A month ago, I spoke of DSN’s new pathway for dialogue about the oceans and ocean science. We have committed to demystifying and humanizing science…
View More Direct from the bench and the trench: a DSN core valueTag: Funding
NSF Ideas Lab on Advancing and Visualizing the Tree of Life
I finally made it to Lake Placid. Yes, after a 6 hour drive drinking iced coffee and belting out some Gaga, I’m super excited to…
View More NSF Ideas Lab on Advancing and Visualizing the Tree of LifeWhy is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?
Just a few months ago in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for more science education. As always, this is desperately needed…
View More Why is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?Scripps library update
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Scripps library being closed due to budget problems. Nothing’s changed with the budget situation, but many people…
View More Scripps library updateNPR’s oil spill Hat Trick
Once again this week, NPR was subtly poking us all with a stick—“Hey, remember that oil spill that happened last year?” I love NPR. ‘Fog…
View More NPR’s oil spill Hat TrickBudget problems may force Scripps oceanography library to close
California is broke, largely thanks to incompetent stewardship and Proposition 13, which limits the amount of income the state can bring in from property taxes.…
View More Budget problems may force Scripps oceanography library to closeJust $139
That is all we need to fund another project. Invertebrates in My Tank requires just $139 to fully fund a Texas 5th grade Gifted and Talented…
View More Just $139Nobody plays music like this anymore
Here it is Saturday at 5pm and we still are short of our goal to fund these projects. I warned people that Kevin and I…
View More Nobody plays music like this anymoreI warned you
In the past 36 hours there were no donations in our Donor’s Choose challenge. We are still well below our target with 5 classrooms to…
View More I warned youOceans in the Classroom Initiative
A lot of progress made since we started this challenge just over a week ago. Ocean Bloggers (Southern Fried Science, Blogfish, Oyster’s Garter, Echinoblog,Cephalopodcast, Drop In, The New Blue, The Right…
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