On April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America, from Mexico to the Maine-Canadian border. For those who experienced the spectacular solar eclipse of 2017, this one will be similar, crossing the United States from west to east and passing...
March 10th, 2013 — Our own Monica Metzler, Founding Director of the Illinois Science Council, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Arts & Entertainment section today, in the article “Taking Science to the Masses.” The article, which covers scientists bringing science to the public, also focuses on the work of Chicago’s Neil Shubin and his work in evolutionary paleontology and New York’s Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is an astrophysicist. The article covers their approaches to getting science to non-scientific audiences.
