Science for the classroom and beyond
The Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA) put together a few questions for our Congressional and Presidential candidates. Senator Barack Obama has submitted his responses. Senator McCain has yet to answer. You can urge him to answer. SEA also has a comparison of the candidates’ positions.
Read moreFirst a Lab Out Loud guest, then president of James Randi Educational Foundation and now he joins the MythBusters! It’s a great time to be the Bad Astronomer. (sorry PZ, but this round goes to Phil) Catch skeptic Phil Plait help the MythBusters battle those pesky moon landing “hoaxes” on Wednesday August 27th.
Read moreThis December The Weather Channel is hosting the Forecast Earth Summit: The Weather Channel’s Forecast Earth Summit is a conference for select future environmental leaders held in Washington D.C., December 5-7, 2008. The Weather Channel will provide free trips to D.C. for 20 high school students who are passionate about the environment. Here is some information about last year’s event. […]
Read moreBill Nye is back on TV in his new show title Stuff Happens. The show airs Tuesday nights on Planet Green– a new channel from Discovery Communications dedicated to presenting programs about green, eco-friendly living. Bill gave us a preview of the show back in episode 14 of Lab Out Loud when he talked about the unintended consequences that occur […]
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Before Lab Out Loud, we did a podcast for the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers from 2006 to 2007. You can still find all the old episode below: Periodicity 52: Yahoo! Teachers (June 22, 2007) Our 52nd Episode! We celebrate a year of podcasting with an interview with Derek Baird. He talks to us about Yahoo’s soon-to-be-released service Yahoo! Teachers. […]
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