Monthly Archives: March 2006

To see how science works, imagine you discovered two sets of dinosaur tracks. Also pretend that you are the first person ever to see these dinosaur tracks. You start with a simple question – which is the bigger dinosaur? You … Continue reading →

Have you heard of the “scientific method”? You have a question, you develop a hypothesis, and test it with careful experiments; and, based on these experiments, find out if your hypothesis is true…or something like that… Scientists often write papers … Continue reading →

I thought it would be useful to start a Chief Scientist blog. Although I am writing this, you will see that I will have help from others here at GLOBE and also from students who read it. To start, I’ll … Continue reading →