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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN News, Jun 08, 2012


Swazis win E400 000 in Science contest
Times of Swaziland
By The Times of swaziland on June 08,2012 MBABANE - Two teenagers from Swaziland have won a Scientific American's inaugural Science in Action award, part of the Google Science Fair. The prize is awarded to a project that addresses a social,...
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Times of Swaziland
Los Gatos student's science project makes a big splash
San Jose Mercury News
By Judy Peterson Photograph by George Sakkestad LGHS sophomore Sabera Talukder is a worldwide finalist in both the Google and Scientific American science fairs. She developed a low cost water purification system that can be used in Third World ...
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SCHOOL BOYS WIN E420 000
The Swazi Observer
They have won themselves E420 000 in the inaugural Scientific American Science in Action Award, powered by the Google Science Fair SWAZILAND has again been put on the world map by two Lusoti High School pupils who have emerged winners of the inaugural ...
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By: Nature Publishing Group
StarAfrica.com
NEW YORK, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Wednesday, June 6, two teenagers from Swaziland, the small country located in southern Africa, were named the winners of the inaugural Scientific American Science in Action ...
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Teenagers from Swaziland snag $50000 prize for hydroponic system
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
It's well deserved though, the two students won the money in Scientific American's first ever Sciencein Action contest at the Google Science Fair for developing a hydroponics system to help local farmers. Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela - both 14 ...
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Teens Win $50000 with Hydroponics
Discovery News
Two 14-year-olds from Swaziland recently won Scientific American's inaugural Science in Action award by coming up with a plan to use hydroponics to provide food for their tiny country which is completely surrounded by South Africa.
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Google brings 20 genius teens to its campus for annual Science Fair
VentureBeat
... getting kids interested in science and technology… It's important that the adults appreciate that young people are capable of doing really astounding work.” Also, one project has already been awarded the Scientific American Science in Action award.
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VentureBeat
The real threat of rising sea levels
News & Observer
Says Scott Huler in a Scientific American blog post, “North Carolina makes SLR illegal.” In the process of contradicting the scientific opinions of marine scientists around the country, NC-20 is imperiling the public. Projecting the future sea level ...
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Is Science 'Forever Tentative' and 'Socially Constructed'? No Way!
Huffington Post (blog)
In a newly published posthumous fiftieth-anniversary interview of Kuhn by Scientific American writer John Horgan, Kuhn was deeply upset he had become a patron saint to such would-be scientific revolutionaries: "I get a lot of letters saying, ...
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How Mosquitoes Survive Collisions with Raindrops [Video]
Scientific American (blog)
How mosquitoes contend with these drops of doom is the subject of a study in this week's issue of the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. David Hu, a professor of mechanical engineering and biology at Georgia Institute of Technology, ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Coastal Bays: Teachers help students delve into climate science
Delmarva Now
Identified as the "vanguard of climate education," and heralded as "one of the most sophisticated climate change education units in the nation," by Scientific American, the program would not have been possible without the courage and dedication of four ...
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Scientific American on “White Skies:” Chemtrail Conditioning?
DeathRattleSports.com
The chemtrail truther movement, or whatever you'd like to call it, has been gaining momentum lately, and a June 1 article in Scientific American about “white skies” and geoengineering has given mainstream attention to that nagging question that's been ...
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Fusion energy still a pipe dream
Irish Times
The current situation is summarised by Geoff Brumfiel in the June edition of Scientific American. Massive energy is released in nuclear fusion because some of the matter in the atomic nucleus is converted into energy, as in Einstein's famous equation ...
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5 of the best Google Science Fair 2012 projects
PC Authority
These two boys from Swaziland have won the Scientific American Science in Action prize already for their new method of food production that could help limit food shortages there. Hydroponics means growing plants using mineral nutrients and water, ...
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Smith regional finalist in Google competition
liherald.com
The Google Science Fair is a prestigious new science competition created by the Internet giant Google last year. Google partnered with National Geographic, Scientific American, LEGO and CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) to create ...
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liherald.com
The Transit of Venus: Viewing Tips from an Astronomer
Scientific American (blog)
By Anna Kuchment | June 1, 2012 | My family is gearing up for a big weekend of science in New York City. First, there's the annual World Science Festival, which this year is bringing free activities like bug hunting, weather forecasting and marine ...
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Bacteria can create their own electric grid, study shows
Knovel
The findings of a recent research project show that bacteria has the ability to share electrons with the inanimate things that surround the microbes, allowing the species to enjoy rapid growth, Scientific American reports. An earlier study conducted by ...
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Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel
Scientific American (blog)
Credit: Mark Ulett I started writing for Motherboard last May and did some print work last summer, and three posts for Scientific American's Guest Blog in the fall. Then in November I joined the team at Universe Today, which gave me the fantastic ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Science In Action - 07/06/2012
BBC News
Another Science in Action Science in Action is the name of a new award run by the journal Scientific American. The very first winners are two 14 year olds from Swaziland, for their project on an affordable way for poor farmers to grow crops ...
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BBC News
Engineers Use Reflected Light to Illuminate the Mystery of Ear Infections
Scientific American (blog)
Images courtesy of L. Brian Stauffer and Stephen Boppart About the Author: Larry is the associate editor of technology for Scientific American, covering a variety of tech-related topics, including biotech, computers, military tech, nanotech and robots.
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Scientific American (blog)
Brilliantly Glowing Jellyfish Terrorize the Black and Caspian Seas [video]
Scientific American (blog)
Scientists suggested that Beroes be introduced into the Black Sea as a countermeasure, and they weren't worried about Beroes proliferating because they only eat M. leidyi; as the M. leidyi population declined, so would the Beroes.
