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The Future Of (Geo)Science Careers – Putting The Pieces Together

April 27, 2012
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In the latest American Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer, geology professor Sharon Mosher offers some great insight into the future of our profession at a time when fewer students are graduating with geology degrees* while the industry need for geoscientists is at an all-time high. “There’s still a tendency to emphasize field work and travel, [...]

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Define “College” First

November 2, 2011

Dave Clary requests my response to Alex Tabarrok’s essay “College Has Been Oversold” in Marginal Revolution. I think this is the article’s central thesis (especially since it is the last paragraph): College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don’t help them very [...]

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Donors Choose And ROCK!

October 25, 2011

The 2011 Science Bloggers for Students online charity challenge was once again a smashing success thanks to all of you who donated. The overall drive brought in more than $51,000 from 698 people. Ocean and Geobloggers brought in around $3100 of that money to which you guys contributed $585 $645! In order of donation date, [...]

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October 21, 2011

ATTENTION SCIENCE LOVERS OF EARTH Today is the FINAL day to donate to the DonorsChoose Science Bloggers For Students online charity challenge that helps high-poverty science and mathematics classrooms in need. Please donate via my giving page. Science rocks! Don’t take it for granite! Regular posts continue below. Tweet

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National Fossil Day!

October 12, 2011

As much as I love trilobites, here is a photograph I took of pretty Missippian-age crinoids on display at the Smithsonian Museum. Ok, ok, Matt has a trilobite head for you who insist. Happy Fossil Day! Hug your favorite dead-and-preserved-in-the-rock-record critter today! Don’t forget to donate to science classrooms in honor of Earth Science week, [...]

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Please Give To Science In Classrooms!

October 5, 2011

Yes, it’s that time of year again when I beseech you, dear readers, to donate to the DonorsChoose Science Bloggers For Students online charity challenge that helps high-poverty science and mathematics classrooms in need. There is a lot less fanfare and competition between us science bloggers this year, but classrooms are more underfunded than ever. [...]

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Learning How To Learn

September 28, 2011

“To understand is to invent.” – Jean Piaget The latest Accretionary Wedge topic is Back To School. Anne Jefferson, professor of hydrogeology and one of the blogging pair at Highly Allochthonous, has a set of questions for students, professors, those outside academia and science fans. The following are specific questions addressed in this post: If [...]

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In Which Stephen Colbert Points At My Big, Scary Head

September 28, 2011

CBS News | Oil refineries seek huge tax refunds Some of the nation’s largest oil refineries are seeking huge tax refunds that could force school districts and local governments across Texas to give back tens of millions of dollars they were counting on to pay teachers and provide other services. The refineries want the tax [...]

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Free Access To Scientific Literature By Whom?

July 21, 2011

The Journal of the Medical Library Association published a study called “The impact of free access to the scientific literature: a review of recent research” You can read the whole paper at the link provided, thus saving us all from laughing at the irony of a paper on open access locked behind a paywall. The [...]

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This Week In Online Absurdity

July 21, 2011

Never mind that Swartz is a researcher, JSTOR makes it difficult for users to download articles to which they have rightful access and the government (your taxpayer money) pays for much of the research that ends up in journals not made available to you. Culture is anti-rivalrous as the great Nina Paley likes to point [...]

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