Women underrepresented in science, engineering
January 20, 2011
Virginia Tech is struggling to maintain female and underrepresented minority enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors on its campus of nearly 30,000 students
Science writer talks journalism
September 16, 2010
Award-winning science writer and editor John Carey will visit Virginia Tech on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to give a speech titled, "Why scientists should help stop the decline in journalism."
Humans have advantages but are not perfect
May 3, 2010
Humans are cocky, plain and simple.
Engineers to take robot to NASA competition
April 29, 2010
Virginia Tech engineering students will compete in NASA's Lunabotics Mining Competition to develop robotic technology that could be used to excavate the moon someday.
Popular class seeks 'signature' resources
April 28, 2010
One undergraduate course's transformation into what is known as "signature" class for the fall represented a solution for resource-starved classes amid financial belt-tightening.
Look beyond your horoscope to learn the history of astrology
January 28, 2010
Do you believe that horoscopes apply to you or anyone and reliably predict anything that will happen in someone's life?
Genetically altering embryos an unethical step
January 19, 2010
Think about what Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein, Shawn Johnson and Diane Lane all have in common.
Evolution does not preclude God
December 1, 2009
Evolution, in all honesty, is no less a theory than Newton's Laws of motion.
Religion and science coexist in evolutionary theory
November 17, 2009
There are some solid, testable facts about science and religion/Christianity that you may not know.
'Worshiped' doesn't describe treatment of great minds
October 21, 2009
I am not quite sure of my fellow columnist Vincent Guida's point in his column, "People should consider what or whom they think of as God" (CT, Oct. 21).