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How to find your Mr or Mrs Right, what is the loan prime rate and how is it different from a fixed rate mortgage, what is COVID-19, and where exactly are all the aliens? Everything seems to be covered in Li's short videos on the Xigua video app. With more than 11 million followers, the 37-year-old, who has been teaching physics for 11 years at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China in Beijing, delves into theories behind hot issues with a skeptical eye and a sense of humor. … [Read more...] about Science teacher wins fame, acclaim with online videos

Deborah Cornelison is happy to see that American society has started placing a higher value on science education. In the past decade, government officials, business leaders, and educators have argued that training in science, technology, engineering, and math must be a national priority—because it can help students land jobs with international giants like Google or Tesla and join the global economy. Yet references to global economic competition, Cornelison told me, often fall flat in rural communities, such as her hometown of Ada, Oklahoma. Some rural students don’t want to leave their small towns, which many of them view with deep pride and a sense of belonging. … [Read more...] about Teaching Kids to Love Science

Add to that a projection of the sky on the dome for a special day in history, such as the day of the birth of a child, Tobin said. Chabot can do such a thing and it’s one of the items up for bid. … [Read more...] about Chabot Space & Science Center Holds Second Pandemic Auction

"It is our responsibility to inspire talent and find ways to catalyse innovation across our country. NSF has a proven record in this area; that includes program and its emphasis on broadening participation is an example of NSF's forward thinking," he said. … [Read more...] about Indian American heads top US science funding body

"I think they (we) might all be too far away from one another in space and possibly time. By complex, I'm presuming you mean life other than single-celled organisms. Life with legs, arms, thoughts, etc. It's all about our capacity to travel interstellar distances. And that's surely not happening in the next 50 years. Not the rate things are going today," he wrote back. … [Read more...] about The Future of Science: What Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks About Aliens, Elon Musk and Traveling to Mars