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Could You Pass 8th Grade Science? Posted: 2 years ago by 2longdogs
Think you know a thing or two about science? Take our short quiz to determine if you'd pass an 8th grade science test.
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The Top 10 Craziest Science Stuff you didn’t know Posted: 3 years ago by cjmei
Do you know you can Hypnotize Chickens, you can have an erection once dead?...Stuff you may not have known about science and some of the crazy things you can do, things your body is capable of doing that you may not have known.
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Homebrewed Science Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A fellow Plimate, Snocrash, has a website called Homebrewed Science that you might find interesting.
It is a new community that encourages discussion and experimentation on science projects you can do at home. Read it for enjoyment, read it for education, check it out today.
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New legal threat to school science in the US Posted: 1 year ago by bingo
On the 28 June, The Science Education Act was passed as law in the State of Louisiana. This piece of legislature now allows teachers in this US state to present non-scientific alternatives to evolution, global warming and cloning – including ideas related to intelligent design. Opponents fear that Louisiana teachers are now free to present evolution and other targeted topics as matters of debate rather than broadly accepted science, and could have national implications.
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Elevating Science, Elevating Democracy Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Some of Bush's policies held value which was debatable. One that didn't was his administration's disdain for science. Obama's promise to bring back science to its rightful place was music to many ears. Many feel that science should be placed on a pedestal. But why? What is it about science that is so important? It isn't just what nifty gadgets it can provide.
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10 Winning Science Fair Projects That Will Make You Feel Dumb Posted: 8 months ago by bingo
Sure there are kids that don't take the science fair seriously and end up feeding Mountain Dew to a plant for 30 days to see what happens (yay science!), but there are also kids that go well above and beyond. Here are 10 that won with extremely brainy projects that have real world applications.
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Resuscitation Science: Is There a Third State of Being? Posted: 2 years ago by deepchill
They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting.
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The Most Popular Myths in Science Posted: 3 years ago by Mershaullk
I knew some of these couldn't be true.
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God and Science: An Inner Conflict Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad
God and science are inherently at odds, or so goes the story with roots that reach back nearly 400 years to the Inquisition's trial of Galileo on suspicion of heresy.
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MythBuster Adam Savage: 3 Ways to Fix U.S. Science Education Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
By 2010, Asia will have 90 percent of the world’s Ph.D. scientists and engineers. Today, when science is more important then ever, the US has fallen far behind. How can we recitfy this? Adam Savage has a few ideas.
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Beautiful nanotechnology images from the Science as Art competition Posted: 2 years ago by leopoldogolba
The 2007 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting concluded in Boston on November 30. This was the first time that the popular Science as Art competition was held at an MRS Fall Meeting. Three first place and three second place winners were selected from the various entries. Some of the images are from the nanotechnology domain but most are micro-scale.
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Basic Concepts in Science Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A regularly updated list of blog entries explaining the basics of science and mathematics. Great list, any of which makes find posts in themselves
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Bobby McFerrin Sings Science Posted: 4 months ago by pocksucket
A demonstration of how expectations can be formed, communications directed and patterns established from Bobby McFerrin at the World Science Festival.
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Science Debate 2008 - McCain's Turn. Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
Previously we heard Obama's answers to 14 of the top science questions facing Americans. Here are McCain's answers.
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Has U.S. Science Lost Its Competitive Edge? Posted: 2 years ago by lsojunkie
How far has the United States risen above the gathering storm of global competition in science? Not nearly far enough, warned a succession of luminaries at a symposium held today by the U.S. National Academies.
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Science Returns to the White House Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad
In announcing four top science advisers Saturday, President-elect Barack Obama set lofty goals for an open and honest scientific process and dialogue in his new administration.
*no more rocket surgery*
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Science Fiction That Gets Medieval on Your Ass Posted: 10 months ago by Bornbad
With Vikings vs. aliens movie Outlander rocking our gauntlets in theaters, it's time to take stock of the long and glorious history of science fiction set in the Middle Ages.
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Things That Science Can't Explain Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
This is just going to be a light-hearted thread about things that science can't explain.
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Maurice Sendak's First Book Was A Science Textbook Posted: 8 months ago by suebe
The science textbook Atomics for the Millions was written by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidenoff, co-authored by Hyman Ruchlis, a science teacher at Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School. One of Ruchlis' students was Maurice Sendak, and he offered Sendak $100 and a passing grade to illustrate the textbook.
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Gallery: Stunning visualizations of science Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
It's a feast for the eyes: the winners of the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge have been announced.
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