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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

“Lawsuit Threat: McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Make Kids Fat - Daily Finance” plus 8 more

“Lawsuit Threat: McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Make Kids Fat - Daily Finance” plus 8 more

Lawsuit Threat: McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Make Kids Fat - Daily Finance

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group that often finds itself at odds with businesses, said Tuesday that it will sue the world's largest restaurant chain unless it stops using toys to promote ...

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - United Press International

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:43 PM PDT

PASADENA, Calif., June 22 (UPI) -- NASA says new images from its Jason-2 oceanography satellite shows the tropical Pacific has switched from El Nino warm conditions to La Nina cool conditions. "The central equatorial ...

Skymark Research Initiates Independent Research Coverage on MELA Sciences, Inc. - Yahoo Finance

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:15 AM PDT

About SMR: Skymark Research is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America. Our services include research analysis on the small- and micro-cap markets, real-time news and financial data, market ...

The science of John Wall - Washington Post

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:36 PM PDT

There are quite a few Wizards fans who have spent the past weeks thrilling themselves with videos and photos featuring the amazing basketball feats of John Wall. At least one blogger has started referring to this genre ...

Science Fair - USA Today

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:43 PM PDT

Following advisory committee recommendations, NIH chief Francis Collins Monday turned down a private lab's request for federal research funding approval of 47 human embryonic stem cell lines, many of them with genes for ...

HuffPost Religion Announces the Launch of Religion and Science: A Contemporary ... - Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:53 PM PDT

Since HuffPost Religion first began, no single topic has lit up the section more than the interplay between religion and science. We have featured posts by people who hold a wide range of views and backgrounds such as ...

Two SD Teachers Receive Amgen Award For Science Teaching Excellence - KPBS

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Two San Diego area educators are among 34 science teachers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico named today as recipients of the 18th annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence. Nearly 250 applications ...

34 Teachers and Schools Across North America Receive $10,000 Amgen Award for Science ... - Providence Journal

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:25 PM PDT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 22 -- Amgen today announced the 34 science teachers in the United States (U.S.), Canada and Puerto Rico who are this year's recipients of the 18th annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching ...

Cleveland: Apollo command module arrives at Science Center - WKYC

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:17 PM PDT

CLEVELAND -- The new NASA Glenn Visitor Center at the Great Lakes Science Center just got an addition -- the Apollo command module used for the Skylab 3 mission. The space capsule was used in the second manned mission ...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

“Science Applications Intl. Wins Prime Contract From City Of Lakeland To Lead Its New Smart Grid Initiative Program - Quick Facts - RTT News” plus 9 more

“Science Applications Intl. Wins Prime Contract From City Of Lakeland To Lead Its New Smart Grid Initiative Program - Quick Facts - RTT News” plus 9 more

Science Applications Intl. Wins Prime Contract From City Of Lakeland To Lead Its New Smart Grid Initiative Program - Quick Facts - RTT News

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 01:26 PM PDT

(RTTNews) - McLean, Virginia-based engineering services provider SAIC, Inc. (SAI: News ) Monday said it received a prime contract from the City of Lakeland, Florida., to lead its new Smart Grid Initiative program. The contract has a 30-month period of performance and is valued at more than $13 ...

Indiana math, science students get dose of business - msnbc.com

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 08:18 AM PDT

West Lafayette - Some of Indiana's top science and math students are competing for Purdue University tuition vouchers at a weeklong entrepreneurship academy. The 49 high school juniors and seniors taking part in the ...

AP Science Writer - Salt Lake Tribune

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill? A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective. Viewing it through some lenses, it isn't that ...

Middle Schoolers Discover Cave on Mars - Ksee24.com

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 01:54 PM PDT

A group of seventh-graders in Northern California has discovered a mysterious cave on Mars. The discovery came as students were studying images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting the red planet. The 16 students from teacher Dennis Mitchell's 7th-grade science class at Evergreen Middle School in ...

Semiconductor Nanocrystals Can Increase Solar Cell Efficiency to Over 60% - Azom.com

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 01:51 AM PDT

Zhu and his colleagues report their results in this week's Science. The scientists have discovered a method to capture the higher energy sunlight that is lost as heat in conventional solar cells. The maximum efficiency of the silicon solar cell in use today is about 31 percent. That's because much ...

Colitag™ Wins Bid With the Oklahoma City-County Health Department - PRLog (free press release)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:46 AM PDT

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 21, 2010 – Santa Rosa, CA, CPI International a leading direct marketer, designer and manufacturer of innovative OEM and end-user solutions in analytical science and technology has been ...

