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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Baseball: From pitch to hits | Science News for Kids
Baseball: From pitch to hits | Science News for Kids: "When the bat hits the ball, the ball goes flying. A lot happens in that split second, as energy is transferred from the player to the bat, and then to the ball. "
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Maths and Stats by Email | Minimal surfaces
Maths and Stats by Email | Minimal surfaces: " Feral fences foster furry friends
Take two pieces of string of equal length. Take one piece and create a square. Cut the other piece in half and make two squares. Now imagine these pieces of string are fences, kilometres long. The fences protect a reserve of endangered bilbies from feral foxes and cats. So, if you have money to build fences, what’s better: one enclosure, or two?"
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Take two pieces of string of equal length. Take one piece and create a square. Cut the other piece in half and make two squares. Now imagine these pieces of string are fences, kilometres long. The fences protect a reserve of endangered bilbies from feral foxes and cats. So, if you have money to build fences, what’s better: one enclosure, or two?"
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Science by Email | Supercomputer, Tree biscuits
Science by Email | Supercomputer, Tree biscuits: "News: All the Raijin
Australia’s most powerful supercomputer – Raijin – has been officially launched. Imagine arming the population of Earth with calculators and setting them to work for 20 years. Raijin is so fast it could complete the same number of calculations in one hour!
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Australia’s most powerful supercomputer – Raijin – has been officially launched. Imagine arming the population of Earth with calculators and setting them to work for 20 years. Raijin is so fast it could complete the same number of calculations in one hour!
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Maths and Stats by Email | Following rules
Maths and Stats by Email | Following rules: "The maths of lab-grown livers
Scientists researching liver disease need a lot of liver samples for experiments. As such, it would be useful to be able to grow liver tissue in the lab. A new simulation, written by mathematician Thomas Brown, could help make lab-grown liver samples a reality."
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Scientists researching liver disease need a lot of liver samples for experiments. As such, it would be useful to be able to grow liver tissue in the lab. A new simulation, written by mathematician Thomas Brown, could help make lab-grown liver samples a reality."
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Science by Email | Clocks, Mummification
Science by Email | Clocks, Mummification: " Ticking away
It’s a question that millions of people ask every day: ‘What’s the time?’ Knowing the time is an essential part of everyday life and important to scientific research as well.
Depending on their field of research, scientists are interested in time in different ways. A chemist might study what happens in the first second of a chemical reaction, while an astrophysicist might be interested in the origins of the Universe, billions of years ago. Regardless of what they’re studying, scientists often need good ways of measuring time."
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It’s a question that millions of people ask every day: ‘What’s the time?’ Knowing the time is an essential part of everyday life and important to scientific research as well.
Depending on their field of research, scientists are interested in time in different ways. A chemist might study what happens in the first second of a chemical reaction, while an astrophysicist might be interested in the origins of the Universe, billions of years ago. Regardless of what they’re studying, scientists often need good ways of measuring time."
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Camels linked to mystery disease | Science News for Kids
Camels linked to mystery disease | Science News for Kids: "A mysterious and deadly virus has sickened 94 people — killing 46 — in parts of the Middle East, Europe and northern Africa. A new study finds that camels (the one-humped type) may have introduced the new disease to people.
The germ responsible is a virus that lives in people’s lungs, throats and noses. Scientists recently named the disease it causes Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS."
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The germ responsible is a virus that lives in people’s lungs, throats and noses. Scientists recently named the disease it causes Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS."
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Science by Email | Neanderthal tools, Flower pressing
Science by Email | Neanderthal tools, Flower pressing: "News: Not so primitive Neanderthals
What’s your name? No, not your personal name – your species name. You and every other person on the planet are from the same species: Homo sapiens, or modern humans. Today, we are the only human species, but this wasn’t always the case.
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What’s your name? No, not your personal name – your species name. You and every other person on the planet are from the same species: Homo sapiens, or modern humans. Today, we are the only human species, but this wasn’t always the case.
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Google Doodle kitty honors physicist Erwin Schrodinger | Internet & Media - CNET News
Google Doodle kitty honors physicist Erwin Schrodinger | Internet & Media - CNET News: "The man who tried to explain some of the enigmas behind quantum mechanics has earned a Google Doogle.
Born on August 12, 1887, physicist Erwin Schrödinger won the 1933 Nobel prize in physics for his contributions to the often bewildering area of wave mechanics. But Schrödinger is probably best known for his weaving a tale about a theoretical cat in an attempt to describe the paradox of quantum physics."
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Born on August 12, 1887, physicist Erwin Schrödinger won the 1933 Nobel prize in physics for his contributions to the often bewildering area of wave mechanics. But Schrödinger is probably best known for his weaving a tale about a theoretical cat in an attempt to describe the paradox of quantum physics."
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
A lost frog in the lost world?
A lost frog in the lost world?: "Ecotourism and Conservation -- Can it work? In the context of a study in the forests of Central Guyana, a team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden investigated this very question and by chance found a previously undiscovered species of frog that only exists in a very confined area of the so-called Iwokrama Forest."
