Uncertainty in science? Is that normal? Of course it is, and researchers can typically quantify the degree of certainty they hold in their conclusions. For example, a research report might read, “Our data analysis indicates with 95% certainty that X is causing Y.” But some research results are not so linear and one-dimensional as […]

Looking for another opportunity to integrate math and science? How two researchers applied game theory to explain the coevolution of microbes and humans and to predict some “pretty bad epidemics” in our biological future was the subject of a story in ScienceDaily, October 20, 2007. The original model by microbiologist Martin J. Blaser […]

Science Daily reported on Sunday, October 14, that a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit Israel. This would be hardly worth noting except that two similar earthquakes have been recently recorded in the same area. According to the article, “such seismic activity appears to indicate a more disastrous quake is imminent.” Two scientists recounted the history of […]

A man is driving down a country road, when he spots a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at nothing. The man gets out of the car, […]

We’re ever thankful when our students come to school with freshly brushed teeth, but could there be a circumstance under which you would suggest your students not use toothpaste? In May of this year, BBC News reported that the Chinese government was investigating charges that toothpaste containing diethylene glycol, also known as antifreeze, had been […]