December 24, 2013

Quizzed!

Peter Wood

Peter Wood playfully considers the nature of quizzes and offers NAS's final quiz of the season: comics and college. 

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December 23, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Yuletide Entomology

Glenn Ricketts

These critters are dormant for the Christmas season, but here’s a quiz to help sharpen your perspective when they come back with springtime.

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December 21, 2013

ASA and the Politicization of Academe

Peter Wood

NAS president Peter Wood explains why NAS won't boycott the boycotters: academia is meant to argue and persuade, not merely to get the upper hand by any means necessary.

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December 20, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Time Will Tell

Rachelle Peterson

This timely quiz prompts you to spend a moment stretching your mind. 

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December 19, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Words I Learned This Semester

Ashley Thorne

Expand your vocabulary with these linguistic terms. 

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December 18, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Baby It’s Cold Outside

Peter Wood

What do you know about cold weather in science and in literature? 

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December 17, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Words about Animals

Ashley Thorne

If animals could talk, would they call themselves by such strange names?

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December 16, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: The Art of Lying

Rachelle Peterson

Fact, fiction, and intentionally fake: figure out what's truthful and what's treacherous. 

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December 13, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Christmas Pop Culture

Glenn Ricketts

From 34th Street to Charlie Brown to the Grinch, Christmas has had enormous influence on popular culture. 

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December 12, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Confessions

Michael Toscano

Confess! A quiz about great thinkers and their confessions.

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