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• American Science Education, as Seen by a Scientist

  
  Black Shards, In Your Eyes, Blinding — Authority: 137
  Eric Berger’s interview with Michio Kaku is, in his own words, a bit scatter-shot. It’s certainly that, but what Kaku had to say about America’s education system was brutal, fascinating, and dead-on true, particularly as relates to science: Kaku: We are dumbing down the American high school kid. We have the ...
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• Herschel Space Observatory - Time Magazines Best Inventions (video)

  
  A Blog Around The Clock — Authority: 592
  By Brian Malow : Read the comments on this post...
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• Teens’ mental health may determine how long they stay in school (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): A new study has found that poor mental health of children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school.Lead researcher from Queen’s University Steven Lehrer said that large number of school-based programs have been introduced to prevent childhood obesity ...
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• Dealing With Complexity

  
  Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson — Authority: 489
  I had an interesting conversation with two teachers last week. One the chair of the computer science of a large state university and the other a teacher in a career/technical high school. We were talking about how beginning programming students worked on their programs. I said that time and again I’d seen students ...
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• Get Ready for the Leonid Meteor Shower

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  From MSNBC When people hear about an impending meteor shower, their first impression may be of a sky filled with shooting stars pouring down through the sky like rain. Such meteor storms have actually occurred with the annual Leonid meteor shower of November, such as in 1833 and 1966, when meteor rates of literally ...
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• Moons Water Finding Applauded Internationally

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  Todays announcement that NASAs Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater is being saluted around the world. "Congratulations to the LCROSS project and science team for the detection of water," said Bernard Foing, Executive director of ...
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• Wet Moon

  
  Asymptotia — Authority: 127
  Aha! So you were thinking the mission last month was a bit of a failure, right? Because there was no big splash (literally) of a plume for the press to gush about? I’m talking about the October LCROSS mission on October 9th that smashed an impactor onto the moon’s surface (at the Cabeus crater) to create a cloud ...
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• Free Spirit: The Struggle to Free the Rover

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  For some time now the Spirit rover on Mars has been stuck in a particularly sandy spot on the planets surface.  Starting on Monday the rover will begin what may be a very long process of breaking out.  You can keep up with the struggle at NASAs Free Spirit with regular updates on the trapped rovers status.  You ...
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• Calendar: MIND events in November and December

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 151
  NOVEMBER Dementia, you thief [More]
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• Pick the Worlds Ugliest Insect

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 151
  Will you pick “Sweetness” or “The Gollywhopper?” “The Hammer” or “Stretch?” Those are all nicknames for some ugly insects. And by choosing, you’ll help Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University crown the ugliest insect in the world. Now in its second year online, the contest pits ten ...
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• Free Lab Calculator

  
  SoftZilla — Authority: 137
  Lab Calculator 1.30 Release Date: 2009-11-04 Lab Calculator 1.30 File Size: 153KB Download Free Lab Calculator 1.30 Lab Calculator 1.30 Website Lab Calculator is a lab utility useful for verifying routine lab calculations involving concentration, mass, volume and common ratios. The principle ...
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• Teens’ mental health may determine how long they stay in school

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): A new study has found that poor mental health of children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school.Lead researcher from Queen’s University Steven Lehrer said that large number of school-based programs have been introduced to prevent childhood obesity ...
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• When Preschoolers Ask Lots Of Questions, Give Them Lots Of Answers

  
  Scientific Blogging — Authority: 633
  Many a parent has been driven to the point of madness by successive "why?" questions from preschoolers, but its a good sign that they ask and they do better if they get a detailed explanation than if you just answer because. read more
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• Next shuttle mission will carry butterflies to space for classroom science experiments

  
  Scientific American - Observations — Authority: 131
  Space shuttle Atlantis, set to lift off November 16 for the International Space Station, will launch with more than just its six-member astronaut crew onboard. Stowed away in a biological payload module will be larvae of two species of butterfly, whose development students on the ground will track from their ...
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• Educators! Space Videoconference Update

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  From space robots to exploring the Moon! NASAs Digital Learning Network is presenting a series of videoconferences to assist educators in staying current on NASA education resources and related products. Each event will involve product producers, authors and experts. They will demonstrate their materials designed ...
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• New Policy Internships for Physics Students

  
  ScienceInsider — Authority: 660
  by Jeffrey MervisThe American Institute of Physics is looking for undergraduates with Potomac Fever. The new AIP Mather Public Policy Intern Program aims to broaden the institutes summer research internships to include students interested in science policy. It is funded...
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• November 12, 1968 (a Tuesday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 126
  On this date, Epperson v. Arkansas was decided.  The U.S. Supreme Court found that Arkansas’ law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional because the motivation was based on a literal reading of Genesis, not science.
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• Shuttle Atlantis to Fly Butterflies to the International Space Station as part of Student Experiment

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  Thousands of U. S. school students will participate in a butterfly experiment headed for the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Atlantis, which is scheduled to lift off on Monday at 2:28 p.m., EST. The shuttle will deliver a pair of butterfly habitats containing Monarch and Painted Lady butterfly larvae ...
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• The Diamond Age of Wireless

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 643
  I would like to understand the dynamics of radio waves like a bird understands air currents. What would be the best way as a middle-aged learner to gain this insight? Some previous discussions indicate a degree in electrical engineering, but Im pretty much done with academia - Im looking for a more kinesthetic ...
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• Class Size and SAT Scores By State

  
  VizWorld.com — Authority: 491
  It makes sense that a lower ratio of students to teachers would result in more “one on one” time with teachers, and therefore result in a better education and smarter students.  This is frequently used as an argument for increased educational spending and hiring additional teachers, but is it true?  FlowingData ...
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