Monday, December 31, 2012

20% of Scientists are Crooks

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At university in both "Introduction to Criminology" and the "Senior Seminar in Criminolgy", our professor, Liqun Cao,...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

From Texas to the Moon with John Leonard Riddell

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John Leonard Riddell was the first working scientist to publish a science fiction story,  Orrin Lindsay’s Plan of Aerial Navigation, with a...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Fantastic Voyages: Teaching Science with Science Fiction

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Fantastic Voyages: Learning Science Through Science Fiction Films, Leroy Dubeck, Suzanne E. Moshier, Judith E. Boss, (Springer, AIP Press,...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Merry Newtonmas 2012

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Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642.   Sworn as a justice of the peace, while Master and Warden of the Mint, Sir Isaac Newton ci...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Open Secrets

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A popular TED Talks from Johanna Blakley ( view here ), showed that revenues in the fashion industry where intellectual property rights are ...
Monday, December 3, 2012

Redshirts: Expendable in Fiction and Fact

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As a security guard, I found Redshirts by John Scalzi (Tom Doherty Association, 2012), at once intriguing, humorous, insightful, and di...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

BioBash Austin Winter 2012

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Dr. Matt Winkler Dr. Paul Lammers The Austin Chamber’s BioAustin Winter BioBash was held on November 28 at the Driskill Hotel.   Ab...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Where All the Children are Above Average: Advocating for the Gifted

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If the Flynn Effect is valid, then public education as we have known it must change – and probably changed already. Identifying the problem...