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Vote now: USA Science & Engineering Festival Song Contest

April 28-29, 2012, is the 2nd Annual USA Science & Engineering Festival at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C. It's going to be a spectacular event and satellite events around the country will make it even better. Consider taking your … Continue reading →

STEM contests for kids: Sciberpalooza virtual science fair

Part of an ongoing series of posts about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) contests and competitions for kids.  To read all such posts, use the "Previous Posts" box in the right sidebar; "Select category" Science education: STEM contests. Sciberpalooza, … Continue reading →

New SciThri / SciWithFi indie publisher Creative Gateway

Many readers of this blog are both fans and writers of fiction with scientific themes.  Today I learned about a British company, Creative Gateway, that is starting an indie e-publishing imprint specializing in what managing director Roy Baldwin calls "SciWithFi". … Continue reading →

ScienceThrillers author Steve Alten: be a character in his sequel to THE LOCH!

Science thriller author Steve Alten, famed for his prehistoric monster shark series MEG, is writing a sequel to The Loch, "the first true Loch Ness monster thriller praised by biologists and cryptozoologists alike." Here I'm happy to share Steve's newest … Continue reading →

Release day: CONTAGION movie on Blu-Ray DVD

The movie ScienceThrillers was stunned to see–CONTAGION, a technically correct and arresting portrayal of a global pandemic–is available on Blu-Ray DVD starting today. If you missed it in the theaters last fall, you simply must rent or buy the DVD. … Continue reading →

Book giveaway: HARD TARGET by Howard Gordon (of "Homeland" and "24″)

I'm giving away a hot off the presses (release date Jan. 3, 2012) new political/terrorism thriller from the executive producer of 24 and co-creator of Homeland.  Hard Target is the exciting follow-up to Gideon's War and involves a harrowing attempt to stop … Continue reading →

STEM contests for kids: Who Wants to be a Mathematician 2012

Part of an ongoing series of posts about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) contests and competitions for kids.  To read all such posts, use the "Previous Posts" box in the right sidebar; "Select category" Science education: STEM contests. Who … Continue reading →

10 best funny science videos of 2011

Thanks to blogger scientist extraordinaire Jonathan Eisen of UC-Davis for compiling this list of the year's ten best humorous video clips with science themes.  #1 on the list–a music video set to Lady Gaga's "Bad Project"–was featured here on ScienceThrillers … Continue reading →

Science contests for kids: 3M's 2012 Young Scientist Challenge open NOW

3M Young Scientist Challenge  http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/ Grades 5-8 $25,000 prize

PETROPLAGUE book giveaway: Enter to win copy signed by author Amy Rogers

Win a free copy of the new science thriller Petroplague by Amy Rogers, a "compellingly written, technically literate" thriller that's "in the top five on my best of 2011 list" according to reviewers. ScienceThrillers is pleased to offer a raffle of … Continue reading →