News articles tagged with 'science'
After 25 years, sustainability is a growing science that's here to stay
— 22 Nov 2011 16:44 | EnvironmentSustainability has not only become a science in the past 25 years, but it is one that continues to be fast-growing with widespread international collaboration, broad disciplinary composition…
Are we really communicating uncertain climate risks?
— 1 Apr 2011 15:36 | EnvironmentExplaining climate change risk to non-scientists - citizens and politicians - has not been as effective as it should be, according to a new collaborative research paper published in…
Video skilled the students so far
— 29 Mar 2011 17:22 | TechnologyMaking a video about a scientific experiment rather than writing up a presentation poster leads to better learning and clearer understanding of the concepts underpinning the experiment…
Open-source software designed to minimise synthetic biology risks
— 21 Mar 2011 16:37 | TechnologyA software package designed to minimise the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defence and security is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic…
Scientists warn against stifling effect of widespread patenting in stem cell field
— 17 Feb 2011 17:42 | HealthIn an opinion piece published Feb. 10 in the journal Science, a team of scholars led by a Johns Hopkins bioethicist urges the scientific community to act collectively to stem the negative…
Attraction by design: U of A researchers pique girls' interest in computing science
— 10 Feb 2011 19:52 | TechnologyA joint research project between the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and the Department of Computing Science has found that, for high-school girls, the fun is in making…
Soil science: Healing our planet's ills from the ground up
— 10 Feb 2011 19:28 | EnvironmentUnder our feet and ubiquitous, lowly soil can be easily overlooked when it comes to addressing climate change and population growth. But in the January-February issue of the Soil Science…
High school biology teachers reluctant to endorse evolution in class
— 28 Jan 2011 17:18 | BiologyThe majority of public high school biology teachers are not strong classroom advocates of evolutionary biology, despite 40 years of court cases that have ruled teaching creationism…
Should our biggest climate change fear be fear itself?
— 6 Nov 2010 16:24 | EnvironmentFrom apocalyptic forecasting to estimates of mass extinctions, climate change is a topic which is filled with fearful predictions for the future. In his latest research, published in…
Women's choices, not abilities, keep them out of math-intensive fields
— 27 Oct 2010 10:47 | HealthThe question of why women are so underrepresented in math-intensive fields is a controversial one. In 2005, Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard University, set off a storm of…