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2-Jul-2009
Exploring the layer of ice at Mars' north pole
NASA's Phoenix mission landed on the planet Mars in May 2008, and explored the surface of the Red Planet for more than five months. New data from the Phoenix Mars Lander confirms that there is a layer of ice water at the Martian north pole -- about five to 18 centimeters beneath the soil.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1-Jul-2009
Nobel prize winner and NASA's Blueshift podcast take you on a data journey
Dr. John Mather, a Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., joined the Blueshift podcast on June 18 to share his sense of what makes scientific data beautiful. "I think it's worth a lot of attention to portraying the information in the best possible graphic way," he said. "Data are beautiful when they tell a story."
Contact: Francis Reddy
Francis.j.reddy@nasa.gov
301-286-4453
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
29-Jun-2009
AAAS: 10 science books to help your kids avoid summer brain drain
In time for summer vacation, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has released a summer reading list of 10 science books for children ages 10-14, or grades 4-8. The books include stories on bioluminescent creatures, excavations from colonial-era settlements, and women who trained for space flight. Malcomson's list also includes activity books, such as a bird watching guide and a book containing tips on how to be "green".
Contact: Molly McElroy
mmcelroy@aaas.org
202-326-6434
American Association for the Advancement of Science
25-Jun-2009
Fish ears and ocean chemistry
In environments with high carbon dioxide levels, researchers say that the ear bones of young fish actually grow larger than normal -- rather than smaller, as they had expected. This finding means that ocean chemistry could have unexpected effects on the minerals produced by fish larvae.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
23-Jun-2009
Bringing boys and girls to computer science with 'Alice'
With support from the National Science Foundation, a nationwide study is using the power of storytelling to draw younger students into programming. An animation program called "Alice," invented by the late Randy Pausch of Carnegie Mellon University, allows student programmers of all ages to create their own worlds without realizing they're actually writing code.
Contact: Monte Basgall
monte.basgall@duke.edu
919-681-8057
Duke University
22-Jun-2009
Cold case techniques bring mummy's face to 'life'
Thanks to the skills of artists who work on cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what the University of Chicago's mummy Meresamun may have looked like in real life. A Chicago forensic artist and a police artist in Maryland prepared the images, which depict an engaging woman in her late 20s as she would have looked in 800 B.C. Both artists, though working independently, produced strikingly similar images.
Contact: William Harms
w-harms@uchicago.edu
773-702-8356
University of Chicago
18-Jun-2009
Plant fossils shed light on extinction
Plant fossils from Greenland tell us that the number of plants there decreased abruptly about 200 million years ago, when the Triassic period ended and the Jurassic period began, researchers say in the latest issue of Science.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
16-Jun-2009
Isaac Newton's apple tree grows at Tufts
Thanks to a Tufts physicist and cosmologist and his MIT colleague, Tufts has received cuttings from an apple tree at MIT that traces back to the English farm where Sir Isaac Newton lived. The apples that grow at Tufts could descend from the fabled one that dropped on Newton and led to his theory on the universal law of gravitation.
Contact: Kim Thurler
kim.thurler@tufts.edu
617-627-3175
Tufts University
16-Jun-2009
Computer idle? Now you can donate its time to finding a cure for major diseases
Not using your computer at the moment? You can now donate your computer's idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson's, arthritis and breast cancer.
Contact: Tracey Bryant
tbryant@udel.edu
302-831-8185
University of Delaware
11-Jun-2009
How whirlybird seeds catch air
Plants and flying animals have evolved the same aerodynamic trick for fighting gravity while flying, scientists have discovered.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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