‘Climategate’ scientists face parl committee
With the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into the ‘Climategate’ affair about to kick off, many of the papers are reporting on what sort of discussion can be expected. The Times reports specifically on misrepresentation by the University of East Anglia of a letter from the Information Commissioner’s Office about the missing data.
Ofqual demanded science grade deflation in fear of outcry
Correspondence released by a Freedom of Information request shows that exam boards were ordered to downgrade science GCSE results when it appeared that too many would be getting top marks. The order was made in fear of further outcries about grade inflation and the ‘dumbing down’ of exams.
Soldiers to become physics teachers
The Times Education Supp reports on a new scheme being administered by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and operated through the Open University to retrain military personnel to teach physics.
Large Hadron Collider starts to swirl (again)
Operators of the world’s largest atom smasher have restarted their machine. After a cautious trial period, the plan is to ramp up the energy of the proton beams to unprecedented levels and start record-setting collisions of protons by late March.
“Clear long-term vision” for research needed
The Council for Science and Technology, the UK Prime Minister’s top-level independent advisory body on science and technology policy issues, has said that the UK needs to adopt a “clear long-term vision”, both for the way it supports the research base and the way it derives benefits from it. It argues that failure to do so could lead to UK research “undergoing either managed or neglected decline”.
I was trying to find similar comments to those of Petepassword. In an effort to do that, I clicked "like," thinking it would send me towards like (i.e., similar) comments. Apparently, I was indicating that I liked Pete's comment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pete strikes me as a complete knucklehead.
petepassword
Rather than rubbishing the decades long work of leading scientists gathering data on climate change, and by so doing adding fuel to the totally unscientific deniers [so-called sceptics], you should be defending science against the onslaught of the flat earthers. You appear to be more concerned with space, galaxies and the ludicrous idea that intelligent life exists somewhere 'out there' than the death of the planet you live on. Dreaming of contact with other life forms while we destroy the species that are unfortunate to share this planet with the rabidly psychopathic naked ape. Perhaps you could all stop dreaming and rejoin the real world, leaving the imaginary world of theoretical physics behind and concentrating on survival.
Today’s physics news: Monday, 1 March
‘Climategate’ scientists face parl committee
With the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into the ‘Climategate’ affair about to kick off, many of the papers are reporting on what sort of discussion can be expected. The Times reports specifically on misrepresentation by the University of East Anglia of a letter from the Information Commissioner’s Office about the missing data.
Guardian
Times
Ofqual demanded science grade deflation in fear of outcry
Correspondence released by a Freedom of Information request shows that exam boards were ordered to downgrade science GCSE results when it appeared that too many would be getting top marks. The order was made in fear of further outcries about grade inflation and the ‘dumbing down’ of exams.
Times
Soldiers to become physics teachers
The Times Education Supp reports on a new scheme being administered by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and operated through the Open University to retrain military personnel to teach physics.
TES
Large Hadron Collider starts to swirl (again)
Operators of the world’s largest atom smasher have restarted their machine. After a cautious trial period, the plan is to ramp up the energy of the proton beams to unprecedented levels and start record-setting collisions of protons by late March.
Guardian
Daily Mail
“Clear long-term vision” for research needed
The Council for Science and Technology, the UK Prime Minister’s top-level independent advisory body on science and technology policy issues, has said that the UK needs to adopt a “clear long-term vision”, both for the way it supports the research base and the way it derives benefits from it. It argues that failure to do so could lead to UK research “undergoing either managed or neglected decline”.
THE
Council for Science and Technology’s ‘A Vision for UK Research’