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Friday, December 31, 2010

“El Pasoan's love for science drives his work for EPA - El Paso Times” plus 8 more

“El Pasoan's love for science drives his work for EPA - El Paso Times” plus 8 more

El Pasoan's love for science drives his work for EPA - El Paso Times

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:57 PM PST

Al Armendariz's childhood memories include the acrid taste of sulfur in the air. Pollution so thick it assaulted the taste buds spewed from the Asarco smelter near his grandmother's Central El Paso home. His grandfather was born in Smeltertown and had ...

Guidelines to separate science and politics - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has issued long-awaited guidelines designed to protect federal scientists from political interference -- the first time the federal government has had an explicit government-wide policy of this kind. The four-page ...

Celebrity-endorsed health tips debunked by science group - The Vancouver Sun

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:27 PM PST

LONDON -- Science campaigners laid bare some of the most dubious celebrity-endorsed health tips on Wednesday, trashing ideas such as reabsorbing sperm and wearing silicone bracelets to boost energy. In an annual list of what it sees as the year's worst ...

Defenders Put on a Clinic in the Science of Unblocking - New York Times

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 02:56 PM PST

To start the new year, let's look at one of the best defenses from last year. The declarer usually enjoys an advantage, but occasionally the defenders know more and can force declarer to guess. That was the case in the diagramed deal, Board 21 of the ...

Medical Science Still Faces Old Century's Challenges - CBS News

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:29 AM PST

After a century of progress, the issues that medicine must tackle in the coming year aren't that different from the ones that faced doctors at the start of 1911, according to the observations of the medical journal The Lancet. The publication's lead ...

Science, People and the Planet in 2010 - New York Times Blogs

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:54 AM PST

I'm looking forward to visiting Ira Flatow and his crew at Science Friday this afternoon to discuss notable developments over the past year and peek ahead. Also on board will be the writer and author Paul Raeburn , Robin Lloyd of Scientific American and ...

The Science Breakthroughs that 2011 May Bring - msnbc.com

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:14 AM PST

From discovering the so-called God particle and confirming the existence of an Earth-like exoplanet to understanding more about the brain and even defining a fourth domain of life, the science possibilities for 2011 are awe-inspiring. Here's a look at some ...

Doctor gives lecture highlighting music's influence on life and science - Patriot-News Blogs

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:46 AM PST

Dr. Keith Cheng, head of a cancer research laboratory for the Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Institute, will draw connections between music, science and life in his "The Inner Mind, Body & Soul of Music: A Way of Life and Science" lecture on Jan. 5. The ...

Science Fairs Struggle To Survive As School Budgets Are Crunched - Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:34 AM PST

DARIEN, Ill. -- When one team's model helicopter broke before a recent science competition here, the students made a replacement at the last minute using a pizza box and a rubber band. How do we make service-learning a universal experience? And here is ...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

“NASA ROSES-10 Amendment 28: New proposal opportunity in Appendix C.26 the Mars Science Laboratory ... - SpaceRef” plus 9 more

“NASA ROSES-10 Amendment 28: New proposal opportunity in Appendix C.26 the Mars Science Laboratory ... - SpaceRef” plus 9 more

NASA ROSES-10 Amendment 28: New proposal opportunity in Appendix C.26 the Mars Science Laboratory ... - SpaceRef

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:34 AM PST

The MSL Participating Scientist Program is intended to enhance the scientific return from the MSL mission (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ ) by augmenting the existing MSL science team to include new investigations that broaden and/or complement the funded ...

Tibetan monks studying science at Emory in Atlanta - Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:53 AM PST

ATLANTA — Munching on pizza. Posting on Facebook. Hanging out with friends on weekends. Some of the newest students at Emory University's student body may act like typical college kids, but there's a key difference: They're Tibetan monks sent by the ...