Start of summer brings out plenty of snowballs _ snowballs! _ at Pittsburgh science museum - Orlando Sentinel

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:46 AM PDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The patrons carrying small coolers and plastic bags into Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center weren't bringing their lunch. They were packing snowballs. Monday marked the first day of summer and the science museum's annual Snowball Day. Visitors are encouraged every year to save ...

Race to Learn from Williams F1’s CSR programme answers CBI’s demand for more exciting science and maths lessons - YAHOO!

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 12:11 AM PDT

A recent "Education and skills" survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)1 urges the coalition government to free teachers from curriculum constraints to stage more exciting science and maths lessons. Race to Learn, the primary school teaching resource developed by Cambridge ...

Books on Science - New York Times

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 01:54 PM PDT

"Never Pure" is a snappy title, evoking Ivory soap (99 and 44/100 percent pure) and Edgar Allan Poe ("nevermore"). It promises a cross-cultural look at the history of science with contemporary relevance. The ...

Grant given to stimulate ISU science programs - Iowa State Daily

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Science education at Iowa State is in the process of being completely revitalized. The $1.6 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant given to Iowa State will enable faculty members from different departments to work ...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

“Minister of Industry and Minister of State for Science and Technology Welcome Stephen ... - PR Inside” plus 9 more

“Minister of Industry and Minister of State for Science and Technology Welcome Stephen ... - PR Inside” plus 9 more

Minister of Industry and Minister of State for Science and Technology Welcome Stephen ... - PR Inside

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 01:34 PM PDT

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/20/10 -- The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today issued the following statement: "We ...

In France, no room for science in winemaking - Boston Globe

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 12:44 PM PDT

COLMAR, France — A War of the Worlds is being waged in this little corner of eastern France. On one side are Alsatian winemakers whose sacred traditions reach back more than two millenniums, men and women close to the ...

Desert, Science and Hot Dogs: The Three Sonorans - Tucson Citizen

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 02:31 PM PDT

From the farmworker movement documentation project. Let's say you want to go out to a club. Your friend suggests country and you decide against this. Your friend asks why and you simply say you don't like country ...

Homebrew science: Jello-based lab-on-a-chip - Ars Technica

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Many scientists and engineers can trace their interest in a topic to a handful of events that really opened their eyes to what is possible. For me, it was the day in middle school when, instead of our normal classes, we ...

Summer of Science at Mass. Maritime - Abington Mariner

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:04 AM PDT

CONNECT Partners will launch their Summer of Science at Massachusetts Maritime Academy from 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, July 9. The event is free and open to the public. Students, families, educators and science buffs of all ...

Life science companies can apply for tax credit - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 12:01 PM PDT

BOSTON — A federal tax credit that aims to spur more research and development on the best ways to treat chronic diseases will soon be available to Massachusetts life science companies. Starting Monday, the Therapeutic ...

UMKC researchers study science of drug addiction - Kansas City Star

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have received a $1.8 million federal grant to study drug addiction and mental illnesses. Dr. John Wang is leading the research. He and his team already have had their ...

From High-Frequency Trading to Derivatives, Golden Networking Masters the Art and ... - PR.com

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 01:41 PM PDT

After High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2010, Golden Networking is Hosting Leaders and Experts in the Over-the-counter and Exchange-Traded Derivatives Worlds at Derivatives Leaders Forum 2010, July 22nd, New York New ...

Science 1101 Part 1: The Science of Oil and Peak Oil Revisited - The Oil Drum

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:59 AM PDT

This is a repeat of a post from February 2008. In this article, I provide Peak Oil science curriculum suitable for introductory college science classes, advanced high school classes, and adult seminars. The material ...

Science The Endless Frontier - National Science Foundation (press release)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1530 P Street, NW. Washington 25, D.C. JULY 25, 1945 DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: In a letter dated November 17, 1944, President Roosevelt requested my recommendations on the ...
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Saturday, June 19, 2010

“Ben Bova: Science-fiction conventions are nothing to laugh at - Naples Daily News” plus 9 more

“Ben Bova: Science-fiction conventions are nothing to laugh at - Naples Daily News” plus 9 more

Ben Bova: Science-fiction conventions are nothing to laugh at - Naples Daily News

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT

I've gone to several science-fiction conventions recently. They're fun. There's hardly a weekend throughout the year when there isn't a science-fiction convention going on in some city across this wide land. Most ...

