http://www.nsta.org Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the National Science Teachers Association is a member-driven organization, 55,000-strong. We publish books and journals for science teachers from kindergarten through college. Each year we hold four conferences on science education: four regional events in the fall and a national gathering in the spring. We provide ways for science teachers to connect with one another. We inform Congress and the public on vital questions affecting science literacy and a well-educated workforce. And with your help, we can do even more. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=56683 Debra Corbett, a science teacher at Assumption High School in Louisville, Kentucky, doesn't just bring animals to her classroom for students to learn about: She takes her students to the animals. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56708 Modifications to the theory of gravity could account for observational discrepancies, but not without introducing other complications. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56712 Although the world's attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countriesand#8212;and some variants in circulation may outfox the seasonal vaccine in use. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56709 Do Twitter skeptics really believe the popular microblogging service offers no educational value, or are they just afraid of it? http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56711 Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause changes to DNA across a cellular barrierand#8212;without having to cross it. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56713 A new National Science Foundation report shows an increase in the number of academic degrees awarded to minority students since 2004, the last time such data were published. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56710 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced $4 million in grants to the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, and seven cities to boost college graduation rates by better coordinating the services that colleges, schools, and communities provide to students. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56707 During the same week the 2009 Nobel Prizes in science were announced, three Iowa 13-year-olds met with the Obama administration's top education and science officials to receive recognition for their own extraordinary scientific achievement. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=56682 Students, teachers, and librarians are participating in a space and planetary science program called Explore! http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56701 A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said Wednesday in what is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline in the United States. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56703 The results from Tuesday's state and local elections around the country offer some potentially significant implications for K-12 education, as voters sent two big-city mayors with authority over their school systems back for another term and replaced Democrats with Republicans in two governors' mansions. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56702 The small earthquakes that sporadically rattle the central United States may actually be aftershocks from a few extremely large quakes that occurred in the region almost 200 years ago, according to a new study. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56704 Experts want to remove an autism label from a diagnostic manual, but people with the disorder are divided. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56706 Heartened by a continuing rapid decline in the cost of genome sequencing, a group of genome and museum experts has launched an ambitious plan to decipher 10,000 vertebrate genomes. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/summary.aspx?id=56705 A panel of experts, moderated by The Wall Street Journal's managing editor gathered recently to discuss some of the challenges behind improving K-12 math and science education across the country.