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Petition seeks technology to prevent hot car deaths
Petition seeks technology to prevent hot car deaths The organization wants the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund research for new technology that will detect when a child is left alone in a car. According to KidsAndCars.org, an average of 38 kids die in hot cars every year. More than 670 have … Read more […]
Sally Ride Science Academy Brought to You by ExxonMobil Returns to San Diego July 14-18
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 10, 2014 Sally Ride Science announced today that 150 upper elementary and middle school educators from across the country have been selected to attend its professional development program, the Sally Ride Science Academy, Brought to You by ExxonMobil. The Academy offers professional training to educators on the importance of […]
David Brat's Hand-of-God Economics
David Brat's Hand-of-God Economics Even before David Brat's out-of-nowhere victory against Eric Cantor last month, there was plenty of skepticism about whether he merited the label of academic economist. Brat, a professor at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, is certainly not in danger … Read more on New York Times Economists are really worried about China's […]
In the Shadow of the U.S.: Latin America’s Hampered Progress towards Greatness Explored in New Book
(PRWEB) July 10, 2014 Why has Latin America always seemed to lag behind the United States? Looking back to the colonial period, author Mario Patricio Celi Oña argues that the US possessed the key natural resources that fuelled the process of industrialization: wood and iron. He examines other important factors that shaped the pace of […]
Mathematics and Scripture
In today’s world of clutter and confusion, it is refreshing when one finds a book written which clarifies a subject which many have questioned. This is the case with Jesus Villalobos’ latest book; “Mathematics and Scripture. The numbers 1-50 are decisively shown to have meaning beyond their placement in Scripture as part of the stories. They […]