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Science Update seminars highlight science in the news, science-related anniversaries or celebrations, targeting all teachers of science and general science enthusiasts.
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Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023
Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists�...
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Archive: Science Update: From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, February 16, 2023
More than 50 years after the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, NASA has begun its campaign to return astronauts to the surface of our Moon. Named afte...
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Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate 2022, January 19, 2023
The past several years have seen too many weather and climate extremes to count, from record-obliterating heat waves to tremendous rainfall events to ...
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Archive: Science Update: Space Telescope Discoveries of Today and Tomorrow, December 1, 2022
Astronomers have been launching space telescopes above the obscuring effects of the Earth’s atmosphere for decades. Since 1990, the Hubble Space Tel...
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Archive: Science Update: NOAA - Observing and Understanding Earth Systems, November 3, 2022
Together we will explore all the places where we can find NOAA employees and how this federal agency allows us to observe and understand Earth systems...
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The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclips...
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Archive: Science Update: Earthquakes: What’s Shakin? September 15, 2022
Did you feel it? An earthquake is a shaking movement of the Earth’s Crust as stress overcomes friction. This web seminar will provide basic bac...
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Black holes are astrophysical objects with such strong gravity that nothing can escape them, not even light. In the past few years, the Event Ho...
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Archive: Science Update: Is Cancer Inevitable? July 14, 2022
What should teachers, their students, and the general public know about the current state of cancer diagnoses, research, and treatments, and what oppo...
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Archive: Science Update: Exploring Seamounts of the Atlantic and Pacific, June 23, 2022
Our ocean is filled with numerous seamounts, guyots, and other volcanic features that profoundly influence tectonics, ecosystems, and ocean currents. ...
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Archive: Science Update: Underwater Sound in our National Marine Sanctuaries, June 2, 2022
SanctSound is a three-year project, managed by NOAA and the U.S. Navy, to better understand underwater sound within our national marine sanctuaries. T...
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Archive: Science Update: Primates in a Changing World, May 5, 2022
Primates and other species in the tropics are experiencing many changes, including climate change, habitat loss, and species extinction. In this web s...