Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
"Let's be clear, there's no such thing as "alternative facts." The same fact can be used by different people to support alternative opinions, but the facts don't change. Different people can use the same facts to emphasize alternative ideas or to inform different theories, but the facts remain the same. Facts are non-partisan. Facts alone are neutral. It's what we do with them that becomes controversial. That said, there's a not so old saying that goes "we are drowning in information, but starving for knowledge." (Note: the fact that this saying is attributed to at least 5 different people when I do a quick search for the author is an irony that has not escaped me, but I digress). These days, getting answers to your questions is just about the easiest thing in the world. Getting the right answer is more challenging. Librarians (and Neil Gaiman) have known this for years, but one thing is certain, in the information age, discerning fact from fiction is THE "21st century skill."
Today's graphic looks at science in general, rather than just chemistry. It's in a similar vein to the Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science posted last...
El chino Jian-Wei Pan estudió los secretos del teletransporte cuántico sin cables en el laboratorio del austríaco Anton Zeilinger. El 8 de agosto de 2012 publicó en Nature su récord de 92 km de dis…
The World Health Organisation has declared processed meats, including bacon, a class 1 carcinogen – but the data has been met with some criticism.
Genetics is far more than the letters in your textbook. A former high school aims to bring some fun to learning about your DNA.
Animals, plants, and fungi are eukaryotes, and in eukaryotic cells, the genetic material is held in the nucleus, and structures called organelles perform v
150 years ago, states started making homeschooling illegal. It wasn't until the 90's it became completely legal again. Today, it is the fastest-growing form of education in the country.
The satellite that would catch stardust, China's new aircraft carrier and a canoe made using origami
Ontology refers to the study of everything that exists in the Universe. In other words, it asks the question "What kind of things exist?"
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg says current debates in quantum mechanics need a new approach to comprehend reality.
Researchers studying interventions for adolescents and young adults with autism are reporting today that there is insufficient evidence to support findings, good or bad, for the therapies currently used.
The abandoned Chernobyl exclusion zone could be about to change for the first time since the world's worst nuclear disaster.
A new genetic analysis could upend assumptions about the origins of Indo-European languages.
Source: The Asimov Institute With new neural network architectures popping up every now and then, it’s hard to keep track of them all. Knowing all the abbreviations being thrown around (DCIGN, BiLSTM, DCGAN, anyone?) can be a bit overwhelming at first. So … Continue reading →
The satellite that would catch stardust, China's new aircraft carrier and a canoe made using origami
You hear the term contribution almost as soon as you enrol in the PhD. It’s something you wrestle with as you write your research proposal – you need to convince your chosen institution that …
A particular bodily fluid featured in the political news earlier this week, which got me thinking about the chemical causes behind the colours of...
Here are some of the biggest and baddest sinkholes in the world.
And why women are 'better at remembering a conversation'
SCIENCE A new study of ancient ash suggests the “sleeping giant” could develop the conditions needed to blow in a span of mere decades. (Nat Geo News) What is the Yellowstone supervolcano? Use our …
Fake News and K-12 Information Literacy: Following the November 2016 Presidential election, there was great concern about fake news on Facebook and in Google searches. And then, in what seemed to be perfect timing, a Stanford group released the study "Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning" on November 22, 2016. The report conducted by Stanford History Education
40 Jahre, nach der Ortung eines bislang unerklärten Signal aus dem All haben Astronomen die Quelle des sog. "Wow!"-Signals gefunden.
Amazing Historical and Interesting Pictures.
This week I'm sharing a packet of materials on using and making dichotomous keys. You'll find a page of informational text, directions for using a key, directions for making a key, and two different student worksheets. Here's a sneak peak at the contents. Download Dichotomous Keys. I hope you get a chance to use these in your home or classroom. Please let me know if you try these and how you like them! **Updated January 2019. Please note that in the updated version the Blue-footed Booby has been replaced with another animal.
Nitrogen oxides have been in the news due to the ongoing Volkswagen scandal, so here's a brief guide to the differences between each of them!
A list of fantastic web sites with current events and news for kids that are age appropriate, high interest, and engaging.
