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April 6, 2026
Surviving and Thriving during the AAAS STPF Executive Branch Finalist Week
Congratulations on making it to finalist week! Finalist week can be very busy and hectic, particularly as you request and navigate interviews with host offices you are interested in. My goal with this post is not to overwhelm you, but to offer several strategies for starting finalist week off on the...
Sci on the Fly
April 30, 2018
How Language about Ability Affects Performance
The original version of this blog was published at The Learning Scientists on November 15, 2017. It is commonly known that telling a child she is stupid is harmful. But what about telling her she is smart? Although the latter case is unlikely to be as bad as...
Sci on the Fly
June 1, 2018
Citizen Science: Many hands building a web of powerful data
It’s early on a Saturday as Ann Kelly carefully picks her way down a steep stream bank in her dusty-green rubber boots. On one side of the stream is a residential street, on the other a popular park where children and dogs are already bounding across the grass...
Sci on the Fly
June 14, 2018
Background Noise and Classroom Design
The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science Foundation, or the United States Government. The original version of this post was published at The...
Sci on the Fly
June 19, 2018
Museum Exhibition on Epidemics in a Connected World
Fifty million people died when about a third of the world’s population became victims of an influenza pandemic, dubbed the Spanish flu, that started in 1918 and ended in 1919. The cause of that outbreak, which spread to every continent on the planet, was a...
Sci on the Fly
June 27, 2018
Breaking The Cycle: Combating The Opioid Crisis Through Global Drug Demand Reduction
Editor's note: This blog was originally published on the U.S. Department of State blogs DipNote and Medium. The consequences of drug use are felt by millions of people in the United States and around the world; some of the most dramatic effects are due to the...
Sci on the Fly
July 9, 2018
Visual “Noise," Distractibility and Classroom Design
The original version of this post was published at The Learning Scientists on September 20, 2017. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science...
Sci on the Fly
July 16, 2018
Technology, Distractibility and the Classroom
The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science Foundation, or the United States Government. The original version of this post was published at The...
Sci on the Fly
September 4, 2018
Science Blogging: 16 Tips from a Fellow
Interested in science blogging but not quite sure where to start? I've put together a brief guide containing some general tips and suggestions, as well as some of my grammatical petpeeves. This guide was created drawing on my experiences and opinions, as well...
Sci on the Fly
September 12, 2018
Death By Air Pollution: Time to Take Action
The original version of this post was published at PLOS One Global Health on August 20, 2018. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science or The Public Library of Science...
Sci on the Fly
September 16, 2018
Climate Change and the Oceans
A version of this post was first published in the East Hampton Star on September 14, 2017. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the American Association for the Advancement of Science or East Hampton Star. While some...
