 Sydney Morning Herald | Science author warns of transit not to be missed Sydney Morning Herald THE best-selling science author Dava Sobel was thankful the Sydney Writers' Festival invited her to talk about the Transit of Venus and not the future of publishing. Because, she joked, unlike the astronomical phenomena she is obsessed with, ... |
 Mother Nature Network | Reuters Science News Summary Chicago Tribune Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Possible engine problem delays US rocket launch CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday ... As NASA scales back, commercial adventurers look to new horizons Space spiders and wine: The weird science projects onboard the SpaceX capsule SpaceX Falcon rocket aborts launch in last second |
Citizen Scientists Seek Microbes at the Edge of Space Space Ref (press release) A NASA-inspired competition is challenging citizen scientists to build hardware for collecting microorganisms at the edge of space. Citizen scientists can win cash prizes up to $10000 in the High Altitude Astrobiology Challenge, announced Saturday by ... |
Science Blogging in Sub-Saharan Africa Global Voices Online Blogging has become an integral part of popular culture in Sub-Saharan Africa but blogging about science is still lagging behind. Many initiatives have been launched to increase the culture of sharing in the African scientific world, ... |
 National Post | Barbara Kay: Ottawa sexhibition is an issue of waste, not prudery National Post Such would appear to be the case this week for Heritage Minister James Moore, under whose aegis Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition is running for the next six months at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. The show had already toured Montreal and ... Ottawa's Museum of Science and Technology Racy Exhibition Epitomizes ... Canadian museum kills masturbation video after outcry Masturbation video removed from Ottawa exhibit |
 San Francisco Chronicle (blog) | Autism and Science: latest research findings shared at IMFAR San Francisco Chronicle (blog) International Meeting for Autism Research was held this past week in Toronto. The annual scientific meeting provides researchers from around the world with a focused opportunity to share the rapidly moving scientific investigation of Autism Spectrum ... |
 The Express Tribune | Pakistani teens bag prize at international science fair The Express Tribune PHOTO: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE Three Pakistani teenagers managed to snag fourth place at the international science fair in the US on Friday. The project entitled “Energy Square for Cattle,” created by Mahnoor Hassan, Shiza Gulab and Bushra Shahed of the ... Cancer test scores $75000 science prize for teen Awards Honor Teens in Science Competition ADDING MULTIMEDIA Fifteen-Year-Old Creates Non-Invasive Pancreatic Cancer ... |
Saltzman Students' Weird Science Odyssey To Iowa Patch.com The Saltzman team is taking part in the Weird Science category. They won the Long Island regionals, and placed second in the NY state finals. Now, it's on to the World Finals, as they compete against teams from countries across the globe on the campus ... |
Long-term agenda to make science a culture: Ongkili Daily Express Penampang: Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili on Saturday said science is part of life and is something that is not hard to master, especially among children. He said, however, the effort of creating a culture of ... More innovations will be unearthed in Sabah – Maximus |
The Line Between Science And Magic Daily Beast The worldview of these films is grounded in the materialist philosophy embodied in the first one in the series, Iron Man, a world where everything is ultimately attributable to super-science. Even Thor, overtly based in myth, attempts to hand-wave the ... |
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