By Andrew Kreighbaum. Science advocacy groups seek to make facts on research clear as Department of Health and Human Services conducts comprehensive review of research following pressure from conservatives. More...
Trump Administration Scrutinizes Fetal Tissue Research
Learning Sciences and Brain Research

The site is still pretty new (I could not resist joining the 'Brain Club' despite the details not yet being available) and the forum only has thirty or so message in it, but this initiative, sponsored by the OECD, looks like it has potential. More...
Jack Hulland Space Mission

I wish they had had this stuff when I was a kid. Heck, I want to experience this now! But I had to be satisfied with my scale model of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM). Anyhow, the reason I like things like this is that they're immersive - they're a whole-body experience that completely occupies the mind. More...
What’s the best way to teach science?
Education experts have spent the last 50 years debating over a seemingly simple question: what’s the best way to teach science? On one side of the divide are those who support self-guided, enquiry-based approaches, under which students direct their own learning. On the other are proponents of teacher-directed instruction, who say this approach makes it easier for teachers to manage classrooms and cover a wider range of content. More...
Phénomènes physiques fascinants à découvrir à plusieurs
Nous sommes entourés de phénomènes, certains évidents comme du métal attiré par un aimant, de la lumière déviée par un prisme ou une toupie en équilibre, d’autres sont plus subtils comme un tissu chargé d‘électricité statique qui se colle à une surface ou du sel qui fait fondre la neige. Plus...
La science, là où on ne l'attend pas
La science fascine, elle intrigue, elle attire toutes générations confondues. Mais elle intimide aussi. Les barrières à l’entrée et les prérequis semblent insurmontables, et la distance avec nos vies quotidiennes parait infranchissable. À tel point que les citoyens s’éloignent parfois et préfèrent échanger des savoirs informels et approximatifs. Plus...
Les groupements scientifiques en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Atterrissage réussi de la mission InSight sur Mars

Flexible crystals wins top science prize (Advocate 25 03)

Science2Society publishes Policy Brief and guides to support innovation learning
Now you can freely access the S2S Policy brief and Blueprints: a wealth of information to support the ongoing innovation learning process. Their blueprints are step-by-step guides for setting up a UIS interaction mechanism in the field of Open Innovation. More...