Top Science Stories Of 2010 Include Neanderthal DNA - NPR News

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST

The year 2010 was chock-full of interesting science. But with more than 700,000 scientific papers published, picking the top stories of the year is a daunting task. Copyright © 2010 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms ...

High School Science Battles To Be Cool - Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:34 PM PST

As schools nationwide focus more and more on English and math to keep up with No Child Left Behind guidelines, science teachers are trying harder than ever to make bunsen burners and cell division cool -- without much funding. CNN reports that some ...

US science funding boost faces uncertain future - Ars Technica

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:26 AM PST

Despite coming under attack by Congressional republicans, federal science funding has received a major and mostly overlooked boost. The America COMPETES Act, passed by Congress shortly before Christmas, calls for $46 billion in science and technology ...

Seven MetroWest companies part of state life science grant handout - Abington Mariner

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:48 AM PST

Fueled by state tax incentives, seven MetroWest life science companies are serving as what Gov. Deval Patrick sees as the engine for creating jobs and forging a strong economy. With $2.6 million in tax incentives through a program sponsored by the ...

Tibetan monks turn to USA to train minds in science - USA Today

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:09 AM PST

ATLANTA — Munching on pizza. Posting on Facebook . Hanging out with friends on weekends. Some of the newest students at Emory University 's student body may act like typical college kids, but there's a key difference: They're Tibetan monks sent by the ...

Does American Science & Engineering Measure Up? - Motley Fool

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:22 AM PST

Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. TTM = trailing 12 months. Unfortunately, that table doesn't tell us much about where American Science & Engineering has been, or where it's going. A company with rising gross and operating margins often ...

Grants and fellowships created to train math, science teachers: Higher education - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:56 AM PST

As officials at Ohio's public and private colleges begin gathering information that will help gauge the quality of teacher education programs and how graduates are faring in the classroom, several initiatives to change the model of teacher training are ...

Wayne State University's Michigan Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Selects the OnCore System ... - YAHOO!

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 03:02 AM PST

In support of its new Michigan Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (MACTS), Wayne State University (WSU) has implemented the OnCore® Clinical Research Management system (OnCore-CRM) from Forte Research Systems, Inc. to support its centralized ...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

“Scientists warn over closure of Forensic Science Service (From York Press) - The Press in York” plus 9 more

“Scientists warn over closure of Forensic Science Service (From York Press) - The Press in York” plus 9 more

Scientists warn over closure of Forensic Science Service (From York Press) - The Press in York

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:35 AM PST

This idea is so stupid. The Coalition government are guilty of mis-government, yet again. Please be fair, courteous and respectful to the views of others so we can build a vibrant community in a safe online environment. You are personal liable for your ...

Hundreds in Army Social Science Unqualified, Former Boss Says [Updated] - Wired News

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 03:55 AM PST

Nearly five years after the Army began a controversial program to embed social scientists in combat units, the former director and chief bureaucratic force behind the program says that over a third of those researchers never should have been part of the ...

Perfecting Animation, via Science - New York Times

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST

Eitan Grinspun, the director of Columbia University 's Computer Graphics Group, doesn't quite qualify as hairdresser to the stars. But if you want computer-generated hair (or fur) to look convincingly real when it is twisted, clumped, matted, coiled ...

Anti-Religion Author Argues Science, Not Faith, Should Determine Morality - ABC News

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST

These and other fervent attacks on religion have earned writer and scientist Sam Harris enough acrimony that Harris -- the author of the bestselling "The End of Faith" -- now travels with security guards and keeps his home address under wraps. But here's ...

U.S. Science Funding Boost Faces Uncertain Future - Wired News

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:54 PM PST

Despite coming under attack by Congressional republicans, federal science funding has received a major and mostly overlooked boost. The America COMPETES Act, passed by Congress shortly before Christmas, calls for $46 billion in science and technology ...

'Alien life' reveals science at work - MSNBC Cosmiclog

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST

The latest to point this out are the folks at Real Climate , a blog on climate science — a discipline that is no stranger to controversy . What's groundbreaking about the find is it suggested that salt-loving bacteria gathered from California's Mono Lake ...

