With at least 150 million professional and amateur blogs on the Internet, blogging offers a potentially powerful tool for engaging large and diverse audiences with science. This article investigates science blogging practices to uncover key trends, including bloggers' self-perceptions of their role. Interviews with seven of the most popular science bloggers revealed them to be driven by intrins...

pedomodels have become a popular topic in soil science and environmentalresearch. they are predictive functions of certain soil properties based on other easily orcheaply measured properties. the common method for fitting pedomodels is to use classicalregression analysis, based on the assumptions of data crispness and deterministic relationsamong variables. in modeling natural systems such as s...

This study aims to test for differences in the receptiveness of science and non-science undergraduates positive, non-aggressive humour being used a article, as an exploration into utilization such tool more engaging communication. The majority 76 respondents online survey were generally receptive use, with some between two groups. It was also noted that may not necessarily be associated its act...

Paranormal claims enjoy relatively widespread popular support despite by definition being rejected by the scientific community. We propose that belief in paranormal claims is influenced by how popular those claims are as well as by dominant scientific views on the claims. We additionally propose that individuals will be most likely to be positively influenced by the views of science when claims...

Many think that communicating science is a necessary and rewarding activity. Yet finding compelling, relevant, and timely points of linkage between challenging scientific concepts and the experiences and interests of the general public can be difficult. Since science continues to influence more and more aspects of daily life and knowledge, there is a parallel need for communication about scienc...

Science Olympiads and contests brings spirit of competitiveness to Science education. They benefit best students, engage them with research. Simultaneously Science Olympiads and contests challenge faculty to enhance teaching so that regular student can enjoy Olympiad and contest problems. Computer Science contests become very popular with undergraduate students in recent years. Maybe the Associ...

Pedomodels have become a popular topic in soil science and environmentalresearch. They are predictive functions of certain soil properties based on other easily orcheaply measured properties. The common method for fitting pedomodels is to use classicalregression analysis, based on the assumptions of data crispness and deterministic relationsamong variables. In modeling natural systems such as s...

The Springer-Praxis Popular Astronomy programme covers the latest observations, techniques and discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology, selecting key topics designed to fire the imagination of keen astronomers everywhere. Many of the topics selected for titles in this programme are refreshingly new, and away from the accepted mainstream of titles published in this area. Topics inc...