The Relationship Between Physics and Technology

The Relationship Between Physics and Technology

Physics is often called our most fundamental science because it describes the way natural things work, such as gravity, weight, speed, mass, electromagnetics, heat radiation, cold, and anything else found in nature.   After physicists describe, measure, quantify...
Science Skills Applicable to Business

Science Skills Applicable to Business

The skills of scientists have been tapped for centuries by people who want to do better business. The usual formula is that a scientist conducts research, runs experiments, created prototypes, and eventually comes up with a new invention, product, or process.  ...
How Technology Shapes Perception

How Technology Shapes Perception

Science fiction writers have been warning about it for years — but more recently so have sociologists, medical doctors, psychologists, and an array of intellectuals from disparate disciplines.   It’s the effect on society when people are immersed and...
How Learning About Science Benefits Students

How Learning About Science Benefits Students

An old proverb has it that “A society grows great when the elderly plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” This remarkable proverb certainly expresses an interesting concept about the torch that one generation passes on to another: After all, what does it...