Friday, October 8, 2010

Computer science



Computer science is marginalized — Joanne Jacobs
By Joanne
K–12 schools don't teach students "the fundamental computer science knowledge and skills they need for future success," argues Running on Empty: The Failure to Teach K-12 Computer Science in the Digital Age, a report by the Association ...
Joanne Jacobs - http://www.joannejacobs.com/
NASA Moves Ahead With Robotic Plane to Take Mars Exploration to ...
By Clay Dillow
When you combine the needs of the science mission with the constraints of earth-launch, Martian entry, the limited payload/space in the launch vehicle, and the very difficult physics of flight on Mars, only one feasible solution emerges ...
Popular Science - Technology - http://www.popsci.com/taxonomy/term/3/0
Opinion: science should be protected from the cuts
By Ed Long
Science in this country, however, is under threat. Although we hoped to have seen greater investment in research under the Labour government, former Science Minister Lord Drayson did at least manage to maintain reasonable levels of ...
Liberal Democrat Voice - http://www.libdemvoice.org/
Nerds, rise up! Science cuts protest tomorrow – Bad Science
By Ben Goldacre
Thanks to Vince Cable's bizarre and incorrect claims about the quality of UK science (45% not excellent, apparently), and various coalition mutterings, it looks like we are heading for significant cuts in science and research funding. ...
Bad Science - http://www.badscience.net/
WIN: new BBC guidelines say science news stories must link to the ...
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/10/08/bbc-new-linking-guidelines-issued-science-journals-mentioned/. Nice to see some good sense coming out of the BBC, I hope other news organisations will follow. dr ben goldacre ben@goldacre.net ...
bengoldacre - http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/