Array of hope: science the winner as rivals share prize - Sydney Morning Herald
26 May 2012, 9:08 am
IT WILL be a team effort of cosmic discovery. Australia’s role will be to rapidly survey the heavens, looking back to the dawn of time, and fathoming the mysterious dark energy and dark matter that fills the universe. South Africa’s role will be to ...

The science Guy Urges RIT Grads To Change The World - 13 WHAM
26 May 2012, 6:45 am
Henrietta, N.Y. -- Former television personality Bill Nye, known to many as The science Guy, addressed RIT's Class of 2012 on Friday. Nye cracked jokes and shared his experiences as an engineering student. But the main theme of his commencement address was ...

Alan Alda: Fired up about science - Newsday
26 May 2012, 5:47 am
Lately I've spent a lot of time trying to help scientists explain in simple words what it is they do. Why in the world, you might wonder, should a nonscientific person worry about a thing like that? There are two pretty good reasons. For one ...

Lighting science Group Launches Its High-Performance Forefront™ Site and Area LED Lighting Product Line - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 11:35 pm
SATELLITE BEACH, Fla., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Matching commercial demand with sustainable LED lighting design, Lighting science Group (LSCG.OB) announced today the launch of its Forefront™ product line. A full family of architectural ...

Lighting science Group Ushers In The Light Ages With Advanced LED Lighting Intelligence, Control And Design - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 8:29 pm
New Definity® Motion Activated PAR 30 Wins Top LIGHTFAIR Innovation Award; 4" Glimpse™ LED Downlight Wins Next Generation Luminaires SSL Competition SATELLITE BEACH, Fla., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lighting science Group (LSCG.OB), one of ...

How good is the civil service at putting the science into government? - The Guardian
25 May 2012, 5:06 am
Britain is one of the top five research nations in the world, alongside China, Germany, Japan and the US. In fact, our scientists are actually the most productive of the lot. Scientists around the world may talk about British science, but is it ...

What-If and What-Is: The Role of Speculation in science - New York Times
24 May 2012, 9:35 pm
Woody Allen once said that when you do comedy, you sit at the children’s table. The same might be said of speculation in science. Get science News From The New York Times » And yet speculation is an essential part of science. So how does it fit in?

For Google science Fair finalist, the sound of rain switched on a light - The Vancouver Sun
24 May 2012, 8:37 pm
VANCOUVER -- Isaac Newton had his apple, for Raymond Wang it was the sound of rain hitting the roof that switched on a light in his mind. “I was going to bed one night trying to think of a science project and I could hear the sound of rain ...

Accusations that climate science is money-driven reveal ignorance of how science is done - Ars Technica
24 May 2012, 3:51 pm
One of the unfortunate memes that has made repeated appearances in the climate debate is that money isn't just influencing the public debate about science, but it's also influencing the science itself. The government, the argument goes, is ...

science And Math Classes More Popular Among High School Students, Report Says - Huffington Post
24 May 2012, 12:38 pm
MIAMI -- More high school students are enrolling in math and science classes and seeking online learning opportunities. Fewer want or are able to find jobs while in school. Those are just some of the changes under way at the nation's high ...