| By Gale Staff | June 18 is Autistic Pride Day, a celebration of self-advocacy organized by the autism community to “promote inclusion, understanding, and neurodiversity . . . on [a] journey towards a more inclusive world for Autistic people.” The holiday was spearheaded in 2005 by Aspies for Freedom after members of the group … Read more
| By By K. Lee Lerner | The 42nd edition of the venerable and widely trusted American Men & Women of Science has officially released and introduces 2,000 new listees to this premier compendium of accomplished American scientists. In continuous publication since 1906, American Men & Women of Science showcases the vital work and achievements … Read more
| By Gale Staff | As the days get shorter and temperatures drop, why not integrate the changing seasons into your lesson plans and library spaces? Each year in the northern hemisphere, two solstices occur—the Summer Solstice in June and the Winter Solstice in December. In the United States, the Winter Solstice typically lands on … Read more
| By Gale Staff | An update has been made to Gale Interactive: Science. Here’s what’s new! Ten new 3D models have been added to support students’ understanding of core science concepts. Interactive sessions accompany each model to guide student exploration, featuring contextual Gale science content along with quiz questions to check for understanding. The new … Read more
| By K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner| Beginning in December 2019, a small cluster of cases of a pneumonia of unknown origin was reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Genetic sequencing of samples taken from those cases revealed the cause to be a previously unknown coronavirus, subsequently named 2019-nCoV. Epidemiologists quickly traced the … Read more
| By Tracie Moy | I wanted to make a joke about sodium, but then I thought, Na. 2019 was proclaimed the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) of Chemical Elements. It’s also the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the periodic system. A Russian scientist, Dmitri Mendeleev, was instrumental in its finding. He … Read more
| By K. Lee Lerner | Citing their joint “contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded equal shares of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics to Canadian-born American physicist James Peebles (1935‒), the Albert Einstein Professor of Science at … Read more
| By Dr. Nick Ruhs | Dissertation defenses and candidacy examinations are two of the most mentally taxing events for students working toward their Ph.D. Countless hours are spent making sure the research is presented thoroughly and correctly, all of the figures and tables look perfect, the proposal is sound, and that previous research has … Read more
| By K. Lee Lerner | Man’s footprint remains No wind or rain to erode Mankind’s achievement In July 1969, I was 12 years old. As prize for winning a regional science fair, I traveled to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11. To this day, the image of the towering Saturn V … Read more
| By Gale Staff | As the first-ever picture of a black hole was unveiled last week, the world reacted with excitement to an image of an orange ring of light, surrounded by the deep, black abyss. Scientist Katie Bouman, a postdoctoral fellow who contributed to the project, instantly became a hero for women in … Read more