My daughter-in-law has a group of PhD scientist-friends.
Last summer I was chatting with them about why the U.S. is reportedly falling behind in math and science.
They offered that the PhD grind is, in fact, a grind … and that comp levels in science are paltry.
My hypothesis: there aren’t enough aspirational heroes for kids these days.
In my day, Salk was a hero vaccinating polio and every kid wanted to be an astronaut.
My prescription: we need more heroes and we need to make school (and science) cool again.
Well, maybe science is getting cool again.
Check out this video from the McGill Cancer Research Center … a fun view of lab science.
See, science doesn’t have to be boring!
Thanks to Barbara Gordon & Jess Homa @ American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for feeding the lead
The Homa Files 
October 20, 2011 at 6:30 pm |
Very cool … although Taio Cruz and a bow tie really don’t go together. Thanks for sharing.