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Writing Science Poetry

Science poetry or scientific poetry is a specialized poetic genre that makes use of science as its subject. Written by scientists and nonscientists, science poets are generally avid readers and appreciators of science and "science matters." Science po
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Program for Astronomy Education and Research builds radio-telescopes

It all began with an article in the amateur radio magazine QST. Larry D. Barr, Tarleton's Planetarium manager, showed the article to Dr. Shaukat Goderya, director of the Program for Astronomy Education and Research.

Elite B-Schools Keep on Building

The Yale School of Management crams students and faculty into 19th-century homes and former astronomy buildings linked by a rabbit warren of basements in New Haven. It's a far cry from the 40-acre Boston-riverfront campus housing Harvard Business School, which has a chapel, a health club, and its own art collection.

B-school building boom becomes arms race

Yale University's School of Management, which aspires to be among the world's best business schools, crams its students and faculty into 19th-century homes and former astronomy buildings linked by a rabbit warren of basements.

5 big-budget sci-fi films that actually got their science right

Phil Plait is an astronomer and major sci-fi geek. He writes the Bad Astronomy Blog for Discover Magazine and is also the host of the Discovery Channel's science show "Phil Plait's Bad Universe." You can follow him on Twitter at @BadAstronomer . My old friends know better than to go see movies with me. Sure, I always yell at the screen when a movie spaceship make a "whooshing" noise when it ...

Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave

An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope reports a significant brightening of the emissions from Supernova 1987A. The results, which appear in this week's Science magazine, are consistent with theoretical predictions about how supernovae interact with their immediate galactic environment.The team observed the supernova remnant in optical, ultraviolet, and near ...

Real Life Intrigue Equals Stieg Larsson's Plots

The first American version of the film "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is getting a lot of hype and it's not even opening until December 2011. It's no wonder. Stieg Larsson's immensely successful Millennium trilogy soared to the top of the best-seller lists.

The Best American Science Writing 2010 [Book and Media Reviews]

JAMA. 2010;304(9):1016-1017. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1269 The science presented in this anthology ranges from the vast (astronomy) to the tiny (grains of sand) to the infinitesimally small (recombinant DNA). As is customary with these kinds of compilations, Darwin gets his due.

Coming attractions: A short list of the campus's enticing fall events

This semester's rich range of cultural offerings at UC Berkeley includes a daylong cornucopia of free arts performances Sept. 26. It also holds appearances by violin virtuoso Christian Tetzlaff, the much-loved Mark Morris Dance Group, director Peter Greenaway, and bestselling writer David Sheff.

Astronomer to discuss space and spirituality Sept. 2 at St. Peter’s in Lewes

The public is invited to join an inspiring, illustrated tour of the universe from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, led by astronomer James Mullaney, which vividly portrays the awesome power, beauty and order of the cosmos.

Interview: Retro/Grade

Serge Santiago and Tom Neville are Retro/Grade. Neither is one or the other, together they are both. They are today’s italo-disco; a sound with its origins rooted in early 1980’s Germany and its technique mastered by modern day producers.