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Student Project Aims to Land Time Capsule on Mars

Emily Briere, project mission director (A. Kotok)

23 June 2014. Students from four U.S. universities — with help from research labs, not-for-profit organizations, and companies — are building a space vehicle to propel and land a time capsule of digital files from earth on the surface of Mars. The Time Capsule to Mars . . . → Read More: Student Project Aims to Land Time Capsule on Mars

Report: Climate Consensus Solid, Sudden Damage Risk Real

(USGS.gov)

18 March 2014. A new report from American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) underscores the the near-unanimous consensus by scientists that human-caused climate change is happening, and the risks of abrupt and unpredictable damage are increasing. A panel of 10 climate scientists, with partners in the business community, issued the . . . → Read More: Report: Climate Consensus Solid, Sudden Damage Risk Real

Alan Alda to Scientists: “Tell Me a Story”

(A. Kotok/Flickr)

16 February 2014. Alan Alda told scientists and colleagues that researchers need to change the way they communicate with non-scientists, to emphasize the stories behind their work, and in personal terms. The award-winning actor, writer, and director gave these words of advice at yesterday’s plenary session of the American Association for the . . . → Read More: Alan Alda to Scientists: “Tell Me a Story”

Golden Goose Highlights Bipartisan Support for Basic Science

Larry Smarr (Calit2.net)

15 February 2014. Research on black holes in space by a University of Illinois physicist led to development of an early Web browser on which much of today’s browsers are based. That physicist, Larry Smarr, now at University of California in San Diego, is the first 2014 winner of the Golden . . . → Read More: Golden Goose Highlights Bipartisan Support for Basic Science

Science-Based Enterprises: Great Ideas Beat Venture Capital

Han Cao (A. Kotok)

14 February 2014. Three entrepreneurs starting companies based on science described how they got their businesses off the ground, with ground-breaking science in many cases more important than a large stash of venture capital. San Diego entrepreneurs John Newsam, Irwin Jacobs, and Han Cao told of their start-up business . . . → Read More: Science-Based Enterprises: Great Ideas Beat Venture Capital

AAAS Pres: Science Drives Innovation, Economic Growth

Phillip Sharp (A. Kotok)

13 February 2014. Phillip Sharp, professor of molecular biology at MIT and president of American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), underscored the tight connection between scientific advancement, entrepreneurship, and economic growth, in the opening plenary session of the AAAS annual conference in Chicago.

Sharp described the way scientific . . . → Read More: AAAS Pres: Science Drives Innovation, Economic Growth

Report: PCORI Needs More Focus on Effectiveness Research

Joe Selby, Executive Director, PCORI (A. Kotok)

24 January 2014. A report released today by Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C., calls for the organization formed to study comparative effectiveness of treatment options to focus more on the research for which it was created. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research . . . → Read More: Report: PCORI Needs More Focus on Effectiveness Research