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Five Apps to Guide Your Green Life

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Vivian Wagner) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:03:10 EDT

A look at mobile apps that can help you save the environment.

Contributor: Vivian Wagner
Published: Feb 01, 2012

Colliding Galaxies, X-rays and Dark Matter

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (K.L. Hartwig) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:44:00 EDT

Dark matter is one step closer to be identified because new research from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen presents new information.

Contributor: K.L. Hartwig
Published: Oct 05, 2007

Good Ozone and Bad Ozone: What is the Difference?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Vincent Summers) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:28:54 EDT

Whether one believes in Global Warming or not, ozone, it is conceded, exists in two forms: harmful ozone and beneficial ozone. What is the difference? This article points to and elaborates upon that question.

Contributor: Vincent Summers
Published: Jan 10, 2012

Solar Heating With Aluminum Soda Cans

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Gerald Kennedy) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:14:05 EDT

There are many ways to use solar energy. Here is how one man does it with aluminum cans. A variation of this application may be just what you are looking for.

Contributor: Gerald Kennedy
Published: Dec 13, 2011

How to Prepare an Entry-Level Scientific Resume

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Missy Slink) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:12:51 EDT

Seeking employment in the scientific industry? Be sure to include these often overlooked points in your resume to best market yourself to potential employers.

Contributor: Missy Slink
Published: Sep 20, 2011

Advances in the Technology of Prosthetics

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (David A. Reinstein, LCSW) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:47:09 EDT

We have come a long way from Ahab’s leg and Captain Hook’s hand. Today, with sufficient resources, limb and extremity prosthetics are remarkable and functional technological achievements.

Contributor: David A. Reinstein, LCSW
Published: Dec 08, 2011

Dark Energy and Dark Matter Explained

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Patrick Michael) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:12:01 EDT

Two of the newest, yet least understood concepts in astronomy and physics are dark energy and dark matter. But what are these strange forms of energy and matter? And are we sure that they even exist?

Contributor: Patrick Michael
Published: Sep 20, 2010

A Few Things That Guided Me to My Career in Veterinary Medicine

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (William Ray Fullmer DVM) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:47:01 EDT

I am one of the few people who have the remarkable opportunity to have followed my dream of becoming a veterinarian.

Contributor: William Ray Fullmer DVM
Published: Sep 26, 2011

What Is a Quasar?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Brad Sylvester) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:36:01 EDT

Quasars are the most powerful sustained sources of energy in the known universe. What are quasars and why are there no quasars near us?

Contributor: Brad Sylvester
Published: Dec 09, 2009

What Is Space Debris?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Brad Sylvester) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:00:10 EDT

NASA estimates that there are more than half a million man-made bits of space debris bigger than 1 centimeter in diameter whizzing around the Earth. These objects pose an increasing threat to satellties and astronauts.

Contributor: Brad Sylvester
Published: Nov 26, 2010

Thinking of Becoming a Scientist? 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself First

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Nicole Rae) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:54:17 EDT

If you are thinking of working in science and aren't sure, there are 5 questions you should ask yourself before taking the plunge.

Contributor: Nicole Rae
Published: Sep 26, 2011

Zookeeper: A Career of Many Sciences

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Ellen Vossekuil) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:56:14 EDT

A zookeeper is a scientist, but we don't stick to just one field!

Contributor: Ellen Vossekuil
Published: Sep 29, 2011

Why I Became an Earth Systems Scientist

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Lilly Sanovia) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:38:26 EDT

Earth systems science seeks to transcend the boundaries that exist between scientific disciplines so that we can step back and get a “big picture” view of current, past and future conditions on our home planet.

Contributor: Lilly Sanovia
Published: Sep 30, 2011

Jump to Light Speed?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (K.C. Dermody) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:46:22 EDT

The European Organization for Nuclear Research discovered particles that traveled faster than the speed of light, breaking the law of physics as we know it.

Contributor: K.C. Dermody
Published: Sep 23, 2011

UARS Satellite Positioned for Reentry After 20 Years in Space

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Lindsey Lowe) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:54:13 EDT

NASA's UARS Satellite will reenter Earth's atmosphere sometime around Friday after 20 years orbiting the planet.

Contributor: Lindsey Lowe
Published: Sep 22, 2011

What Are Implications of Measurable Dreams?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Isa-Lee Wolf) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:02:29 EDT

Scientists at UC Berkley have constructed visual images from data recorded from test subjects' brains; your dreams may be next.

Contributor: Isa-Lee Wolf
Published: Sep 23, 2011

Mathematical Mysteries: Uncountable Infinity

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Paul G. Harlen) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:51:08 EDT

What is bigger than infinity? According to some math, there are even bigger infinities than the ones you might imagine. Some can be counted, and others cannot.

Contributor: Paul G. Harlen
Published: Aug 18, 2011

Celebrate U.S. National Metric Week in October

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Karen LoBello) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:09:53 EDT

Kids understand measurements only if they experience them first-hand. Pump up the excitement during National Metric Week by conducting your own Mini-Metric Olympics where every student is engaged.

Contributor: Karen LoBello
Published: Sep 30, 2011

Ancient Technology: The Pulley

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Paul G. Harlen) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:51:11 EDT

Pulleys are hardly thought of as critical technology, until you don't have one. With just a few pulleys, you can magnify your strength enough to lift cars, and they were understood as far back as the ancient Greeks.

Contributor: Paul G. Harlen
Published: Aug 18, 2011

6 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Universe

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Jake Emen) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:17:32 EDT

The universe is of much interest to everybody. Take a look at some mind blowing, crazy, amazing and fascinating facts and statistics about the universe, the Big Bang and more!

Contributor: Jake Emen
Published: Feb 22, 2010

God in a Space Suit

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Cassidy Bisson) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:05:58 EDT

A persuasive essay, (which earned an A grade.) in MLA format, making strong points in favor of 'the alien astronaut theory'- the idea that extraterrestrials greatly influenced human's existence on Earth.

Contributor: Cassidy Bisson
Published: Nov 14, 2009