Tag archives for T.H. Culhane
Google Science Fair 2013 Launches Today
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on January 30, 2013 T.H. Culhane takes us inside the world’s biggest online science fair, and shares what it means to him to serve as a judge for it.
Winners of the 2012 Google Science Fair
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on July 24, 2012 
The winners of the annual Google Science Fair have been announced, and National Geographic was there to help judge and provide awards for these brilliant young innovators.
This Wednesday, after months of innovative research and intense anticipation, the 15 global finalist projects for the 2012 Google Science Fair will be announced, and NG Emerging Explorer Albert Lin will be doing the honors. You can watch it happen live during a Google+ Hangout at 9:00am EDT (2:00pm UT). Just follow the Google Science…
Three National Geographic explorers team up for a unique expedition to a region at the crossroads of human survival and changing climate.
The annual Google Science Fair opens today, calling anyone and everyone 13 to 18 years old to push the edges of our knowledge and help pave the way to the future, and National Geographic Explorers Albert Lin, Sylvia Earle, and T.H. Culhane are among the judges.
Google Science Fair Winners Announced
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on July 12, 2011 
Last night at Google headquarters, some of the world’s smartest people gathered and most of them aren’t even old enough to drive.
How Aluminum Cans Can Power a Village
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on June 20, 2011 
On the first day of the 2011 National Geographic Explorers Symposium, T.H. Culhane showed off the set-up he designed to power a light bulb with a can of soda, inspired by a kid’s video he saw last week on YouTube.
Google Science Fair Finalists Named
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on May 23, 2011 
Over the past two weeks, the judges of the 2011 Google Science Fair have been whittling down the list of 60 semifinalists to just 15 who will advance to compete for the ultimate prizes. All of the students’ entries “asked interesting questions, many focused on real-world problems and some produced groundbreaking science that challenged current…
Grant Helps Explorers Turn Garbage Into Fuel
Posted by Ford Cochran on October 16, 2009 Though public attention has focused on oil reserves beneath Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal aren’t the northern state’s only energy resources. Now, two National Geographic Emerging Explorers will receive a grant to see if microscopic life forms from the Alaskan tundra could help turn garbage into fuel in…
