Language has the power to analyze experience into theoretically dissociable elements and to create that world of the potential integrating with the actual which enables human beings to transcend the immediately given in their individual experiences and to join in a larger common understanding. Edward Sapir Scientific discovery is worth little if it is not […]
Continue reading →Some months ago, I wrote a post on multitasking teens. A recent article from the New York Times points to some new research on enhancing concentration through the use of visual stimuli, much like the stimuli we receive from a television. When something bright or novel flashes, it tends to automatically win the competition for […]
Continue reading →A Memorial Day trip to Dallas included a visit to the Dallas Museum of Art to see an exhibit by On Kawara. On Kawara is probably most famous for his paintings of dates of significant events. (Warning: for the faint of art, Kawara is about as modern as you can get. In the art world it […]
Continue reading →In this day and age, it seems we expect medical and high tech innovations to come from academic or industry research laboratories. John Kanzius is a great example of backyard science and how innovation can happen when disciplines cross. His story has already been reported at Popular Science. While no formally trained as an engineer […]
Continue reading →High school biology teachers, take note! This story from the New York Times is a great wrap up to the year. To really appreciate the “gross” factor, your students will need to know a little cell and/or cancer biology. Laboratory mouse stem cells are usually grown in a petri dish, constantly bathed in a nutrient […]
Continue reading →This isn’t exactly a convergence topic, but the science is just too cool to miss…from the BBC website: Scientists are to sail to the mid-Atlantic to examine a massive “open wound” on the Earth’s surface. Dr Chris MacLeod, from Cardiff University, said the Earth’s crust appeared to be missing across an area of several thousand […]
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