Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

In early 2024, the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS) Center awarded Working Group (WG) status to the “Translational Science ...

Introduction / Ulrike Felt, Rayvon Fouché, Clark A. Miller, Laurel Smith-Doerr -- Doing, exploring, and reflecting on methods / Laurel Smith-Doerr -- STS as method / John Law -- Rethinking documents / ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Every cloud is lined, not with silver, but with science — at least from cloud expert Alexandria Johnson’s point of view. Clouds are ubiquitous. They are one of the most notable ...

Many people think of science as complete and objective. But the truth is, science continues to evolve and is full of mistakes. Since 1980, more than 40,000 scientific publications have been retracted.

The past few years have raised some hard questions about the science of well-being. How culturally biased is our conception of happiness? How much do social forces (or genetics) shape happiness, ...

When Alisa Perales was a year old she began learning her ABC’s and 123’s. By the time she was 4, she could name the capitals of the world and the bones in a human body. Now at 11 years old, she’s ...

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About 37,000 new math and science educators will be ready to teach America’s students by the year 2016, thanks to a big push by large philanthropies like Carnegie, Gates, and Helmsley, working ...

Emily Hanford’s 2022 podcast, Sold a Story, was heart-wrenching for educators. 1 Hanford confronted dedicated, well-meaning teachers of young children with a devastating reality: They had been ...

This program equips participants for thriving careers by assisting organizations locally and globally in making informed decisions through analytics. It prepares participants to adeptly handle ...