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Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival...

Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at Southern Methodist University Sally Ride Science Festival brings science to life and inspires upper elementary and middle school girls to think about the vast range of careers in science SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)-- On April 26, Dr. Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, will touch down at Southern Methodist University in Dallas to inspire local girls to dig into hands-on science at the Sally Ride Science Festival. The festival, which is open to the public, runs from 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and is presented by ExxonMobil. Ride, the festival's keynote speaker, is currently president and CEO of Sally Ride Science(TM), an innovative science content company dedicated to fueling students' interests in science, math and technology.

Busker David Reveals the Appliance of Science to Pupils

A BUSKER made science simple for school students during a visit.David Price, from demonstration group Science Made Simple, showed pupils at Framwellgate School, Durham, how science is at work in everyday situations, as part of the school's celebrations of National Science and Engineering Week.In one of Mr Price's demonstrations, he balanced a cork with two forks sticking into it on the end of pupil Chelsea Hall's nose.Youngsters aged 11 to 19 took part in the sessions.Clare Whitfield, the school's science college co-ordinator, said: "Students found the experiments exciting and were very keen to take part."The theme for this year's science week at the school was food for thought and questions in science. Yesterday, Professor Sir Arnold Wolfendale, the former Astronomer Royal, visited the Science Learning Centre North-East, which is next to

Platypus at the peak of weird science

SCIENTISTS have cracked the genetic code of the platypus and the results are as weird as the animal itself.

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Platypus genome unravels mysteries of mammalian evolution

Genome Research is publishing several papers related to analyses of the duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) genome sequence. The place of (egg-laying) monotremes, such as the platypus, in mammalian evolutionary history has remained controversial. Now, researchers are finding that the distinctive anatomical and physiological properties of the platypus are reflected in the newly sequenced platypus genome. Through comparative genomics, the platypus genome is providing remarkable insights into the evolution of venom components, the sex-determination system, testicular descent, and small RNA pathways. Primary research reports describing these novel insights will appear online May 8, concurrent with publication of the platypus genome sequence report in the journal Nature.

Bose Institute is First in India to Choose Thomson Scientific's Century of Science

Bose Institute is First in India to Choose Thomson Scientific's Century of Science Leading Research Institute Purchases 100 Years of Web of Science Comprehensive Backfile and Cited Reference Data PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that Century of Science(TM) has been purchased by Bose Institute. Century of Science expands Web of Science with the most important scientific bibliographic and cited reference data covering the period from 1900 to 1944. Web of Science is a carefully selected and maintained collection of the world's most influential journals across all disciplines.

Studying Big Science

SOCIOLOGY Studying Big Science Lillian Hoddeson STRUCTURES OF SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION. Wesley Shrum, Joel Genuth and Ivan Chompalov. xiv + 280 pp. The MIT Press, 2007. $35. The continuing growth of "big science" since the 1970s has presented historians and archivists of science with new challenges. The ever-increasing scale of the work has demanded greater numbers of people, larger budgets, longer periods of time, and equipment that grows ever more gargantuan and sophisticated. In writing about science and technology, historians have thus had to expand their scope to include not just scientists working alone or in small teams but the vastly more complex activities of collectives. In this endeavor they have received enormous assistance from anthropologists and sociologists of science-people such as Karin Knorr Cetina, Bruno Latour, Andrew

COPUS Participants Gear Up for Nationwide Celebration of Science in 2009

The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) is preparing to shine the national spotlight on science in 2009 and beyond. COPUS, an organization established in 2007, is planning events to celebrate the Year of Science 2009 (YoS09). The goal of this national, year-long celebration of science is to engage the public and improve understanding about the nature and process of science.

South Africa: Science Week to Encourage Youth to Pursue Science

Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena will on Thursday officially open the National Science Week (NSW) aimed at persuading the youth to pursue careers in the science field.

Science Weekly: science, fiction, and 'lablit'

We're all for blurring the lines between science and the arts, and this week James Randerson and the Science Weekly team discuss science, fiction and 'lablit' with our special guest, Dr Jennifer Rohn.

Science Comes to New York City

New York City will play host to a World Science Festival at the end of May, reports the New York Times. Universities, museums, and even Muppets will take part in the weekend-long tribute to igniting public conversation around science. "The general public by and large doesn't connect with science in a significant way," Columbia physicist and organizer Brian Greene said in the article. "Science is inspirational, it's exciting, it can influence lives."

