British Columbia Department of Earth Sciences major teaching and research centers to build

Governor on the 6th Gordon Campbell announced that British Columbia province of 37.5 million yuan funds sponsored by the University of British Columbia Department of Earth Sciences Building, built teaching and research, looking forward to become the largest British study of earth science innovation leader and the province of British Columbia oil and gas, mining industry, to cultivate future leaders. 

 Gordon Campbell said that the establishment of the Department of Earth Science teaching and research center is expected to allow the mining province of British Columbia's leading international standards, and mining and in-depth study of the relationship between climate change. Building the new building, so that the Institute for Earth Science teachers and students and the mining industry who can benefit each other. 

 Earth Science Teaching and Research Building, a total budget of 7,500 million, half of the provincial government invested 37.5 million yuan, is expected in summer 2010 to begin construction to provide 480 job opportunities. 

 Mining construction flaunt environmental technology, environmental design by the energy (LEED) certification, provided by British Columbia, Department of nature, such as the Earth's oceans and Statistics Department and the Department of research. 

 Director of the Gore post-secondary education (Murray Coell) said that the investment in tertiary education, you can quickly see the cost-effectiveness. Province of British Columbia was a dearth of experts in earth science, earth science teaching and research building investments can make up for this demand. 

 Near completion of the museum put on Biological Diversity (Beaty Biodiversity center andMuseum) teaching and research building, the Pacific will be the Earth-based expansion of the museum covers an area of 14,570 square feet is expected early in 2010 the opening of the current teachers every year attract thousands of museum visitors are born . 

 Du University of British Columbia (Stephen Toope) to thank the provincial government and businesses, Department of Earth Sciences of the strong teaching and research centers sponsored and foresight. Duplessis said the investment in equipment, cultivation of students is to train the next British Columbia provincial and global mining leader. 

 The next 10 years of mining in Canada is expected to need 15,000 technicians, Department of Earth Sciences graduate teaching and research center for the province of British Columbia's oil and gas, mining industry, to maintain prosperity in the future situation.

Do you understand how much science?

By the end of each year, many newspapers and magazines will come to a "Top Ten" What the selection. "Time" magazine's "Top Ten scientific discoveries", the ninth is: "Do you understand how much science?" The reason is that, according to the latest survey: U.S. adults have a "civic scientific literacy," the ratio, from 1988 10% up to 28%; that is to say, every four adults in the United States there is a point to understand science. 

"Civic scientific literacy" (the mainland of "quality") is the English translation of civic science literacy; the term in 1975 by the University of Pennsylvania professor of physics classes ‧ Jer-Min Shen (Benjamin SP Shen) proposed by referring to the general citizens in public affairs in deciding when to be understanding of scientific knowledge and methods. In addition, Shen also proposed "practical" and "culture" scientific literacy, and "civic scientific literacy" side by side; the former refers to the line can not know the real way to solve the problem, while the latter is to simply appreciate the attitude and access to scientific knowledge. But talking about scientific literacy, the majority refers to the "civic scientific literacy." 

Study of scientific literacy in American society more than two decades of Michigan State University Professor Miller (Jon Miller), to the idea of Shen made a further derivative, he thinks that scientific literacy should include the following three points: First, to understand basic scientific vocabulary; II understand the scientific process or the nature of the pursuit; Third, know technology on individuals and society. Therefore, whether it is Miller or the United States Science Foundation (NSF) designed questionnaire civic scientific literacy, are the main contents of these points. 

I would like to readers in a certain someone like me curious: Is this questionnaire how difficult it? Whether they have the scientific literacy? NSF site I found this questionnaire, listed below for readers to try. 13 title in nine questions correct (70%), even if there is a scientific accomplishment. 

1. Geocentric high temperature. 

2. All of the radioactive substances are man-made. 

3. Confocal laser is produced by sound waves. 

4. Electronic than atomic small. 

5. The origin of the universe was a huge explosion. 

6. Millions of years ago, the location of all continents have been moving forward, at present remains the case. 

7. The Earth around the sun or the earth's rotation around the sun? How long will it take to lap? 

8. From his father's genes, determine the child's sex. 

9. Antibiotics can kill viruses and bacteria. 

10. Today's human beings, from the earlier development of certain animal species. 

11. Doctors tell a couple of the genetic make-up, saying that their chance of a quarter of children will suffer from some sort of genetic diseases. If their first child this disease, it is not to say that, the next three children will not have problems? 

12. With 11 questions the same situation, it is not to say that the husband and wife each child born, have the same risk? 

13. Scientists want to know a drug whether it is useful for the treatment of hypertension. The first scientists to make drugs to 1000 patients with hypertension to see how many of them reduced blood pressure; the second scientists want drugs to 500 patients with hypertension, while 500 are not administered, and then look at the two group among the respective numbers of patients with lower blood pressure. The two doctors practice which is better? Why? 

According to Miller, the selection of these issues to a hundred years after the principle of correct knowledge is not tricky. Moreover, the achievements of American adults is not high, but in the 33 participating countries second only to Sweden, in Japan, the Soviet Union above. As a result of Taiwan and China, as well as the implications of the survey, talk about next time. 

Answer 

1 pairs; 2 wrong; 3 wrong; 4; 5; 6; 7 of the Earth around the sun to turn around a year too; 8; 9 wrong; 10 pairs; 11 wrong; 12; 13 is second place is better because the control group.

Let the Earth's cold down

British scientists on the Earth system artificially cooling the Earth's 17 kinds of program evaluation, which is injected into the upper atmosphere billions of tons of sulfur aerosol particles to the idea of the sun obscured most effective. 

British East Anglia University of the Earth system (earth systems) scientist Tim Lenton on 17 kinds of its post-graduate program of cooling the Earth for analysis, research findings published in the latest issue of the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions. 

The results of the analysis showed that about half of the methods involve changing the atmosphere and Earth's surface reflectivity (reflectivity), for example, try to man-made pollution or mechanical means to change the clouds, or the use of plastic films, white deposited in the desert, urban roof. The other half way to attempt to change the Earth's carbon cycle (carbon cycle) to absorb carbon dioxide, such as planting forests on the ground, at sea to increase the algae absorb carbon dioxide, or the construction of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stored in the ground floor of the machine. 

The researchers found that all cooling the Earth's technical proposal, when aerosol particles of sulfur (sulfur aerosols) the idea of the sun obscured most effective. The program recommends that each year injected into the upper atmosphere billions of tons of sulfur aerosol particles or other particles in the atmosphere to achieve better results than reflection reflection of energy back into space more than 1 percent, by 2050 this method years ago, may be on Climate Back to the Industrial Revolution before cooling temperature (pre-industrial temperatures), but this method is also the biggest risk, because of the added need to aerosol particles, if a sudden halt operations, will lead to rapid warming.

A penny daunted hero Han - Galileo, Darwin, where the most enviable

English scientist of the word, appeared in 1840. The scientists of the occupation, until the twentieth century has become the livelihood of the middle class options.Over the past engaged in scientific research, not their own money, is sponsored by the rich. Galileo and Darwin are great scientists, but their different fortunes and misfortunes in life, as well as the great achievements with the "family property" are closely related. For example, the Galileo in order to maintain life, and even to be at home to open classes, while Darwin is a lifetime of not receiving their salaries, "a gentleman scientist." Galileo met you want is Darwin, the first question would be what? 
Engaged in science, the first step is to learn from previous successes, and that the opportunity cost to pay. Research (including experiments) and the publication of the results, but also non-money Mo do. It is no wonder that most people miss and science.