Science party - Farmington Independent

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:57 PM PDT

Amateur scientists, hobbyists and people just looking for an excuse to hike in the woods got a chance to work side by side with research scientists last weekend, and the work they did turned up an impressive range of ...

Snuffing out science - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:52 PM PDT

By: Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. Publisher: Bloomsbury Press, 355 pages, $27. Review: Oreskes and Conway's book is a dense read, but an important one, making a strong case that a few scientists, backed by big ...

Native American youths improve science skills - Omaha World-Herald

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:54 PM PDT

Forty-eight American Indian youths from Nebraska and South Dakota participated this month in a three-day camp featuring aviation, astronomy and robotics activities. The Science Education Partnership Award Camp was put on ...

Dayton brain science and...mind reading - Examiner

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:33 PM PDT

We usually consider out thoughts to be our most private activity, but what if someone actually could read our minds? Would we insist upon our spouse submitting to "mind reading" as a lie detector test? If we suspected ...

The Other Side of Science - nybooks.com

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:40 PM PDT

One pleasure of reading Steven Shapin on the history of science is that he rarely walks in a straight line. He approaches his subjects indirectly, creeping up on a topic through a thicket of examples, quotations, or ...

Weird Science: cinema's 5 worst genetic experiments - abc40

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:00 PM PDT

Science fiction films, much more so than books, have always used audience's fear of the unknown in order to sell tickets. Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, in some exaggerated Hollywood context, especially when ...

The Singularity and the Selling of Junk Science - LJWORLD

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:25 AM PDT

A friend sent me a really interesting article that looks at how people sell junk science. The article focuses on Ray Kurzweil who has proposed an idea called the Singularity at which point he claims we will be able to ...

U.S. Department of Energy Asks, Is Cloud Computing Fast Enough for Science? - ReadWriteWeb

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:07 PM PDT

This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware . How does application performance compare between virtual ...

Saturday matinee — Mr. Show's "The Limits of Science" - io9.com

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:23 PM PDT

Back in 1997, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk's HBO sketch comedy program Mr. Show filmed one of the most memorable depictions of the medieval scientific method ever. Remember — "All facts begin as dreams, dreamt by a ...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

“Universities And Science Minister Urges Students To Apply Online For Student Loan - eGov Monitor” plus 9 more

“Universities And Science Minister Urges Students To Apply Online For Student Loan - eGov Monitor” plus 9 more

Universities And Science Minister Urges Students To Apply Online For Student Loan - eGov Monitor

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 03:28 AM PDT

Universities and Science Minister David Willetts urged students to apply online now for their student loans and grants during a visit to the processing centre in Darlington today. Mr Willetts saw for himself how Student Finance England is getting ready for the busy summer period. David Willetts said ...

FDA Places Politics Above Science, Women's Health, and Informed Consent - Forbes

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:25 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This afternoon the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Panel , considering the new "Emergency Contraceptive," Ella, which can also act as an abortifacient, voted against recommending ANY precautions or labeling that would inform women of the ...

MSU researchers get $2M grant for flu study - Detroit Free Press

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 11:56 AM PDT

The National Institutes of Health grant goes to food science and human nutrition associate professor Elizabeth Gardner and microbiology and molecular genetics assistant professor Sungjin Kim. Influenza and its side ...

Sense Of Direction Is Innate - Redorbit.com

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Sense of direction is represented in the brains of newborn rats before they have explored their environment, according to new research by scientists at UCL. Published today in the journal Science, the results of a new ...

"Mad Science" comes to Rock Island Main Library on June 21 - Quad Cities Onlines

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 02:55 PM PDT

As part of the Summer Reading 2010 "Scare Up a Good Book" program, the Rock Island Public Library Children's Department will present a free "Mad Science" program on Monday, June 21 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Rock Island ...

He Blinded Me with Science - Article.nationalreview.com

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:11 PM PDT

A little over a year ago, Pres. Barack Obama reversed George W. Bush's restrictions on embryonic-stem-cell research. Just for the record, Bush didn't "ban" embryonic-stem-cell research, as so many critics claimed ...

Flow Science Wins Two Business Awards - PRLog (free press release)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:32 PM PDT

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 18, 2010 – Flow Science has recently been awarded two awards for excellence: the Employer of the Year, awarded by the Santa Fe Professional Business Women and the Business Excellence Award ...