Laureates Awarded to Australasian Science Journalists

Dr Peter Pockley, who pioneered science media in Australia (ABC, 1964) and has contributed to Australasian Science and its predecessor Search since their inception, has been recognised by Purdue University in Indiana, USA, as one of a select international group of Science Journalism Laureates (2007). The citation reads: "In gratitude for your role in disseminating science knowledge for the good of the world".

National conference showcasing cutting edge science and technology by women begins in New Delhi

National Conference on Showcasing Cutting Edge Science & Technology by Women began in New Delhi today with the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil calling upon women scientists to bring about significant change by working at the grassroot level for women's empowerment. Addressing the gathering which included a large number of women scientists from across the country and young science students at the Vigyan Bhavan, the first woman President of India said that the participation of women in the dynamic field of science is central not only in our efforts for gender equality but also to make women stakeholders of the future construct of the world. She lauded the efforts of the Ministry of Science and Technology in promoting women scientists.

Scientists Must Improve Communication Tactics, Science Article Proclaims

Seed Washington Correspondent Chris Mooney and American University professor and ScienceBlogs contributor Dr. Matthew Nisbet are co-authors of a provocative new article in Science entitled "Framing Science." The article suggests that as the 2008 election approaches, scientists should adopt new communication techniques, rather than merely seeking to "get the facts out there." In the April 6 issue of Science, the official journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the authors propose that as topics such as global warming, evolution and embryonic stem cell research gain considerable public attention and become enmeshed in political controversy, scientists must learn to shape or "frame" knowledge on these issues to make it personally relevant to diverse segments of the public.

Students Compete in the 2008 Arizona Middle School Science Bowl at Arizona State University

PHOENIX, AZ--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 7, 2008 -- Arizona's brightest math and science students will be gathering on ASU's campus to compete in the distinguished 2008 Middle School Science Bowl on April 19, 2008, which has been proclaimed as Arizona Middle School Science Bowl Day by Governor Napolitano to help promote the values and importance of science and math education in the State of Arizona.

The science of... science

I was upset that Michael Brooks chose to lump The Science of Discworld together with the other "Science of..." books, especially as he was reviewing yet another addition to that tired genre (1 March, p 52).

Eco message for Ico's Science of SurvivalLondon's Science Museum is set to...

London’s Science Museum is set to unveil a major new exhibition about climate change called The Science of Survival.

Nanopoint's Live Cell Biology Science Kit to be Purchasable at National Science Teacher Association Conference

Nanopoint's Live Cell Biology Science Kit to be Purchasable at National Science Teacher Association Conference

Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at Southern Methodist University

Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at Southern Methodist University

Statement by Dr. Arden Bement, Acting Director, National Science Foundation, On Nobel Prizes in Science and NSF Connections

Arlington, Va.--I am pleased to congratulate this year's Nobel laureates in science for their much-deserved recognition. On behalf of the American public, the National Science Foundation (NSF) takes great pride in the remarkable achievements of this year's laureates who have been supported by NSF grants throughout their careers.

Platypus Genome As Weird As Platypus

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Lighting Science Group Corporation Announces Response to Philips Litigation

Lighting Science Group Corporation (the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG), a leading developer and integrator of energy efficient lighting solutions using LED technology, today announced that on February 19, 2008 Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, Inc. ("PSSLS") filed a complaint against Lighting Science Group Corporation, LED Holdings, LLC, and LED Effects, Inc. for alleged infringement of five United States patents assigned on their face to Color Kinetics Inc., a predecessor in interest to PSSLS. On March 7, 2008, PSSLS finally served the complaint, which fails to identify any allegedly infringing products. Lighting Science has retained preeminent intellectual property counsel to review its products and the patents asserted by PSSLS.

Life Science Executive Exchange 2008 To Sponsor Industry Awards

ARLINGTON, Va., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Life Science Executive Exchange -- the professional social network for senior executives in the business of science announced it will again be a supporting sponsor of The Life Science Industry Awards.

New Science Ministry Will Focus on Fundamental Study

The government should pay more attention to fundamental science research rather than spending money on already prospering applied science and technologies, said the new minister of education and science.

Bad Science Journalism Gets Schooled

TaeKwonDood writes "Biology post-doc Dr. Michael White takes a look at the '2007 Best American Science and Nature Writing' and doesn't like what he finds in an article called Bad Science Journalism and the Myth of the Oppressed Underdog. Turns out it's not just political writers who pick a position they want to advocate and then write stories to confirm it. Science journalism gets a scolding and it's been a long time coming."

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