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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has launched a new Web site created specifically for teenagers that provides teens access to current NASA spacecraft data for use in school science projects, allows them to conduct real experiments with NASA scientists, and helps them locate space-related summer internships. http://www.physorg.com/news180032636.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:01 EST news180032636 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary. http://www.physorg.com/news179736700.html Technology Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:52:14 EST news179736700 (AP) -- Fighting back against climate skeptics, over 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement defending the evidence that climate change is being caused by humans, Britain's weather office said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news179670878.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:05 EST news179670878 Psychologists have long known that when two people haggle over a price, it pays for the seller to start high. http://www.physorg.com/news179766687.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:12:26 EST news179766687 Applying brainstorming techniques to new product development works best when the collaboration employs participants from varied specialties gathering to develop a less complex product, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). http://www.physorg.com/news179670971.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:50:04 EST news179670971 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today. http://www.physorg.com/news180197616.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:54:30 EST news180197616 At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently. http://www.physorg.com/news180012327.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:50:02 EST news180012327 (PhysOrg.com) -- In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment. http://www.physorg.com/news180024084.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:20:01 EST news180024084 For a generation of students raised and nurtured at the computer keyboard, it seems like a no-brainer that computer-assisted learning would have a prominent role in the college science classroom. http://www.physorg.com/news180017079.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:10:05 EST news180017079 (PhysOrg.com) -- An infra-red digital camera could be a crucial tool in the fight against crime when trying to identify suspects by their tattoos, according to new University of Derby research. http://www.physorg.com/news180033867.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:16 EST news180033867 Keeping with the global "green" trend, educators worldwide are relying more on environmental education lessons to enhance students' science knowledge. Studies have revealed that bringing environmental education into the curriculum raises not just science scores -environmental-based lessons can also improve student test scores in other subject areas. Naturally, educators are interested in developing new ways to integrate these relevant lessons into the classroom in hopes of piquing student interest and comprehension in multiple subject areas. http://www.physorg.com/news179756163.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:18:11 EST news179756163 Thinking of rewarding your sales department for a job well done? You might not want to make cash part of the pay-off. http://www.physorg.com/news179584657.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:38:06 EST news179584657 Using a branch of science that crosses disciplines to study complex problems, a Michigan State University researcher is introducing a new way to understand and treat lower back pain, a condition affecting more than 40 million Americans and costing billions of dollars each year. http://www.physorg.com/news179507385.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:20:02 EST news179507385 Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at Virginia Tech and two other universities suggests that parents with poorer working memory skills are less likely to be able to control their emotions with their children. http://www.physorg.com/news179504540.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:50:01 EST news179504540 (PhysOrg.com) -- Jules Verne (1828-1905) is often remembered as a 19th-century founder of science fiction, whose enthusiasm for invention fills his books - from the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon (1865) to the submarine in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1869), and many more. http://www.physorg.com/news180107594.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:59:48 EST news180107594