Archive for February, 2008

Computer Scientists and Journalists Look for a Common Agenda

A key question pondered by many presenters at the Computation + Journalism Symposium at Georgia Tech in Atlanta was trying to get at what the combination of those two concepts meant. Georgia Tech does not have a school of journalism, but invited speakers from many well-respected news organizations to weigh in about how they saw […]

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Sharing Scientific Wealth and Knowledge

The One Laptop Per Child logo is as bright, hopeful and open as the project itself. OLPC is laying the groundwork for a world where every child will have the opportunity to take advantage of cyber learning opportunities.
AAAS’s tag line, “Advancing science, serving society,” was evident in many presentations at their Annual Meeting in […]

Posted in Topics: Health, Science, Social Studies

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Thousands-of-years-old Coral Alive in the Deep Part of the Ocean

A Stylaster Elegans (Elegant Lace Coral by Teresa Zubi (Sept. 2005).
Anyone who has been fortunate enough to see Lace corals up close and underwater might remember their delicate form and color. Researchers from the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Stanford University, and the Scottish Association for Marine Science have discovered unexpected connections between shallow-water coral and […]

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Political Support for Global Science

The intersection of science and the human condition as a “global enterprise” was the subject of AAAS President Dr. David Baltimore’s opening address to attendees at the Annual Meeting Opening Ceremony on Feb. 14, 2008 in Boston. Baltimore is a leading biologist and a California Institute of Technology Professor of Biology who was co-recipient of […]

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AAAS Meeting to Focus on Climate Change, Health, Energy, Environment, Development, and Education

Cutting edge issues related to climate change, health, energy, the environment, development, and education are the focus of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that begins under sunny skies today in Boston Read an overview here. Audio highlights of the meeting will be available for sale here.
The Hynes Convention Center located in […]

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NSDL at AAAS This Week

It’s not too late to register for the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), set to begin tomorrow, February 14-19, in Boston. Stay tuned to the NSDL Road Reports blog for meeting highlights.
NSDL will be featured in two free conference sessions on Sunday Feb. 17 in Room 209 of […]

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