Articles by Scott Kassel
I could write something snarky about the blatant anti-intellectualism displayed by the outgoing administration for the last 8 years, but I’m going to resist and remain hopeful that we are turning a corner and moving …
CNN cut its science and technology news staff last week and The Weather Channel canceled their climate change program Forecast Earth during NBC’s ‘Green Week.’ (NBC purchased TWC this summer.) I honestly don’t know what …
It’s a couple of weeks old, but you all know I’m behind.
Many students don’t even want a college e-mail address these days because they already have well-established digital identities before they arrive on campus. That’s …
Have at it!
If, as the ASA says, the public believes materials can be “100% chemical free,” the RSC will soon be inundated with examples from people wishing to claim the £1 million pound bounty announced …
Citigroup is keeping their $400 million naming rights deal for the new Mets ballpark, Citi Field.
You might have missed the news because it came on Friday, but Citigroup announced it was not planning to back …
Wired.com has quick Q & A piece with Richard Muller, author of the book Physics for Future Presidents, and a physicist at UC Berkely and LBL. The questions focus on terrorism, space exploration, and global warming.
Physics …
Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA) prepared fourteen questions on science and technology policy for the 2008 presidential candidates:
4. Education. A comparison of 15-year-olds in 30 wealthy nations found that average science scores among U.S. …
Not to belabor the point but…
Now, this is no group of sycophants, these are some of the greatest minds of our nation, so it is really impossible to view this as some sort of partisan …
If you want to see who other scientists are voting for and why, check out the current crop of vids including Nobel laureate Marty Chalfie.
Scientists and Engineers for America Action Fund and ScienceBlogs …
I don’t think I have seen such a thoughtful and balanced opinion regarding two presidential candidates. It’s well worth the seven minutes to watch. Remember, Powell is a conservative and was Bush’s Secretary of State …
I’ve been hesitant to post anything political here, but I couldn’t resist in this case as it does reflect the anti-intellectualism displayed during the current ‘regime’ and what we can most likely expect if they …
A table of completed assignments is available on the wiki. Please don’t wait until the last minute to complete your assignments. Nicole and I are available for help both subject wise and in getting your …
I’m still looking for suggestions for this website now that we’ve been up and running for a couple of months. My goal is to make it as functional as possible without cluttering it up. A …
Is it a problem that 9 of the top 20 software titles for September (in terms of total sales) for PC’s are antivirus/antispyware? Or am I just being a smug, uh, non-windows user? And is …
You wanted it and here it is! Micah Collins (aka Wing Kong) and his baked bean eating world record. When there is something available for Steakbellie and his haggis eating world record, I’ll add it!
Update …
I’m not sure what concerns me more, the actual reporting or the image of a nuclear power plant with radiation symbol being used for a story about a plume of fuming sulfuric acid released from …
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien for their discovery of the green fluorescent protein.
Since 1962, when the protein was first discovered, it has developed into one of the most imperative tools used in …
