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15-Apr-2008
Soil science on D-Day
During the planning phase of the Invasion of Normandy during WWII, scientists were tapped to determine the suitability and stability of the beaches to support military traffic. Scientists combined air and on-the-ground missions with historical records to ensure Allied Forces could have a successful amphibious landing on the ground.
Contact: Sara Uttech
suttech@soils.org
608-268-4948
Soil Science Society of America
10-Apr-2008
Beyond reading, writing and arithmetic
Inactivity is taking over as children spend more hours in front of television or computer screens and fewer hours in gym classes or playing outside. With many schools decreasing the amount of time spent in recess or physical education classes, a University of Missouri fitness expert created a program called SMART MOVES to introduce fun, new ways of working physical activity into a regular school day.
Contact: Jennifer Faddis
FaddisJ@missouri.edu
573-882-6217
University of Missouri-Columbia
10-Apr-2008
Seizing an opportunity in Madagascar
Approximately 50 percent of plant and over 70 percent of vertebrate species are crammed into biodiversity "hotspots" that make up only 2.3 percent of Earth's land surface.
Madagascar is one of these hotspots, and its government is planning to triple the amount of the protected land where the plants and animals can live without interference from humans.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
9-Apr-2008
Penn students vie for top prizes in annual invention competition
The Weiss Tech House, a student-run hub of technological innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, announced the 11 teams of student inventors that will compete in the final round of the fourth annual PennVention competition.
Contact: Jordan Reese
jreese@upenn.edu
215-573-66004
University of Pennsylvania
3-Apr-2008
Bats eat as many bugs as birds do
Insects are fast food for birds flying through tropical forests, which munch on them all day long. But things aren't much safer for the bugs at night, two groups of scientists found out recently. It turns out that bats eat lots of insects when the sun goes down in the forests. In fact, they may eat as many insects as the birds do during the day.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
27-Mar-2008
Mystery of the squid beak solved
A squid's mouth has a sharp beak that it uses to slice through the spinal cord of fish and tear them into pieces for an easy-to-eat meal. The squid beak is made out of some of the hardest material found in nature.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
20-Mar-2008
Colossal blasts from ancient volcanoes
When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines, in June of 1991, it blasted enough gas and dust into the air to block some of the sunlight in the atmosphere, causing the Earth's global climate to cool for a few years.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
14-Mar-2008
Teenagers consider US energy independence
This past Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9, more than 250 teams of high school juniors and seniors participating in Moody's Mega Math Challenge worked tirelessly in an attempt to solve a major global problem: the replacement of gasoline by ethanol as it relates to US energy independence.
The 2008 M3 Challenge problem, entitled "Energy Independence Meets the Law of Unintended Consequences," called on student teams to discuss issues associated with increased corn-derived ethanol production and fuel substitution.
Contact: Jessica Stephenson
stephenson@siam.org
215-382-9800 x383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
13-Mar-2008
High-school scientists decode DNA sequence, present findings
Opportunities for high school students to do research as part of a science class are -- sadly -- all too rare. Where such opportunities do exist, students often find themselves going through the motions of an experiment with a predetermined outcome.
Contact: Maria C. Zacharias
mzachari@nsf.gov
703-292-8070
National Science Foundation
13-Mar-2008
The story of the earliest Americans
Before 30,000 years ago, there wasn't anyone living anywhere in North or South America. These continents were some of the last places on Earth to be filled with people. But, the story of who those people were, how they got there and what they did when they came is becoming less of a mystery.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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