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Science, art and culture: Cicadas impact our lives more than just once every 17 years Over the next few weeks, trillions of cicadas will tunnel upward from deep underground after 17 years to live out their last days. They’ll shed their skin to become mature adults and within several weeks, mate, lay eggs and die. Brood X (Brood 10), also known as the Great Eastern Brood, has the greatest concentration and range of the 17-year cyclical cicadas and are an awesome spectacle of nature. These per...

The NSF "Broader impacts may be accomplished through the research itself, through activities that are directly related to specific research projects, or through activities that are supported by, but are complementary to, the project. NSF values the advancement of scientific knowledge and activities that contribute to the achievement of societally relevant outcomes." The guide provides nine examples of potential outcomes that might align with your research. Note that this is not a checklist, a...

By Emily K. Gibson, PhD March 8, 2021 On November 12, 1969, six women linked arms as they walked down the ramp of a large, ski-equipped Navy transport plane in Antarctica. Lois Jones, Terry Lee Tickhill Terrell, Kay Lindsay, and Eileen McSaveney — all researchers from Ohio State University — were joined by Pam   Young, a scientist from New Zealand, and Jean Pearson, a reporter for the Detroit Free Press as they stepped onto the ice near the Earth’s southernmost point. With that fina...

Scientists break through the wall of sleep to the untapped world of dreams NSF-supported researchers achieve two-way communication with lucidly dreaming people, creating a new method for studying the human mind that might lead to innovative ways of learning and problem-solving. By Jason Stoughton "Eight minus six … two” It’s not exactly “one small step for man,” but that humble mathematical message is extraordinary in its own way. The first part — “eight minus six” — was tr...

By Chris Parsons February 16, 2021 Naiyiri-Blu Brooker grew up in a military family stationed in rural Germany, far from the sea. Nevertheless, she has been obsessed by marine life since childhood. “I would annoy my family by making them sit down in the living room while I gave them a presentation about any type of marine organism I could. I did that for a very long time. Sorry, Mom and Dad.” After her family moved to New York, she enrolled in Lehman College to study biology. As an aspi...

February 7, 2021 Humans have always looked to the stars and studied them. Over the past century, science has revealed the fundamental role stars play for nearly everything in existence, including the elements on the Periodic Table. The birth, life and death of every star creates and disseminates the elements of the Periodic Table throughout the universe, a cycle that began nearly 14 billion years ago and repeats continuously today. Without it, the Earth and everything on it – air, water, s...

January 15, 2021 As a mid-career scientist or engineer (at the associate professor rank or equivalent), you are familiar with the pressure to remain productive in the lab, yet also obligated to teaching, institutional service and professional development. Being pulled in so many different directions constrains your time and creates inequities in workload, which could hinder research productivity and career advancement in the long term. To address this, the U.S. National Science Foundation cre...