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NSTA Reports—Joseph Procaccini, PhD
Editorial: Bioethics plays an important role in the medical sciences and research on humans. It should also have a role in high school science courses.
Editorial: Bioethics plays an important role in the medical sciences and research on humans. It should also have a role in high school science courses.
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Discovery News
The speed of light is constant, or so textbooks say. But some scientists are exploring the possibility that this cosmic speed limit changes, a consequence of the nature of the vacuum of space.
The speed of light is constant, or so textbooks say. But some scientists are exploring the possibility that this cosmic speed limit changes, a consequence of the nature of the vacuum of space.
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Education Week
A panel of reviewers convened by the National Research Council has concluded that the final Next Generation Science Standards issued this month are consistent with an NRC framework document that sought to guide their development.
A panel of reviewers convened by the National Research Council has concluded that the final Next Generation Science Standards issued this month are consistent with an NRC framework document that sought to guide their development.
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Los Angeles Times
British billionaire Richard Branson’s commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space when a test pilot cracked the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. For the first time, the company's SpaceShipTwo engaged...
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British billionaire Richard Branson’s commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space when a test pilot cracked the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. For the first time, the company's SpaceShipTwo engaged its rocket motor and sped to Mach 1.2 and reached 56,000 feet in altitude.
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This is an advertisement, but the science is really cool… First, there is the conversion of gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy and sound energy. Second, there is the fact that the note sounded by each wooden bar is determined by the length of the bar, with long bars producing low notes and short bars high notes. Finally, there is the idea of blending old technology (wood) with new technology in a sustainable way. (The phones are made using scrap wood that would otherwise be discarded.) YouTube link
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