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Post August 08 2012

“Curiosity” Hopes to Provide Answers on Mars
"Seven minutes of terror" was how NASA scientists described the final blind minutes of the new Mars…
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Post June 13 2012

Hot Weather Sparks Deadly Wildfires
Hundreds of miles of forest are on fire in the American West, due to dry weather, the mild winter t…
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Post June 05 2012

Transit of Venus Offers Last-in-Lifetime Sight
This week North Americans will have the opportunity to see one of Earth’s closest neighbors float c…
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Lesson Plan May 01 2012

Fast fats: A nutritional analysis of America's obsession with fast foods - lesson plan
OverviewFew will disagree that fast food is a staple in the diets of many Americans. Even our natio…
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Post March 09 2012

Mild Winter, Early Spring Bring Talk of Climate Change
Unusual plants are thriving, flowers are blooming early and the map of what plants can be grown whe…
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Post February 27 2012

Swiss Create ‘Janitor’ Satellite to Clean Up Space Junk
Space engineers are making plans to clean up their room. According to the NASA Oribital Debris Prog…
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Post February 09 2012

Secret Lake Buried Miles Under Antarctic Ice Could Hold Clues to Life
After nearly 20 years of drilling, Russian scientists have reached a crystal clear underground lake…
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Post April 29 2011

Space Shuttle Endeavour Will Rocket Into History
The space shuttle Endeavour launched into space for the final time in the second-to-last trip ever …
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Post April 22 2011

Earth Day Coincides With Heated Debates Over Environmental Rules
An oil spill in California was behind the creation of the first Earth Day in 1970. Now, 41 years la…
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Lesson Plan January 02 2007

Genetically modified foods: from the lab to the dinner table
OverviewGMOs are genetically modified organisms. These organisms have, in some way, had their genom…
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