash Woes 'Devastating' to Science

In this Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 file photo, Richard Leakey speaks in Nairobi, Kenya. Leakey warned Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations

Realities in RP science - STAR SCIENCE By Raul Kamantigue Suarez, PhD

During my recent Balik Scientist visit to the Philippines, a very dear scientist friend said she had gotten tired of reading articles such as this because, after issues have been debated and so many words exchanged, nothing ever changes. But even Marx, who pointed out the need to change the world, analyzed it first. In my previous Star Science article entitled “Myths in Philippine Science,” I wrote about the apparent lack of clear understanding of what limits scientific productivity in the Philippines. Such understanding is necessary if problems are to be properly addressed. For example, if providing more funding for science is necessary, is this, by itself, sufficient? Or, given current conditions, should certain changes precede or accompany an increase in government funding for science? I think our dear friend would agree that such

Intel Encourages More Youth to Participate in Math and Science

Intel Corporation is committing $120 million over the next 10 years to stimulate more interest among youth in math and science, so they will be prepared to address global challenges in innovative ways. The funding from the Intel Foundation for its long-time science competition partner Society for Science & the Public supports the company's historical commitment to the Intel Science Talent Search and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The support also adds a robust youth outreach program plus an online science community and science fair alumni network which includes a mentoring component.

eBooks About Science â" Great Discoveries

eBooks About Science – Great Discoveries - Pasadena, CA June 4, 2007 – eBooks About Science announces the opening of a new store offering the best books about science available anywhere. The store has practical information about the environment and other applied science. This store is, however, an “egghead’s” delight with information about nuclear physics, molecular biology and quantum theory. This is trualy a bookstore for the curious because eBooks About Science covers everything form Acoustics to Zoology. This store is packed full of information about how the world works from Chaos Theory to Evolution there is something for everyone.

Philosophy and Computer Science Revisited

Soren Kierkegaard writes "While reading the two and a half year old Slashdot post on Does Philosophy have a role in Computer Science, it occurred to me that over these past few years Philosophy has a more prominent role in Computer Science then ever before. Cognitive Science and Computer Ethics are more established disciplines in universities, and the numbers of philosophy graduates double majoring in computer science and information systems are climbing. Is a merger of Philosophy, a discipline steeped in history and intelligent thought, and Computer Science, a discipline that looks to the future, the best of both worlds?"

Former Woman Astronaut Keynote Speaker at Carnival Cruise Lines Science Building...

Former Woman Astronaut Keynote Speaker at Carnival Cruise Lines Science Building Dedication MIAMI, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was issued by St. Thomas University: WHAT: Dedication of the Carnival Cruise Lines Science and Technology Building, a research-class facility and home of St. Thomas University's School of Science, Technology, and Engineering Management. The ceremony will have as keynote speaker Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman astronaut, an engineer, physician, and fierce advocate of science education, who was a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle _Endeavour_ in 1992. September 22, 2008, at 10:30 A.M. - St. Thomas University Carnival Cruise Lines Science and Technology Building, 16401 NW 37 Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL.

Organizations Urge Next President to Move Swiftly on Science Adviser and Science-Related Issues

Science Technology and Innovation : Organizations Urge Next President to Move Swiftly on Science Adviser and Science-Related Issues

Let?s Save Science! Inside the Innovation 2008 Science Policy Conference

For the past few weeks, we’ve been posting thoughts from some of the biggest names in science regarding what the next U.S. president needs to do to promote/engender/rescue science in this country. And luckily, we’re not the only ones hammering away at this issue. Last week, scientists, business leaders, and policymakers gathered in Minnesota to discuss the future of science at the Innovation 2008 Conference. Here’s a report on what went down, from guest blogger and conference participant Darlene Cavalier.

Week in science: LHC delays, bouncing DNA, and a strange dark flow in the universe

Science and politics rarely seem to be cleanly separated, and the distance between them tends to get narrower as the elections approach. As is common when a presidential administration draws to a close, some of the presidential appointees are starting to resign. This week, the heads of two major science agencies, NOAA and the NIH, announced their plans to step down. That is meant to ensure that a replacement is named early in the next administration, and an evaluation of science policy occurs in conjunction with that. For a taste of what that might entail, we covered the two major candidates' answers to questions about their positions on science-related matters.

Science in America

The BBC rounds up the influence of science on US presidents past as well and the current candidates. Science, says the article, informs presidential decision-making from energy policy, to war, to the conduction of research in the nation. Physicist Michio Kaku tells the BBC that grasping the science behind building atomic bombs could influence if or when a country goes to war. Nobel laureate Paul Nurse adds that the current stem cell research policy "is absolutely text book stuff of how not to get politics engaged with science." If you're in the UK, you can watch the report here.

