Education

When You’re Big Enough You Can Make Your Own Grammatical Rules

How many of you have been forced to use the APA style for academic articles? If you have you know… Read More

Scientific Literacy Isn’t just Knowing Science Facts

This post relates a lot to the above quote. When people think of scientific literacy it makes sense that they… Read More

Astronomy As A Tourist Attraction

I travel a lot, and during my travels I have encountered many places where astronomy is a central part of… Read More

Internet Access as a Human Rights Issue

Is Internet access a human right? Many people and organizations seem to think so. In July and August 2012 the… Read More

Why We Founded Scientific Literacy Matters

In short we founded SLM (Scientific Literacy Matters) to promote a more reasonable way of thinking in society. It’s been… Read More

Statement on Scientific Literacy from a Spaceflight Historian

Emily Carney has written articles for AmericaSpace, Ars Technica, and other online outlets throughout the last decade. She founded the… Read More

The Right To Repair: A Scientific Literacy Issue

The right to repair is and has been threatened for a long time. Unfortunately the bad guys are winning this… Read More

Statement on Scientific Literacy from a Science Teacher

Amber Struthers, a science teacher working in Arizona has agreed to publish a statement on scientific literacy through us. She has… Read More

Happy World Press Freedom Day?

Cartoon by Matt Wuerker, Politico Today is the 'World Press Freedom day", a day meant to celebrate the right to… Read More

Is Natural Selection Making us Dumber?

Many certainly feel like the world is getting dumber. There's plenty of data to contradict that. Average global IQ is… Read More