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - United Press International

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 02:27 PM PDT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist studying 800,000-year-old polar ice says ocean currents play a significant role in increasing carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. Jerome Chappellaz told a ...

animal science, pre-law - Romesentinel.com

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 11:28 AM PDT

REMSEN — Dakota Burke is the valedictorain and Phillip Howard is the salutatorian of the Class of 2010 at Remsen Central High School. Burke, son of Lawrence and Cheryl Burke, 463 Hughes Road, Forestport, earned a ...

Management Master of Science set for IU East - Palladium-Item

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Indiana University East could offer its third master's degree by fall 2011, campus officials said. The Master of Science in Management degree program was recently approved by the IU Board of Trustees. The Indiana ...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

“Magic potions and mini explosions: Science experiments like you've never seen them ... - Examiner” plus 9 more

“Magic potions and mini explosions: Science experiments like you've never seen them ... - Examiner” plus 9 more

Magic potions and mini explosions: Science experiments like you've never seen them ... - Examiner

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Aw, Mom, not science! Science is boring! Or is it? If your kids roll their eyes at the mention of science, maybe it's time for a little experiment of your own. Bring them to Nitro Joe's presentation at the St. Louis ...

Science, math classes give college glimpse - Leaf Chronicle

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:09 PM PDT

College seems more appealing and less intimidating to students wrapping up two weeks of the Science and Math Academy at Austin Peay State University. Fifteen-year-old Christian Bare from Gordonsville, Tenn., says he ...

University Of Miami Life Science & Technology Park - PRLog (free press release)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:05 PM PDT

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 17, 2010 – – In the latest sign that the University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park (UM LSTP) is serving as a catalyst for the ongoing transformation of Miami's Health District ...

Program Seeks to Interest Girls in Science - WSET

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Roanoke, VA - Science isn't just for boys anymore! That's the message AEP is trying to get out to some local middle school students this week by hosting a program at Hotel Roanoke. Twenty students from Roanoke County ...

Littleton middle-school students earn honors at science and engineering fair - Abington Mariner

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:57 AM PDT

It may look like a trendy, compartmentalized fish tank at first glance, but Brianna Hilton's award winning science fair project is really all about using solar power to produce potable water. Constructed from Plexiglas ...

Science on drill ban questioned - Washington Times

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:26 PM PDT

The White House said Wednesday the six-month moratorium it has placed on deep-water drilling is a policy decision, not a science decision - drawing criticism from Republicans who say President Obama is violating his ...

Lamar Elementary eXtreme Science winners - Mineral Wells Index

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:55 PM PDT

MINERAL WELLS — Lamar Elementary School students participated in an eXtreme Science Competition on May 21. Students were asked to work with teams to design sailboats or egg carriers. Sailboat winners had to get their ...

Senator claims GOP follows Beck and Limbaugh, not science, on climate - Thehill.com

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday that strong global warming legislation lacks 60 votes and claimed Republicans are paying attention to conservative media pundits rather than climate science. "It is absolutely ...

Science Shot: A Galaxy Tail Full of Stars - Science Now

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:45 PM PDT

IC 3418 has a secret. At first glance, it looks like any other spiral/elliptical galaxy (right image). But take a peek at ultraviolet light (left), and you'll see that IC 3418 has a tail—one that's filled with ...

How to turn politicians on to science - New Scientist

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:11 PM PDT

An MP's first few weeks in Parliament can be pretty bewildering. Fortunately there's an induction programme to take them through everything they need to know, from where the canteen is to how to get a parliamentary email ...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

“BioNeutral Group Collaborating with Steri-7 ™ on Product Distribution - PR Inside” plus 9 more

“BioNeutral Group Collaborating with Steri-7 ™ on Product Distribution - PR Inside” plus 9 more

BioNeutral Group Collaborating with Steri-7 ™ on Product Distribution - PR Inside

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:41 AM PDT

BioNeutral Group, Inc. (OTCBB:BONU), a specialty chemical technology-based life science company, announced today that in collaboration with Steri-7™, a UK-based specialty chemical health care company, it will be expanding availability of its sporicidal formulations in the UK, Europe and the Middle ...

Defense Business Transformation Agency (BTA) Awards $75 Million Contract to SAIC - Newsblaze.com

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:03 PM PDT

MCLEAN, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime contract in support of the Defense Business Transformation Agency (BTA ...

NASA Releases Kepler Data on Potential Extrasolar Planets - PR-USA.net

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:04 AM PDT

NASA's Kepler Mission has released 43 days of science data on more than 156,000 stars. These stars are being monitored for subtle brightness changes as part of an ongoing search for Earth-like planets outside of our ...