How Politics Body Slams Science - Forbes (blog)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:05 AM PST

There was quite a response to my snow-day musings on climate scientist Judah Cohen's idea that global warming could be causing increased snow fall. Cohen set up the idea in a New York Times Op-Ed, which also apparently caught the eye of Tucker Carlson ...

Street Science: Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite - San Francisco Gate

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:56 AM PST

Your parents warned you about them when you were younger. They hide in the dark crevices of your bed. They've been around for centuries. They feed on your blood. They move fast and only come out at night. Vampires? Noâ€"bed bugs. Whether you live in a ...

"Science sense" list trashes celebrity health tips - Reuters

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:31 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Science campaigners laid bare some of the most dubious celebrity-endorsed health tips on Wednesday, rubbishing ideas such as reabsorbing sperm and wearing silicone bracelets to boost energy. In an annual list of what it sees as the year ...

Pitt prof at the forefront of a futuristic science - AP - msnbc.com

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST

Imagine having a toothbrush that can tell if you've brushed enough by measuring the amount of halitosis in your mouth, or a microscopic drug capsule programmed to seek out and kill cancer cells, or a device asthma patients could use to detect an oncoming ...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

“UK’s world-famous Forensic Science Service faces axe - Car Rentals” plus 9 more

“UK’s world-famous Forensic Science Service faces axe - Car Rentals” plus 9 more

UK’s world-famous Forensic Science Service faces axe - Car Rentals

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 09:45 AM PST

Disbelief and dismay followed the Home Office's recent announcement of the planned break-up of Britain's world-beating Forensic Science Service. Forensic scientists are warning the British judicial system will be forced to take a backward step if the ...

Letter: Those who pit Bible against science haven't studied the science, and don't want to - Jupiter Courier

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:41 PM PST

Joel Beaird's epistle (Dec. 14 letter) begins with an oxymoron of its own by saying the agnostics fear God, and the title could have been "Uncle Remus and Anti-Agnostic." As to Charles Darwin's "ridiculous theory," scientific data supporting evolution ...

Warming’ up to junk science - Boston Herald

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:20 AM PST

I f you spent part of Christmas weekend stuck in a foot of snow - er, make that "climate fluff" - you may have found yourself asking "Whatever happened to all that 'global warming' Al Gore kept yelling about a few years ago?" Good question ...

Orlando Science Center: 3 exhibits going — Curious George, Jane Goodall film coming - Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

Three exhibits are in their final days at the Orlando Science Center, but new elements featuring Curious George and Jane Goodall will be added in February. On the way out, as of Sunday, Jan. 2, are "Get the Message," which focuses on forms of ...

Science's Breakthrough of the Year: runners up - Ars Technica

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST

Not content to list only a single major achievement at the end of the year, the editors at Science also listed nine runners up that they feel represented major steps forward in scientific understanding that occurred over this past calendar year. The list ...

Science links: Breast-feeding may benefit boys more than girls - Everything Alabama Blog

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 10:06 AM PST

Science news from around the Web: New Scientist reports that an Australian study suggests breast-feeding may be more beneficial to boys than girls. The study of 1,000 children found that boys who relied on breast-feeding for the first six months of their ...

Subject Matters: Science has an image problem - CNN

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:50 AM PST

As science teachers try to educate the next generation of scientists in the United States, they worry about everything from a shortage of supplies for classroom experiments to their subject's nerdy image. Here are some of the challenges they face in their ...

The Science of Chocolate - Hartford Courant

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST

Every week, it seems, brings a new report on how good chocolate is for you - among them, that it decreases risk of stroke, increases flow of blood to the brain , and improves blood flow in general. Now, we have more good news about chocolate. Researchers ...

