Adventurous Careers Await Brave Science Minds
The top and bottom of the world are frozen solid but they are also a popular place for adventure-loving young scientists to travel in search of the world’s biggest questions.
In Antarctica researchers are trying to understand dark matter and dark energy which comprises 96% of the universe. And in Greenland, a team of scientists just finished drilling the largest ice core in an effort to understand natural climate cycles and to measure the impact people are having on the planet.
Even as these exciting projects are enticing intrepid souls to far corners of the world, the U.S. is losing out to other nations when it comes to science education. The U.S. ranks 48th in the world in K-12 science education and American math scores rank below at least 30 other countries.
Astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson is a worried about the future of science in America.
“Science is not just ‘we’re here and science is there.’ We’re embedded in a scientific world at every turn we take.” — Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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