Religion News in Brief (2016/11/04)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Conatus News/Uncommon Ground Media Inc.
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2016/11/04
Times when US presidents ‘banished’ science
The Atlantic reflected on the time the differences in American presidents and their advocacy, or lack thereof, of science in the political sphere for an impact of US public life.
Harry Truman used to confide in William T. Golden. Golden made a recommendation for an official science advisor to the president in 1950, which was a fortuitous move for science.
However, in “1973, Richard Nixon” had “grown increasingly dismissive of the advice
coming from scientific experts, and…abolished the position entirely.”
“Geeking Out for Science”
According to Scientific American, the GeekGirlCon occurred from October 8-9 with representation of science for kids, so that they could “explore the world of science and engineering with creativity and hands-on fun.”
Some dressed up in the event. It was aimed to inspire girls to become interested in science. The purpose is the need for future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates.
The future economy and jobs market is, as is becoming apparent to more and more, a
knowledge economy. Events like this support those endeavours. The National Science Foundations in the US created a competition for high school students interested in STEM.
Bones into Jelly!
Science Magazine notes that 10,000 years ago in the Stone Age, in other words our ancestors, hunter-gatherers actually built houses, hunted, and conducted shamanic rituals out in the “wetlands of North Yorkshire.”
“Archaeologists uncovered” a Mesolithic dwelling called the Star Carr (1948). There were highly preserved animal bones, wooden and bone tools, and headdresses. More recently, the researchers found Star Carr breaking down.
In fact, the “waterlogged wood rapidly mysteriously” broke down in addition to the bone turning into a jelly, which were, in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, termed “jellybones.”
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