Science research being wasted on trivial matters - Las Vegas Sun

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:07 AM PST

Regarding the Los Angeles Times story, "Atomic weights of 10 elements to be altered," published in Friday's Las Vegas Sun: In a world where the common cold cannot be cured, the cause and cure for cancer elude us, and drug companies produce ...

Science bill could bring federal money to the Valley - McAllen Monitor

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:14 PM PST

McALLEN — A relatively unknown bill affecting science education and job creation won overwhelming approval in the U.S. Congress before it recessed and could energize science-related opportunities in South Texas. But the America Competes Reauthorization ...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

“5 best science books of 2010 - CharlotteObserver.com” plus 7 more

“5 best science books of 2010 - CharlotteObserver.com” plus 7 more

5 best science books of 2010 - CharlotteObserver.com

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:40 PM PST

This year, publishers rolled out more than 200 new books about science. Most were solid contributions that inform the public about what's new in science. Some were very good, and a few were outstanding. Here are my choices for the year's best. The Emperor ...

Climate science: The real reason we need to worry - Oregonian

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:33 AM PST

From near-record high to near-record low temperatures, this November in the Pacific Northwest, from relatively warm ocean conditions and "dead zones" to relatively cold ocean conditions and fabulous salmon runs off our Pacific Coast, from an unusually cold ...

Why we must reinvigorate our interest in science -- and how DJ Scientific could help us - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:33 AM PST

Why did we lose interest in science, and how can we get it back? In an Op-Ed article from Sunday's pages, Meryl Comer, president of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative, and Chris Mooney, coauthor of "Unscientific America: How Scientific ...

DeVry spotlights science and technology careers for girls - Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:48 AM PST

DeVry University recently held a HerWorld program at its Miramar campus. The HerWorld program, now in its 13th year, introduces high school girls to job opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. This year, more than 50 such programs were ...

A Master's for Science Professionals Sweeps U.S. Schools - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:53 PM PST

BOSTON -- A curiosity tucked away in a handful of university catalogs a decade ago, the professional science master's degree is emerging from the shadows at a number of college campuses. The degree, which a few universities quietly pioneered in the mid ...

New House Science chair praises ‘tremendous’ BP spill, plans to subpoena climate scientists - Grist

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:01 PM PST

Incoming House Science Chair Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) plans to put big oil back in charge of his committee. In an interview with the Dallas Morning News this month, the climate zombie declared his intention to use the House Science and Technology ...

Science Fiction Review: "The Yarn", "The Ouroboros Wave", "Rocket Girls", and "Six-Guns Straight from Hell" - Denver Post

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:49 AM PST

Yarn, by Jon Armstrong, $14.99. Jon Armstrong calls his style "fashionpunk." It's set in a satiric world of fashion and consumerism gone wild. Underneath this world is another world of exploitation and violence. Tane Cedar is at the top of the fashion ...

Letter: Science showing gays can change - Knoxville News Sentinel

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 02:32 PM PST

Homosexuality is not an ethnic or racial issue, it is a behavior. What the vote that ended, "don't ask, don't tell," does is: it affirms homosexual behavior. I, a Christian. know that every individual is of equal value to God. Also as a Christian I know ...
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Sunday, December 26, 2010

“British science journal publishes study by 8-year-olds - AZCentral.com” plus 8 more

“British science journal publishes study by 8-year-olds - AZCentral.com” plus 8 more

British science journal publishes study by 8-year-olds - AZCentral.com

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:49 AM PST

LONDON - A science journal from Britain's prestigious Royal Society has published a study conducted and written by 8-year-old students. The children from an English elementary school investigated the way bumblebees see colors and patterns, based on ...

U.K. science journal publishes study by kids - Times and Democrat

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:16 AM PST

LONDON - It came with wobbly writing and hand-drawn diagrams, but an elementary school science project has made it into a peer-reviewed journal from Britain's prestigious Royal Society. Biology Letters published a report Wednesday conducted and written by ...

