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Modern Science: July 2009

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Professional Ethics in Astronomy. Reposted in its entirety from an AAS email. The AAS has drafted a statement on professional ethics on June 7, 2009 (see below). AAS members are asked to login to the AAS Forum at. Http:/ forums.aas.org/. And provide comments. The comments will appear online after a moderator has approved them. AAS Statement on Professional Ethics:. It is also incumbent on senior members of our society to inform more junior members of these ...

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Modern Science: July 2011

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. FY 2012 Congressional budget axes the James Webb Space Telescope. Bad Astronomy (Phil Plait)'s post on the subject. House Committee on Appropriations post on the subject. Write your own letter to Congress. Site via the National Education Association, but you'll be writing your own content and can opt out of sending a copy to the NEA or getting on their email lists). Model letter on the subject. Thank you for your time reading this letter. Once again, I ...

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Modern Science: January 2012

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Applying to Grad School. I haven't posted here in quite some time. I've been spending more time on my LJ and Twitter accounts (try this same username both places), and works' been pretty draining for the past year. But I wanted to post that I'm applying to return to graduate school for my PhD in either physics or astronomy, with research focusing on physics education research (PER) or astronomy education research (AER), respectively. Links to this post.

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Modern Science: October 2009

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. This is why we have SI. I have a bottle of a nasal spray that I'm using for allergies, and it says on the label that each spray delivers "50 mcg" of the drug. What in the world is a "mcg"? Do you think they mean μg (microgram), which is 10. Grams, or in SI units a single spray would be delivering 5*10. Kg of drug, or do you think they mean m-c-g (milli-centi-grams), which would be 10. Grams, or in SI units a single spray would be delivering 5*10.

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Modern Science: February 2009

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Windmill saves ski resort $450k/year. Just don't tell the bats - the action of the turbine results in extremely low pressure air behind the turbine, which then results in internal bleeding. Shame that every improvement in one field leads to a problem in another. Time will tell whether the net good outweighs the net bad. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Windmill saves ski resort $450k/year. Earth and Sky Radio Show.

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Modern Science: April 2009

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Training the Next Generation of Astronomers". An interesting article on how future astronomers are being trained, this article. Makes a few key points on the current process. (Full text available for free via the download links.). A large portion of the paper is also dedicated to the family unfriendliness of academia, making the point that this doesn't hurt only women, but also those men who wish to play a larger role in their families. Links to this post.

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Modern Science: June 2009

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. The Ethics of a Mars Mission. Missions on the ISS and such are already seriously pushing the boundaries on this one IMO (does the screening of astronauts beforehand allow NASA to get around the ethics board? Or is NASA not subject to an ethics board? How much more questionable in terms of withdrawing consent is a round trip to Mars? What about a colonization trip? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Modern Science: Professional Ethics in Astronomy

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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Professional Ethics in Astronomy. Reposted in its entirety from an AAS email. The AAS has drafted a statement on professional ethics on June 7, 2009 (see below). AAS members are asked to login to the AAS Forum at. Http:/ forums.aas.org/. And provide comments. The comments will appear online after a moderator has approved them. AAS Statement on Professional Ethics:. It is also incumbent on senior members of our society to inform more junior members of these ...