ScienceDebate2008 and blog carnivals

The move­ment to have US pres­i­den­tial candidates dis­cuss Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy in a devot­ed debate has been pick­ing up steam. Date and place are sched­uled: April 18th at the Franklin Insti­tute in Philadel­phia. — cospon­sored by the AAAS, the Coun­cil on Com­pet­i­tive­ness, the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Sci­ences, the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Engi­neer­ing, and the Insti­tute of…

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Learning & The Brain: Interview with Robert Sylwester

Dr. Robert Syl­west­er is an edu­ca­tor of edu­ca­tors, hav­ing received mul­ti­ple awards dur­ing his long career as a mas­ter com­mu­ni­ca­tor of the impli­ca­tions of brain sci­ence research for edu­ca­tion and learn­ing. He is the author of sev­er­al books and many jour­nal arti­cles, and mem­ber of our Sci­en­tif­ic Advi­so­ry Board. His most recent book is The…

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Training the Brains of Fighter Pilots and Basketball Players

We are a brain fit­ness cen­ter because we want to offer the best infor­ma­tion, tools and sup­port on how to exer­cise our brains. Same way you join the gym to stay in shape and find the best machines and per­son­al train­ers. One of the “tools” or “machines” we offer was designed under the sci­en­tif­ic supervision…

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