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Helping People Understand Science

Science is a key aspect in about everything we do today.    It is so important for everyone to understand science in today’s world because our world revolves around it.    One of these key things is electricity.    Without electricity people in today’s world would be lost.    This allows us to use things such as phones, TVs, refrigerators, and cars.    Without having these things most people in our world would be lost.               Science can be taught and explained in many ways.    Some of these ways are things such as museums, games, YouTube videos, and national parks.    It is good that it can be explained in such a variety of ways because it allows the information to be put into better terms for the people there or watching it.    For example, museums help you understand history and can be very factual which can come off interesting to s...

Engaging Scientists in Public Discorse

Me and Ryan Nelson interviewed Dr. Sarah G. Evans last week about her research paper titled, "Contrasting hydrogeologic responses to warming in permafrost and seasonally frozen ground hillslopes".  We asked her many questions about this paper but started off with the basics such as, how long did it take you to do your  research and publish the article?  Her response to this was it took her about four years.  We also asked her what impact does she think her research will have on other scientists in her field.  Her response was that s he hopes they will read it and apply it to their specific type of frozen ground where they are doing their research. Hopes that more research will be done in the arctic regions. In her research  she noted that the thawing pattern in frozen ground will increase groundwater discharge. So we asked her what kind of an impact do you think this will have on the surrounding environment? Her response was that the b iggest conce...