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  • District Grant Contest Unveiled

    The New York Times (requires free registration)
    School districts will be able to submit proposals for innovative educational programs this year to compete for federal grants of up to $25 million under a new national contest, part of the three-year-old Race to the Top program. Rules for the competition...  [view full summary]
    School districts will be able to submit proposals for innovative educational programs this year to compete for federal grants of up to $25 million under a new national contest, part of the three-year-old Race to the Top program. Rules for the competition were to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Education.
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  • SpaceX Launches Falcon 9/Dragon On Historic Mission to Deliver Cargo to International Space Station

    ScienceDaily
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit on May 22, 2012. The launch began an ambitious mission to show that the company is ready to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit on May 22, 2012. The launch began an ambitious mission to show that the company is ready to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
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  • Digging into Climate Change, U.S. Students Find More Than Science

    Scientific American
    Using field trips, editorial cartoons, and even parental objections, four innovative teachers are bringing global warming out of the science classroom.
    Using field trips, editorial cartoons, and even parental objections, four innovative teachers are bringing global warming out of the science classroom.
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  • American Physics Dreams Deferred

    The New York Times (requires free registration)
    With budgetary constraints on space missions, American physicists are taking the back seat in areas like dark energy in which they have been pioneers.
    With budgetary constraints on space missions, American physicists are taking the back seat in areas like dark energy in which they have been pioneers.
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Blick’s Pick

Welcome to the Anthropocene:

"Anthropocene" is a proposed geologic term for the period of Earth history when human activity has a major impact on processes like soil transport, chemical weathering, and biodiversity. The term was invented in 2000 by Eugene Stoermer, but the definition is still being debated. This video shows many impacts of humanity on the Earth, tracing shipping lanes, commercial aircraft paths, and population growth. I was particularly struck by how few places on the planet are far from a road network. Vimeo link

Blick's Pick offers a new science video every week (archived here). Visit Blick on Flicks for Jacob Clark Blickenstaff's reviews of movies and other media.

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EVO: Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask About Evolution (DVD)

Commentary from some of the world's most well-known biologists, who gathered on the Galápagos Islands during a World Summit on Evolution. Teachers Guide (book) also available.

Today in Science History

On May 24 in 1640, physiologist-chemist John Mayow, an early investigator into gases, is born in London. Long before Priestley and Lavoisier, he saw that breathing and combustion are related, and he identified spiritus nitroaereus (oxygen) as a distinct atmospheric substance.

—from The Illustrated Almanac of Science, Technology, and Invention

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