More funds for science

Education and Science Minister Daniel Vulchev told journalists on Monday that an increase of the funding for science has been requested, BTA reports. Science funding currently stands at 0.4 per cent of GDP, and even if the percentage is preserved next year, there will be an increase of the amount of funding by 26 million - 27 million leva due to the increase of GDP, Vulchev said, presenting information on the projects which apply for the competitions of the Scientific Research Fund. At the meeting in Bansko, many voices were heard in support of increasing science funding as a percentage of GDP, Vulchev said. "I believe there will be consensus on that, and the Scientific Research Fund will be increased in nominal terms," he said. This year the money for the Fund is increased fourfold from previous years and totals 60 million leva.

Space science missions possible through Constellation

A new report from the National Research Council, LAUNCHING SCIENCE: SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY NASA'S CONSTELLATION PROGRAM, reviews science missions that would be uniquely suited to the new Constellation system of spacecraft being developed by NASA for human space exploration beyond low Earth orbit. The report evaluates 17 science mission concepts based on their potential to significantly advance a scientific field and therefore benefit from inclusion in the Constellation program. The report also provides preliminary cost estimates for each proposed mission and recommends which to pursue.

Conference highlights how stronger science academies can strengthen policymaking in Africa

LONDON -- Leaders of several African science academies are meeting next week at the Royal Society, the national science academy of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, to discuss how the independent, expert advice of science academies can be applied to policy and development issues in Africa. The gathering is the fourth annual conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), a multiyear effort administered by the U.S. National Academies to strengthen the capacity of African academies to deliver such advice.

Europe moves to strengthen its science and engineering labor base

The number of science graduates has been declining over most of Europe but there are no short term solutions to reverse a trend that threatens the continent's longer term prosperity and competitiveness. This established drain away from science and engineering taking place both at university level and afterwards among young researchers can only be reversed by better understanding of the forces and trends within the global S&E (science and engineering) workforce and labour market as a whole. To do this the European Science Foundation (ESF) is helping set up a research community dedicated to studying the S&E labour market, kicking off with a recent exploratory workshop, The Labour Market for Scientists and Engineers.

Wall Street's Collapse Is Computer Science's Gain

dcblogs writes "Thanks to Wall Street's implosion, the chairman of Stanford University's Computer Science Department says he is seeing more interest from students in computer science. Ditto at Boston College. Computer science enrollments crashed after the dot-com bust as students turned to hedge fund majors. And are computer science grads getting jobs? The professor at one university program that graduates about 45 students a year with CS degrees, wrote in a comment: 'Last year 87% of our seniors were employed before graduation. The median starting salary was $58,500. A majority of CIS students had multiple job offers. From where I sit, there is a huge demand for entry level IT professionals in IS and in CS.'"

Congressman Dennis Cardoza Joins 4-H to Promote Importance of Science Education

4-H and Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) will promote the importance of science education today by conducting the National Science Experiment during the Afterschool Alliance's annual "Lights On Afterschool" event in Merced, Calif. During this special celebration of afterschool programs, 4-H will recognize Rep. Cardoza for his instrumental role in supporting science education by co-sponsoring H.R. 1390, a Congressional resolution that officially designated October 8, 2008 as 4-H National Youth Science Day.

Why the Widening Gender Gap In Computer Science?

ruheling writes "From yesterday's New York Times: ' What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science?' In many US universities, over the past decade, there has been deliberate effort to integrate and encourage women and girls to get more involved in the 'hard' sciences, engineering, and math. However, instead of the proportion of women to men increasing, in Computer Science the opposite is actually true. Specifically, in 2001-2, only 28 percent of all undergraduate degrees in computer science went to women. Now many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates. What's going on here, folks?"

Science Weekly podcast: The science minister believes GM does have a future in Britain; plus KT Tunstall talks climate change

In a Science Weekly exclusive, Dr Ian Pearson, minister for science and innovation, discusses the future of GM crops in Britain. He has given the strongest backing yet that the technology could make a comeback. Dr Pearson also admits the approach taken to trials in 2005 'could have been handled better'.

Commentary: What Makes Science 'Science'?

A science educator surveyed science graduates who were teachers-in-training on their understanding of key terminology, and his findings revealed a serious problem.

Science on the 'Fringe'

Sometimes science fact is actually stranger than science fiction. As the "science guys" behind Fox television's new scientific thriller, FRINGE, Rob Chiappetta and Glen Whitman, know that better than anyone else.

Science minister backs astronauts for UK

Britain should launch an astronaut programme to inspire young people to take up science, the newly appointed science minister has told the Guardian. Dr Paul Drayson, who was appointed by Gordon Brown in his cabinet reshuffle on Friday, said the country needed large-scale "iconic" challenges to show young people that science can offer a "wonderful life".

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