Science

At WH science fair, Obama lauds students for helping America "win the future"

At a White House-sponsored science fair on Tuesday, President Obama lauded participating students for their excellence in fields like science, math and technology, and emphasizing his belief that it's equally important to recognize students with ...

35 min -39 sec ago on CBS News | preview

White House Science Fair: Recognizing the Importance of Scientists, Engineers, and Inventors

[Editor’s note: Tune in to http://wh.gov/live this morning to check out President Obama's visit to today’s White House Science Fair starting at 10:35 a.m. EST. You can also ask your questions of Bill Nye this afternoon during a special White ...

37 min -19 sec ago on Whitehouse.gov (press release) | preview

LA’s tech scene gets a shot in the arm from Science, the newest incubator

The hustling Los Angeles tech scene is revolving around a new center these days: an incubator called Science. It started just a couple months ago and is the work of former MySpace CEO Mike Jones and Color co-founder Peter Pham. We took some ...

9 min 6 sec ago on Venturebeat.com | preview

Obama calls for more funding to boost science education

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success. Obama said his upcoming budget proposal ...

28 min -10 sec ago on msnbc.com | preview

Where Art And Science Meet, Exactly

The intersection of art and science gets a lot of ink these days, for good reason. Art can help us relate to and understand science. In a culture saturated with the fruits and poisons of science, we often struggle to understand its meaning for us.

42 min 9 sec ago on NPR News | preview

Science talk on Elwha River recovery by George Pess

George Pess at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle is one of the most experienced scientists at work on the Elwha River restoration effort -- with more than a decade of field work under his belt leading baseline monitoring work ...

54 min 14 sec ago on Seattle Times | preview

Obama plays with robots, flying marshmallows at White House Science Fair

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a president who promotes technology at every opportunity, Barack Obama often strikes an awed, self-effacing pose in the presence of technicians, scientists and high tech machinery. “If I’m nodding, you should just assume that ...

57 min ago on Chicago Sun-Times | preview

NASA Chief Joins President Obama at White House Science Fair

Top NASA officials, including space agency chief Charles Bolden, joined President Barack Obama today (Feb. 7) to welcome students from across the country to the second annual White House Science Fair. Bolden and other senior space agency officials attended ...

10 min 8 sec ago on Space News | preview

Scripps Research alumnus wins International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge

The competition, co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, is designed to celebrate and encourage the visual communication of science for education and journalistic purposes. This year, 212 entries were ...

40 min 0 sec ago on PhysOrg | preview

White House and Universities Pledge Greater Effort to Retain Science Students

The Obama administration puts its stamp Tuesday on a strategy to boost the nation's numbers of science and engineering graduates by working harder to retain those already in the college pipeline. Increasing the retention of students majoring in science ...

1 hr 28 min ago on The Chronicle of Higher Education | preview