In studying dinosaur discards, CU Boulder scientist Karen Chin has gained expertise recently honored with the Bromery Award and detailed in a new children’s book.
The Society of Illustrators annually inducts to its Hall of Fame artists recognized for their “distinguished achievement in the art of illustration.” This year’s honorees include contemporary illustrators Seymour Chwast, Wendell Minor and Barron Storey as well as posthumous honorees Richard Amsel, Anna Whelan Betts, Reynold Brown and Helen Hokinson. Artists are elected by a
By Larry Bock
Founder and organizer, USA Science & Engineering Festival
It's both funny and remarkable how some of the most simple and natural acts we do each day are teeming in science.
Take for example, the kiss.
Children’s book author Bruce Hiscock dies | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS – Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Bruce Hiscock, who died at the age of 80 earlier this month, left an indelible mark on the Saratoga community, perhaps most noticeably at the Saratoga Springs Public Library.
The walls of the children’s section feature whimsical murals of woodland creatures, including foxes and owls, all painted by Hiscock. Beyond the paintings, Hiscock also served on the library’s board of trustees and the board of directors for many years and was instrumental in the library’s move in the 1990s from Broadway to its current location on Henry Street.
Planet Earth that fragile blue marble in space that we call home deserves better from all of us, I think we would agree.
And for good reason. With such issues as energy, pollution, conservation and sustainability, and climate becoming rising worldwide concerns, it behooves everyone to do their part to make sure she thrives and survives.
NASA astronaut Ron Garan said last year after returning from spending more than five months on the International Space Station situated 250 miles above Earth: I looked down at this indescribably beautiful fragile oasis, this island that has been given to us and has protected all life from the harshness of space, I couldn t help thinking of the inequity that exists. I couldn t help but think of the people who don t have clean water to drink, enough food to eat, of the social injustice, conflict, and poverty that exist. The stark contrast between the beauty of our planet and the unfortunate realities of life for many of its inhabitants reaffirm