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Sunday, December 5, 2010

“Weird Science wants to be bitten by younger sharks - Ars Technica” plus 6 more

“Weird Science wants to be bitten by younger sharks - Ars Technica” plus 6 more


Weird Science wants to be bitten by younger sharks - Ars Technica

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST

Wimpy shark bites: What do you do if your local bather protection program captures a 2.5 meter great white shark? Make a computer model of its bite force, obviously. The model demonstrates that, despite how dangerous a shark of that size might seem, it's ...

How some politicians stumble on science - USA Today

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 08:39 AM PST

"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots," Mark Twain wrote in his once-again hot-selling autobiography, "… on account of personal experience and heredity." Twain didn't much care for politicians. Scientists might soon be feeling ...

Caledonia high school students join Science Olympiad competition - MLive.com

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 07:42 AM PST

More than 50 Caledonia middle-schoolers and, for the first time, nine high school students are spending hours each week after school working to improve their knowledge of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering ...

Robotics contest powers enthusiasm for science - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:54 AM PST

FERGUSON • With a kinked metal tail and two eyes drawn on him with a Sharpie, General Barkington may not have looked like the hottest dog in the race, but his inventors were confident they had a winner. That's because the robot, planned and constructed ...

Science and Religion: Fighting for Physics in the Holy Land - Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 02:38 PM PST

Last week, university students in Israel once again took to the streets in protest; setting tires ablaze near the Hebrew University campus, snarling traffic by releasing live chickens outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's home and blocking streets at a Tel ...

OSU animal science professor inspires students - Daily Oklahoman

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:55 PM PST

It happened during a one-on-one meeting with a student more than 20 years ago when Damron was teaching in Wisconsin . The student had been struggling. Damron didn't know why, he just knew the student was having a rough time. Damron told the student he had ...

New books show learning science can be entertaining, too - Kansas City Star

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:15 PM PST

The wonders of science would seem to be a perfect way to satisfy a child's natural inquisitiveness. Yet every year we hear about U.S. schoolkids' deficiencies in science. Getting youngsters to explore — and enjoy — science gets a lot easier when ...

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