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Scientific American (blog)
Legislators to debate bill aiming to regulate sea-level science
Charlotte Observer
Rouzer became the first legislator Wednesday to speak up for the idea that laws are needed to limit sea-level science in the state. The notion already has been derided on the Scientific Americanmagazine website by Raleigh blogger Scott Huler, ...
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Sea-level bill: Who is John Droz?
WRAL.com (blog)
That proposal drew international ridicule from Scientific American, the Guardian (UK), and even the Colbert Report. The latest version, available here, appears to back off restrictions on data modeling for the most part. But the devil may be in the ...
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Meet The Top 15 Finalists In Google's Annual Science Fair
TechCrunch
Google also announced that Scientific American awarded a special “Science in Action” prize to a “project that addresses a social, environmental, ethical, health or welfare issue to make a practical difference to the lives of a group or community.
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TechCrunch
In Winning Definition of 'Flame,' Jargon Melts Away
New York Times
Despite that disappointment, Mr. Alda has remained interested in science, serving as host of the PBS program “Scientific American Frontiers” and playing a leading role in establishing the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University.
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New York Times
Mantis Shrimp: The 'Thor' Of Crustaceans
The Inquisitr
According to Scientific American, there are three sections to the shrimp's club which, when put together, form an incredibly strong, crack-resistant weapon. The impact region of the club is made of hydroxyapatite, or HA, which is also found in ...
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Linkpost | 6.01.12
Houston Chronicle (blog)
(Scientific American) Science Funding and the Ideological Divide: Cracks in the consensus for federal support of science research and education actually became evident two years ago, when Republican backing for reauthorization of the America COMPETES ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
“How Full of Sh*t Are They?” and Other Questions Writers Ask
Wired News
My own answer is below: First, I ask all the kinds of questions I'd ask writing an article on the same subject – very much the sorts of questions you've outlined in your article at Scientific American [CQC: which you can read here].
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The Overlooked Joy of the Christmas Tree Worm
Scientific American (blog)
I don't have any actual pictures due to the lack of a Scientific American (TM) Fund for Ridiculously Expensive Underwater Cameras for Bloggers, but this picture should give you the idea. Creative Commons Nick Hobgood. Click image for link and license.
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Scientific American (blog)
2012: The Year of the Semantic Web -- Revisited!
Huffington Post (blog)
The Semantic Web was initially envisioned in a 2001 article in Scientific American, and is now defined by a set of standards maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and several implementations in myriad industries ranging from life sciences ...
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Linkpost | 6.6.12
Houston Chronicle (blog)
(Wall Street Journal, pay wall) South Korea Surrenders to Creationist Demands: In South Korea anti-evolution sentiment seems to be winning its battle with mainstreamscience. (Scientific American) NASA gets a small break on commercial space: ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Google Blog: 15 Google Science Fair Finalists and the Science in Action ...
NewsFactor Network
In addition, this year one of our partners, Scientific American, is awarding a special Science in Action prize to a project that addresses a social, environmental, ethical, health or welfare issue to make a...
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Micky Dolenz looks back on a magical 45-year partnership with Davy Jones
Palm Beach Post
By Jan Tuckwood | Music | June 01, 2012 Micky Dolenz is a “science geek,” the kind of guy who subscribes to Scientific American, reads books about nature vs. nurture and once pursued a college degree in physics. “I'm into quantum physics,” the singer ...
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Palm Beach Post
Science & Technology Reviews, June 1, 2012
Library Journal
Scientific American: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Aug. 2012. c.272p. photogs. index. ISBN 9780374114121. $26. SCI The subtitle of this most readable book about supermassive black holes exemplifies Scharf's (director, Columbia Astrobiology Ctr.; ...
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Library Journal
Climate change — it's the science . . .
The Desert Sun (blog)
Scott Huler, a North Carolina resident, has a jim-dandy rant on the whole thing on the Scientific American website. So, if you're looking for a local dose of practical climate science, you can head over to Rancho Mirage City Hall between 10:30 am and ...
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What is flame? Utah grad's explanation wins science prize
Salt Lake Tribune
Alda became aware of scientists' penchant for relying on jargon while interviewing them for the public television program "Scientific American Frontiers." In response, he helped launch the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook.
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The Value Of Your Attention
Lifehacker Australia
The example in Scientific American is about memorising and understanding text, but the idea is that when you're memorising something you force your brain to pay attention to it because you value that information. In a recent article in TIME magazine, ...
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In the Sixteenth Year of Obama - The Isle of Freedom
Canada Free Press
“That man is rewriting a bulletin for Scientific American, the woman beside him is rewriting that same report for the New York Daily News and the man next to her is rewriting it for Le Monde. That way the public is assured a range of perspectives on ...
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What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Friday thru Saturday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
... in Science. SET #6: SciAm 60-Sec Tech – 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Gene Mikulka's Spaceflight Observer ... News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Science“ ~ Produce Consumption Ups Eaters' Looks. (00:01:15) ...
Astronomy.FM
Scientific American Hyperventilates Over NC “Making Sea Rise ...
By William Teach
(Scientific American) In a story first discussed by the NC Coastal Federation and given more play May 29 by the News & Observer of Raleigh and its sister paper the Charlotte Observer, a group of legislators from 20 coastal NC counties whose economies will be most affected by rising seas have ...There is virtually universal agreement among scientists that the sea will probably rise a good meter or more before the end of the century, wreaking havoc in low-lying coastal counties.
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Swaziland team wins the first Scientific American Science in Action ...
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Scientific American News | VentureBeat
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Scientific American to Host BIO International ... - Business Wire
The 4th Annual Scientific American Worldview Report and Scorecard - the most ... Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa; ... biotech community where the industry can connect to discuss the latest news.
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