Science on the solstice
Every day, all over the planet and beyond it, scientists try and make sense of the world in which they live. In this special feature we present a composite picture of just one of these days -- June 21 2006, the summer solstice. In over a hundred entries, ranging from mountain tops to the middle of the ocean, from pregnant seahorses to clocks made of light, all scientific life is here.
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The Nature special "Science on the Solstice," which was covered in your recent podcast, sounds like a great idea.
Wish I had thought of that . . . Come to think of it, I did!
Well, actually, LIFE magazine photographer, Ric Smolen, came up with the essence years ago for the 'Day in the Life of ...' coffee table books.
We have been doing an amateur version for the past several years, the World-Wide Day in Science --
www.science.unsw.edu.au/worldwide.
My university students' local contribution is at -- www.adayinscience.net . It captures 'a day in the life of science in Australia'. UNSW's first student effort was in 2003.
We are still labouring to get the overall WWDS 2006 stories onto the web (with my crude web abilities).
As with the Nature effort, our contributions come from every continent, including Antarctica. We had 80 stories last year and over 150 stories this year. Contributors range from a Nobel laureate (Australia's own, Barry Marshall) to high school students. We collect shadowing reports from high school and university students as well as diary entries submitted by scientists.
The aim is to create a global career guide, one that is assembled for students by students, scientists, and science-based professionals.
As we are an educational effort, the World-Wide Day in Science occurs in mid-April, a date that 'works' for the school and academic years in both northern and southern hemispheres.
Submissions for next year's Day in Science (in mid-April again) are more than welcome.
Posted by: Will Rifkin | July 4, 2006 11:22 AM