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22-Jul-2009
Conjuring the real history behind 'Harry Potter's' magic
Author J.K. Rowling's young wizard Harry Potter might be fiction, but the historical basis of his "magic" is not. Harry's Hogwarts classrooms bear an uncanny resemblance to today's chemistry laboratories, Michigan State University visiting assistant professor Mark Waddell points out, for a very good reason.
Contact: Mark Fellows
mark.fellows@ur.msu.edu
517-884-0166
Michigan State University
16-Jul-2009
Moths use sonar to foil bat attacks
Researchers have found that a particular species of tiger moth is able to escape from attacking bats by jamming their sonar with sudden bursts of the moths' own ultrasound. This new discovery adds to the long list of defense mechanisms that insects use against bats.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
10-Jul-2009
ASU's big rock pile reaches 10,000
An off-hand comment by an ASU Mars scientist at a NASA news conference started an international postal avalanche.
Contact: Robert Burnham
robert.burnham@asu.edu
480-458-8207
Arizona State University
9-Jul-2009
How the turtle got its shell
In their earliest stages as embryos, turtles, chickens, mice, and even humans all look pretty much the same -- big head, tiny arms, long spine that looks like a tail. By the time they hatch, however, turtles have taken a major detour and developed shells on their backs.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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
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