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Science TV show invites middle-school kids to prove their world
Currently in preproduction, Prove Your World is a science program that asks 8- to 13-year-olds to think like scientists. Professors from Rochester Institute of Technology and Nazareth College lead a team working with WXXI, the PBS affiliate in Rochester, N.Y., to find a home for their series on public television. An accompanying website will continue the inquiry-driven learning online, connecting kids, teachers and parents with experts, and giving kids a science social network.
Contact: Susan Gawlowicz
smguns@rit.edu
585-475-5061
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Like an octopus, flexible robot can change colors
Researchers have developed a soft, flexible robot that can change colors to blend in or stand out in its environment. The robot is a rubbery, four-limbed machine, with many tiny channels running through it. It's tethered to a control system. Forcing air through the channels makes the machine "walk."
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Please don't stop the music!
Find out about how sound travels through space and just what objects are responsible for some of those notes. (Hint: they are big and black!)
Contact: Megan Watzke
mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu
617-496-7998
Chandra X-ray Center
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Working with our waste
This week, a special issue of Science highlights the complicated issue of human waste. It's far from a glamorous subject, but waste is unavoidable. In fact, depending on one's lifestyle, each of us can generate tons of waste -- from table scraps and old newspapers to broken mp3 players and outdated computers -- over our lifetimes. And if you include all the waste from farms, mines, and industries, the total really begins to skyrocket.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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National Drug Facts Week begins Jan. 28, 2013
The third annual National Drug Facts Week will be held Jan. 28 through Feb. 3, 2013, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today.
Contact: NIDA Press Team
media@nida.nih.gov
301-443-6245
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
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To fool other birds, cuckoos use multiple disguises
Social learning, or learning from the behavior of others, might play a larger role in animal mimicry -- or the art of disguise -- than researchers ever realized, according to a new study of common cuckoos.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Boys and girls build roller coasters, tie-dye t-shirts learning hands-on science
If you've been hearing how American school children and teens are not learning as much as they should in STEM fields, stop by NJIT Aug. 6-8, 2012, for a story to debunk the myth.
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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The bigger the horn, the better the mate
In the past, researchers have generally assumed that super-sized body parts -- like beetle horns, deer antlers, and extra-long bird tails -- were symbols of a male's fitness. Now, a new report has confirmed that these "exaggerated" traits are, in fact, honest signals of male quality. It also demonstrates how the growth of these super-sized body parts may be affected by nutrition and insulin signaling in the body.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Research in Spider-Man adventure similar to actual science
A real-life regenerative medicine researcher says the science in the latest Spider-Man adventure isn't as far-fetched as people may think.
Contact: Karen Richardson
krchrdsn@wakehealth.edu
336-716-4453
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
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Students, teachers team up for summer research at Louisiana Tech University
Rather than fishing, biking, or engaging in other more traditional summer activities, ten students from Simsboro High School, West Ouachita High School, and West Ouachita Junior High School spent a week on the Louisiana Tech campus recently to learn about energy generation, storage, and conversion.
Contact: Dave Guerin
dguerin@latech.edu
318-257-4854
Louisiana Tech University
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