Next Generation Science Standards
On September 21, 2011, Stephen Pruitt from Achieve, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of government and corporate leaders dedicated to raising education standards, spoke at the Academy’s Next Generation Science and Engineering [...]
Micronutrients without Borders
This special podcast looks at the problem of folic acid delivery to women in the developing world, an issue the Academy’s first annual Scientists Without Borders Nutrition Prize looked to [...]
Wonders of the Universe Podcast
Physicist Brian Cox talks about his new TV show “Wonders of the Universe” and the future of physics as the search for the Higgs Boson heats up at CERN’s Large [...]
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
On March 21, 2011, Science & the City and the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science hosted Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO, as he unveiled Modernist Cuisine: the Art and Science [...]
Spring Chemistry: The Chemistry Behind Cleaning, Clothes and Color!
So old man winter has finally retired home for the season and spring is officially in session. That means three things: spring cleaning, digging out the spring clothing from the [...]
Cardiac Modeling: Dynamic Imaging
While there is a lot that can be learned from looking at single-cell models, there are dynamics that can only be seen at higher dimensions. One example is the development [...]
Climate Change: From Scary to Science
As an informal science educator, I have the opportunity to teach content that isn’t so easily covered in a traditional classroom setting. These include topics that may be new, abstract, [...]
Telescopes, Shamrocks, and Gases
April 15, 2011 Kitt Peak with Jackie Faherty, Astronomer from AMNH 8:05pm Dome home, paddle the telescope, dome and telescope disjoint behavior… doing a little adjustment.. .going to set [...]
Cheese Burger Chemistry
Module 5: Cheeseburger Chemistry: Burgers Module 5 in our series discusses arguably the most important part of the cheese burger: the hamburger itself. In addition to diving into the historic [...]
Advice for Chancellor Wolcott
Dennis Wolcott has been appointed as the new NYC Chancellor of Education. Should he establish science education as a priority in the months ahead? If so, in what direction should [...]