Lawmakers attack plans oil companies had in place to deal with a spill - Washington Post

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:54 AM PDT

The government-mandated plans all came under attack at a congressional hearing Tuesday: Three of them listed the phone number for the same University of Miami marine science expert, Peter Lutz, who died in 2005. Four talked about the need to protect walruses, which, as Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass ...

UNESCO award in name of Equatorial Guinea president causes uproar - Washington Post

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 10:08 PM PDT

Back in September 2008, the European Union, joined by the United States and Norway, objected when the executive board of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) agreed to set up a life sciences award in the name of Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema , to be ...

Philadelphia Science Summer Camps - Examiner

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:25 PM PDT

If you are looking for quality science programs for your kids this summer check out these suggestions: "Science in the Summer" which is provided by Glaxo Smith Kline. It is a free science education program that helps ...

Science to solve the riddle of Ozzy Osbourne - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Science is about to tackle one of the most perplexing mysteries of our curious age: why is Ozzy Osbourne still alive? DNA research lab Knome has announced that it is going to sequence the lead singer of Black Sabbath's ...

Father of Tahoe science joins staff of DRI - Reno Gazette

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:53 PM PDT

A man who researched Lake Tahoe's ecology and environmental troubles for more than a half century will join Reno's Desert Research Institute as an adjunct professor, DRI officials announced today. Charles Goldman ...

Library science scholars in Long Branch - Asbury Park Press

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT

The Long Branch Free Public Library is happy to have two scholars in its midst. We hope you saw the recent article about the graduation of Tonya Badillo, but we also have current student Thalia Sweet. Tonya graduated ...

Science of Superheroes at LR's Museum of Discovery - ArkansasMatters

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:32 PM PDT

Who's your favorite superhero? Spiderman, Superman, or perhaps someone more current like Iron man? Visitors to the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock get the chance to dress like those guys and others while saving the ...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

“Science, Religion and Civil Dialogue - Huffingtonpost.com” plus 9 more

“Science, Religion and Civil Dialogue - Huffingtonpost.com” plus 9 more

Science, Religion and Civil Dialogue - Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 01:11 PM PDT

I was not surprised by the findings of a recent Rice University survey that half of the top 1,700 U.S. scientists described themselves as religious. The scientific community, like any other group, includes people with ...

IU professor's new textbook uses the best science writing from the New York Times - PhysOrg

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 11:17 AM PDT

C. Holly Stocking, professor emeritus of journalism at Indiana University, is lead author of The New York Times Reader -- Science and Technology. Credit: Photo by Carol Polsgrove For decades, The New York Times has been ...

June Science Picks: Hot News about Cool Science - U.S. Geological Survey

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

In this edition of Science Picks , learn what the USGS is doing in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and how satellite imagery can be used to get information after a major disaster. Also, learn how the USGS is ...

NASA Receives Science Results from Orchard Middle School Students - PhysOrg

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 12:28 PM PDT

(PhysOrg.com) -- Motivating students to learn science is a problem for many teachers. A problem Ron Hamby, an eighth grade teacher from Orchard Middle School, San Jose, Calif., may have solved for his classroom by ...

Science Foundation Arizona - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Science Foundation Arizona , in partnership with Arizona Universities, is initiating the highly competitive and prestigious Bisgrove Post-Doctoral Award Program. Arizona State University (ASU) and Northern Arizona ...

"Science Dog" Strikes Back - Comic Book Resources

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Longtime readers of the single issues of "Invincible" have undoubtedly noticed that a character called Science Dog appears every twenty-five issues in his very own 12-page backup feature. His story began in "Invincible ...

Marine science center ideas shared - Fort Bragg Advocate-News

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Attendees marked up maps, wrote down ideas and talked with City staff and consultants about the proposed Noyo Center for Science and Education. Tony Reed photo. Many people stopped in Town Hall Monday night to share ...

USGS Science Helps Disaster-Struck Communities Understand Flash Flooding - U.S. Geological Survey

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT

or subscribe by e-mail . "Flash flooding is one of the biggest causes of natural hazard-related deaths in the United States and we are here collecting data to understand what happened from a hydrologic standpoint, in ...

California Science Center to Pay Attorneys' Fees and Settle Open Records Lawsuit by ... - PR-USA.net

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 11:46 AM PDT

The California Science Center (CSC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute and release records that it previously sought to conceal regarding its cancellation of the screening ...

FASEB Announces Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Science Award - Earthtimes

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 01:33 PM PDT

BETHESDA, Md. , June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is pleased to announce that Gail R. Martin , Ph.D., will be the recipient of the FASEB 2011 ...
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