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'Beetle in spider's clothing:' Quaint new species from Philippine Rainforest Creeks
'Beetle in spider's clothing:' Quaint new species from Philippine Rainforest Creeks: "For biologists it is an easy matter: spiders have eight legs and insects have six. This fact is important when beholding and recognizing the tiny new species of Spider Water Beetles from the Philippine Island of Mindoro discovered by researchers of the Ateneo de Manila University."
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Raytheon’s MathMovesU: Making Math and Science Fun for Middle Schoolers
Raytheon’s MathMovesU: Making Math and Science Fun for Middle Schoolers: For use in the classroom and at home! STEM games and challenges for middle school students!
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Science by Email | E-skin, Potatoes
Science by Email | E-skin, Potatoes: "
Stethoscopes, thermometers and X-rays are all used by doctors to find out what’s going on inside the human body. In the future, instead of bulky and sometimes uncomfortable equipment, an electronic skin might monitor your vital signs."
Read more about how scientists are solving this issue and try this month's at-home experiment!
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Stethoscopes, thermometers and X-rays are all used by doctors to find out what’s going on inside the human body. In the future, instead of bulky and sometimes uncomfortable equipment, an electronic skin might monitor your vital signs."
Read more about how scientists are solving this issue and try this month's at-home experiment!
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Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS
Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS: " Podcast for 2 August 2013 - NATURE & HEALTH - Scientists look to the oceans for new antibiotics. The full moon affects sleep patterns. And, how paleo is the so-called "Paleo" diet? Also: How apes remember events."
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About CalPhotos
About CalPhotos: "CalPhotos has been on the web since 1995 and was one of the first online image databases specializing in natural history subjects. The database currently contains 395,602 digital images of plants, animals, and other natural history subjects, along with descriptive information including scientific and common names, location and dates of photos, and other information provided by the person or organization that contributed the photos. Around 2,000 new photos are added each month by a variety of organizations and individuals that have registered with CalPhotos. CalPhotos receives more than 120,000 specific queries per day, and serves more than 1 million images per day, as of early 2008. (Details about current usage are available here.)
The taxonomic and geographic information that accompanies the photos, along with the annotation system, which allows experts to review identifications for the photos, result in a uniquely useful database for scientists, students, and other people interested in natural history. In addition to numerous ways to search the photos, common and scientific name browse lists and photo thumbnail browse lists add functionality for people searching for specific photos or taxa via web search engines, and make browsing easy and user-friendly."
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The taxonomic and geographic information that accompanies the photos, along with the annotation system, which allows experts to review identifications for the photos, result in a uniquely useful database for scientists, students, and other people interested in natural history. In addition to numerous ways to search the photos, common and scientific name browse lists and photo thumbnail browse lists add functionality for people searching for specific photos or taxa via web search engines, and make browsing easy and user-friendly."
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What bug is this? - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)
What bug is this? - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES):
If you have found an unknown insect (or other invertebrate) and would like to identify it then the AES can help you.
There are roughly one million described species of insect and experts estimate that there are probably another five million speciesthat are yet to be identified. If you combine that total with the millions of species of invertebrate that are not insects (e.g. spiders, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, ticks etc.) you'll realise that no one person can ever be an expert in any more than a relatively small area.
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Bugscope: Home
Bugscope: Home: "The Bugscope project provides free interactive access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) so that students anywhere in the world can explore the microscopic world of insects. This educational outreach program from the Beckman Institute's Imaging Technology Group at the University of Illinois supports K-16 classrooms worldwide."
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Women's Adventures in Science
Women's Adventures in Science: An interactive website all about science!
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Scientific American: Ask the Experts
Scientific American: Ask the Experts: "Ask the Experts" Check out these videos that answer a variety of questions!
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Secret Garden - Introduction | Nature | PBS
Secret Garden - Introduction | Nature | PBS: "For many people, a backyard garden is a place to play, relax, and reflect. But for the plants and animals that live in our gardens, life is no picnic: amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world of hot romance, violence, and merciless competition. That world is revealed in the NATURE program SECRET GARDEN, which documents the daily drama that takes place within the fences of a respectable garden."
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Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS
Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS: "The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories."
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ARMI - Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
ARMI - Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative: In response to indications of worldwide declines in amphibian populations, the President and Congress directed Interior Department agencies to initiate a national program of amphibian monitoring, research, and conservation. There is an urgent need to determine the scope and severity of the problem and to investigate causes. The U.S. Geological Survey is uniquely qualified to coordinate and lead a cooperative national effort because its scientists have been in the forefront of studying amphibian populations and life history traits, measuring and monitoring environmental characteristics, and conducting research into potential causes of decline. As a result, the Agency formed the National Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI).
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Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter: "Here we present photographs, songs, videos, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds."
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Wonderwise - Women in Science Learning Series
Wonderwise - Women in Science Learning Series: Take a virtual field trip and learn about many different careers for women in science!
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