Weird Science always gets stuck in the slow lane - Ars Technica

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST

The theory behind slow lines: As our own science video contest is over, we'll forward you to a video from Bill Hammack, a University of Illinois professor who's also known as the engineer guy. In this great video that covers everything from network ...

Museum of Discovery & Science opens new permanent exhibit - Miami Herald

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:13 AM PST

Perched in the driver's seat of the ambulance, Jack Reynolds glanced back through the window at the body lying on the gurney, then turned his attention back to the wheel. His mission: to get to the hospital as quickly as possible — or as quickly as his ...

A Master’s for Science Professionals Sweeps U.S. Schools - New York Times

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:02 AM PST

BOSTON — A curiosity tucked away in a handful of university catalogs a decade ago, the professional science master's degree is emerging from the shadows at a number of college campuses. The degree, which a few universities quietly pioneered in the mid ...

Professor will demonstrate his magical way with numbers at Liberty Science Center - NJ.com

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:01 AM PST

Art Benjamin can multiply 22 times 22 faster in his head than you can do it on a calculator. For Benjamin, it's simple — just go down two to 20, up two to 24. Multiply 2 by 24, and move the decimal point around ... Simple, right? No? Well, trust us ...

South Jersey Skies: Citizen science — How to be a scientist in your spare time - NJ.com

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST

Would you like to be an actual research scientist? You can do this work at home in your spare time! This sounds like something you'd see posted on a telephone pole, doesn't it? But many thousands of people around the world are helping scientists study and ...

SLPS names top math, science teachers - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:32 AM PST

The St. Louis Public School District has awarded its 2010 Mathematics and Science Teachers of the Year Awards. To become a Teacher of the Year, applicants had to explain their philosophy and approach to teaching, be recommended by a principal and a ...

How the World Changed in 2010: How the years' events reshaped science, politics, schools and more - New York Daily News

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:36 AM PST

In 2010, we discovered how technology can bring people together around fast-moving crises and causes. After the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile , people used text-messaging and web-based platforms to direct attention and relief, in real-time, to victims ...
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

“Facebook and PayPal Founder Looks to the Science Future - NBC Bay Area” plus 7 more

“Facebook and PayPal Founder Looks to the Science Future - NBC Bay Area” plus 7 more

Facebook and PayPal Founder Looks to the Science Future - NBC Bay Area

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:30 PM PST

In the movie The Social Network, the character of Peter Thiel is played as a slick Master of the Universe, a tech industry king and kingmaker with the savvy to see that a $500,000 investment in Facebook could mint millions later. Reality is a little more ...

UK science journal publishes study by 8-year-olds - Seattle Times

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 04:51 AM PST

It came with wobbly writing and hand-drawn diagrams, but an elementary school science project has made it into a peer-reviewed journal from Britain's prestigious Royal Society. Biology Letters published a report Wednesday conducted and written by a group ...

In Budget Crunch, Science Fairs Struggle to Survive - New York Times

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:13 PM PST

DARIEN, Ill. — When one team's model helicopter broke before a recent science competition here, the students made a replacement at the last minute using a pizza box and a rubber band. Get Science News From The New York Times » Things do not always go ...

Science Fiction Review: "The Yarn", "The Ouroboros Wave", "Rocket Girls", and "Six-Guns Straight from Hell" - Denver Post

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:49 AM PST

Yarn, by Jon Armstrong, $14.99. Jon Armstrong calls his style "fashionpunk." It's set in a satiric world of fashion and consumerism gone wild. Underneath this world is another world of exploitation and violence. Tane Cedar is at the top of the fashion ...

Comment of the Day: Reader Questions Claims Made Against Science Center - Riverfront Times (blog)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

Today's comment comes in response to last Friday's post, "Science Center's Cataloging Problems Spread to Art Museum." From "STL Neighbor" : "Instead of spending so much time obsessing about those roadside souvenirs you claim are so valuable, spend some ...

