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How state science standards stack up, according to a new report from The Fordham Institute A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute paints a grim picture of state science standards across the United States

How state science standards stack up, according to a new report from The Fordham Institute A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute paints a grim picture of state science standards across the United States.

Simply put, bottomlessly deep: that is the definition of a great discovery in science.

What is time? It begins, it ends, it s real, it s an illusion. It s the ultimate paradox.

Obama delivering his 2012 State of the Union address In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama spent less time than in years past discussing his ambitions to reform science education. He referred to his administration’s offer to let states opt out of No Child Left Behind (” … grant schools flexibility to teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test …”)

Pilot Whale wearing sound-recording tag. Credit: Daniel Ottmann; photo was taken taken as part of research conducted under permit 14241 issued by the U.S

A couple of weeks ago, Huffington Post launched its Science section . I invited Cara Santa Maria, the science correspondent at Huffington Post to tell us more about this new endeavor. Bora Zivkovic: Hello, welcome to the Scientific American blog network.

Male great bowerbird. Image by algaedoc via Flickr Male bowerbirds are virtuoso architects

Ammonite Flax Flower Glendon Mellow. Under CCL. Most people are aware that there are trends and movements in the Fine Art world, just as there are in design, fashion, music and architecture

November 1, 1755 the city of Lisbon was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake followed by a tsunami, estimated 30.000-100.000 people died.

This might sound like a flawed project, but the student defined smarter as higher scores on math and memory tests and demonstrated that tactile learners scored better while chewing gum. See first: [More]

“As any adult knows, there’s one thing that any kid can do better than any grown up: ask questions. In fact, many studies have actually shown how kids are born scientists. If you don’t believe me, watch a baby first accidentally knock something off her high chair and onto the floor.

There’s been a lot of buzz in the science blogosphere recently about the Research Works Act, a piece of legislation that’s been introduced in the U.S. that may have big impacts on open access publishing of scientific results.

Ask many scientists what they believe separates the pursuit of scientific inquiry from most everything else and you’ll get a wide range of open-ended, flowery, idealistic, and nearly altruistic, statements like ”unlock the mysteries of the world”, “the thrill of discovery”, “making a meaningful contribution to society”, or “improving people’s lives”.

2011 has been a busy year for particle physicists. They’ve found a new particle , closed in on the elusive Higgs boson , and witnessed some neutrinos acting pretty strangely, amongst other things.