Useful Science

Guest Josh Rosenau, Programs and Policy Director of the National Center for Science Education, talks about the mission of the NCSE and the history of attacks against evolution and climate science in public schools.

This week we learn about body shape index, humor in the classroom, and squatting while pooping.

This week we learn about online dating, marathon runners, and pizza.

This week we learn about getting drunk on diet soda, getting full on imaginary food, and attracting mosquitos with your genes.

This week we learn about ambient noise for creative thinking, email checking frequency, and academic tracking, which is separating students into different classes or schools according to their academic ability.

This week we learn about attractive male faces, sex frequency, and organic, grass fed, hormone free, non-gmo beef.

This week we learn about adolescent brains, legal drinking ages, and antibacterial soap.

This week we learn about the effect of old misconceptions on learning new concepts, painful math anxiety, and healthy personalities.

This week we cover articles from the education section of our site. We learn about teaching children that intelligence is malleable, merit badges, and depressed roommates. We also have an interview with Derek Muller of Veritasium and Snatoms.