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NASA Launches Web Site for Teenagers That Want More Class
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Glasgow's joking computer
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(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.
Limestone leaf warbler: New bird species discovered
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A diminutive, colorful bird living in the rocky forests of Laos and Vietnam has been discovered by a team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Lao PDR Department of Forestry, Swedish University ...
Oceanographers image the discovery of the deepest explosive eruption on the sea floor (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor.
Racing, shooting and zapping your way to better visual skills
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Do your kids want a Wii, a PlayStation or an Xbox 360 this year? This holiday gift season is packed with popular gaming systems and adrenaline-pumping, sharpshooting games. What's a parent to do? Is there any redeeming value ...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today.
Math goes viral: Researchers make math and science real for high-school students
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently.
Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(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.
Interactive animations give science students a boost
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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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.
Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(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.
Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...
Students learn environmental stewardship, improve science scores
Dec 11, 2009 |
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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 ...
Scientists create world's first molecular transistor
Dec 23, 2009 |
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A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule. The team, which includes researchers from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ...
'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at The University of Manchester is set to improve predictions about climate and air quality - and make life easier for those suffering from respiratory problems.
Jules Verne, desperado?
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(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 ...
