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Putting the spin on science

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 12 September, 2008 to the comment subset

If plotting computer game strategy was considered a science, would more people take more interest in high-school science? One of the reasons kids get bored by science is that too many teachers present it as a fusty collection of facts for memorization. This is precisely wrong. Science isn't about facts. It's about the quest for facts - the scientific method, the process by which we hash through confusing thickets ... Read full entry

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Travels through the old world and the new world

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 15 August, 2008 to the comment subset

Wanderlust: explore some the great journeys of exploration including Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, and the Orient Express.

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