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Career of the Month: An Interview With Patent Attorney-in-Training Peter Brown
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From money-making inventions we think of in the middle of the night to scientific breakthroughs discovered in labs, patents help us protect our original ideas from copycats. With our ideas—legally dubbed intellectual…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Deep-Cave Explorer Barbara Anne am Ende
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Barbara Anne am Ende first learned about the wonders of caving during a simple visit to a commercial cave at the age of 14. Shortly thereafter she took a spelunking tour (studying caves and their contents) and was…
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Careers in Science: An interview with physical vapor deposition and coatings expert Patrick Sullivan
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. In this month's feature, find out how Patrick Sullivan became involved in this particular science.
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The Brooklyn Opportunities in Science and Careers (BOSC) program aims to increase student participation in physics, environmental studies, geology, and teaching science using a career-focused strategy to recruit…
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Environmental Health Scientist Casey Bartrem
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Environmental health scientists study how environmental toxins impact human health, and work to mitigate such risks. They may be employed by government agencies, universities, or private companies, and…
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Ecologists are biologists who study entire ecosystems and the interactions among their living and non-living components. Ecology can be applied in areas such as conservation biology, natural resource management, and…
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Online science educator Julia Brodsky
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Kinetic Artist Joseph Herscher
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Physics Careers Web Site: Expanding College Women’s Perceptions of Physicists’ Lives and Work
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Twenty college women used a Physics Careers Web site that aligned profiles of the college’s physics alumnae with the curriculum of introductory physics during an experimental version of the course. Twenty-one college…
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All in a Day's Work, 2nd Edition: Careers Using Science (e-book)
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“Almost all careers in the 21st century require a working knowledge of science and mathematics,” says Steve Metz, The Science Teacher field editor, in his introduction to All in a Day’s Work, 2nd edition. “The pending…