In a recent interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Mr. Obama listed science as one of the few subjects he intended to pursue after the presidency.
There are even community e-book review sites popping up to alert about and discuss new releases – such as "Download the Universe", a site recently launched by a group of A-list science writers.
To qualify, 16- to 18-year-olds take a mixture of Advanced Highers and Highers from an approved list of science, language, social science, or expressive arts subjects, as well as undertaking an "interdisciplinary project".
Lower down the market, Aim listed life science group ValiRx added 17% to 0.41p after it sold its Belgian diagnostic development business to a Singapore cancer specialist for $1m in cash and shares.
Science is … Year 8 "Science is Y" just gives you a list of "science year x" suggestions, which lead to a variety of revision notes for school science.
Peyton Jones would like the government to go one step further, adding computer studies to the list of science subjects eligible for the Ebacc, which measures how many pupils achieve a good GCSE in English, maths, science, a language and a humanities subject.
With all due respect to Galileo, he does not top Dr. Tyson's list of science greats.
To start, teachers might choose to provide students with a list of science terms to include in their songs or raps.
Following is a highly unscientific list of science books for children culled from the librarians at the Berkeley, Calif., Public Library, the University of Wisconsin and the Bank Street College of Education.