How Science and Technology Influence Language - NPR News

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:40 AM PST

Have you ever been Plutoed (demoted)? Is your inbox clogged with "bacn" (spam by personal request)? Are you a lifehacker (master at optimizing everyday routines)? Jonathon Keats, artist and author of Virtual Words , explains how science and technology ...

Looking back: History, art and science dominate 2010 - Daily Advance

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:35 PM PST

Perhaps if you were to ask some folks how they might sum up the past year, they might just tell you that 2010 was a year for history, art and science.In fact, there are certainly some who will tell you that Elizabeth City H.A.S. it! — History, Arts and ...

Siemens Science Competition: doing science in a community - Ars Technica

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST

People outside the research community tend not to recognize that it really is a community—science is a social activity, and you tend to spend your days interacting with the other members of your research group, other members of your institution, and ...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

“'Sea Rex 3D' opens at Connecticut Science Center in Harford - Stamford Advocate” plus 8 more

“'Sea Rex 3D' opens at Connecticut Science Center in Harford - Stamford Advocate” plus 8 more

'Sea Rex 3D' opens at Connecticut Science Center in Harford - Stamford Advocate

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:28 PM PST

Long before dinosaurs roamed the surface of the Earth, they ruled deep beneath the oceans. Opening Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Connecticut Science Center in downtown Hartford, "Sea Rex 3D" will take audiences on a cinematic adventure to that prehistoric ...

Close Proximity Leads To Better Science - Redorbit.com

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:18 AM PST

Absence makes your heart grow fonder, but close-quarters may boost your career. According to new research by scientists at Harvard Medical School, the physical proximity of researchers, especially between the first and last author on published papers ...

NASA ROSES-10 Amendment 27: New proposal opportunity in Appendix A.40, Airborne Science: UAS ... - SpaceRef

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:32 AM PST

This amendment announces a new proposal opportunity in ROSES 2010 via Appendix A.40, Airborne Science: UAS Enabled Earth Science Program. The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Earth Science Division in partnership with NASA Aeronautics Research ...

Week in science: solstice lunar eclipse edition - Ars Technica

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:01 AM PST

Database of Google Books shows the half-life of celebrity : Researchers process the Google Books database to identify the appearance of words over the past several centuries, identifying trends in history and celebrity in the process. The solstice lunar ...

Norwell: Science center announces vacation week activities - Abington Mariner

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:31 AM PST

South Shore Natural Science Center, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell, will offer a December Vacation Week Program for preschoolers ages 3.5 through 5 years from Monday, Dec. 27, through Thursday, Dec. 30. The theme is Backyard Wildlife. Join Science Center ...

Siemens Science Competition: the pull of a good project - Ars Technica

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:28 AM PST

Doing a research project requires some serious inspiration. You have to be willing to put in the time involved and deal with setbacks and frustration. It could be easy to quit, but the students who made the finals at the Siemens Science Competition managed ...

Student at Beaverton's Health & Science School hopes his G-Ma stent will help diabetics - Oregonian

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:52 AM PST

BEAVERTON -- Kollan Jones was driving his mom crazy, pacing around the house and blurting out ideas. The 17-year-old needed to come up with a science project that relied on engineering and biomedical fields for a competition at the Health and Science ...

Akonni Awarded National Science Grant to Investigate Feasibility of Manufacturing Lab-on-a-Film Microarray ... - Yahoo Finance

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:21 PM PST

FREDERICK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and plans to market sophisticated molecular testing devices for diagnosing infectious diseases and human genetic disorders, announced today ...

Science class on a boat makes a lasting impression on students - San Jose Mercury News

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:23 AM PST

SANTA CRUZ -- Science class aboard a catamaran cruising the Monterey Bay in search of sea otters and kelp forests while the captain points out jelly fish and seeks kids' help in navigating the choppy waters isn't an experience soon forgotten. The classes ...
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