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17-Mar-2009
UC San Diego engineering students launch cockroaches and cameras into space
A group of cockroaches recently took a ride on a high-altitude balloon launched into space by freshmen aerospace engineering students from the University of California, San Diego.
Contact: Andrea Siedsma
asiedsma@soe.ucsd.edu
858-822-0899
University of California - San Diego
16-Mar-2009
'The Rocket Boys of NIH' -- new children's book released
In March 1957, the National Institutes of Health awarded the first and only "grant" to a 9-year old -- a boy named Terence Boylan. His $10 request to build a rocket ship moved a distinguished NIH review committee to invest in the future. Today, any child or adult can send a request to the NIH Center for Scientific Review and get a new children's book that tells the trials and triumphs of NIH's youngest researchers.
Contact: Don Luckett
luckettd@csr.nih.gov
301-435-1111
NIH/Center for Scientific Review
12-Mar-2009
High school web designers compete at NJIT on March 18
If your child dreams of designing for the web, then NJIT is the place to be on March 18, 2009. Nearly 500 high school students from more than 43 New York and New Jersey high schools will descend upon the campus for NJIT's Fourth Annual Web Design Competition.
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
sheryl.m.weinstein@njit.edu
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology
12-Mar-2009
Changing productivity in Antarctica
Near the South Pole of the globe, in Antarctica, researchers have noticed some serious changes in the ice, the water, the clouds, and even the animals. In an area known as the Western Antarctic Peninsula (or WAP), they say that a dramatic loss of ice-cover has also led to major shifts in animal activity -- starting with plankton and including penguins.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
11-Mar-2009
High school computer programmers will compete at NJIT on March 19
High school students from more than 30 New Jersey schools will test their wits in a computer programming contest at NJIT. The event will allow them to compete against peers while also getting the flavor of a nationally-ranked university.
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
sheryl.m.weinstein@njit.edu
973-596-1252
New Jersey Institute of Technology
10-Mar-2009
Teens evaluate likelihood of success for stimulus act
This past Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, nearly 2000 high school juniors and seniors participated in Moody's Mega Math Challenge, spending as many as 14 hours using mathematical techniques to evaluate whether or not the stimulus package that President Obama signed into law in February will in fact stimulate the US economy.
Contact: Jessica Stephenson
stephenson@siam.org
267-350-6383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
5-Mar-2009
The world's first horse farm
The domestication, or taming, of wild horses was an important accomplishment for the human race. In fact, it altered the course of human history. Taming wild horses have changed the ways we travel, the ways we communicate, and even the ways we fight wars with each other. But, until now, researchers have never been able to identify events in human history that tell us when (or where) humans first made this breakthrough.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
3-Mar-2009
466 teams + 2086 students = M3 Challenge 2009
Instead of sleeping in this weekend like most American teenagers, 2,086 high school juniors and seniors will get up before 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday -- to do math. Why? How does winning a share of $80,000 in scholarship prizes sound?
Contact: Jessica Stephenson
stephenson@siam.org
215-382-9800 x383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
27-Feb-2009
Not just a guy in a white coat
Few would argue with the premise that some understanding of science is essential to making sense of the world today.
Contact: Maria Zacharias
mzachari@nsf.gov
703-292-8454
National Science Foundation
26-Feb-2009
Why bad times leave a bad taste in your mouth
When bad things happen -- maybe a friend never returns your favorite video game or your sister says mean things about you at school -- we sometimes say that the experience "left a bad taste in my mouth." And you might think that's kind of weird. After all, what do bad feelings have to do with your mouth?
Contact: Scipak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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