Smithsonian sings the song of soil showing its story science and saga: related news

Smithsonian sings the song of soil, showing its story, science and saga

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. The National Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibit on Saturday — "Dig It" — exploring the mysterious and complex world of soil.

Smithsonian sings the song of soil, showing its story, science and saga

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. The National Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibit on Saturday — "Dig It" — exploring the mysterious and complex world of soil.

Soil Science Education Page

For July 15, 2008: Wow! NASA and the Soil Science Society of America's Soil Science Education page is a tremendous site rich in content and detail. If there is anything you want to know about soil you will probably find it on these pages. Features include soil songs, a pH chart of forest trees and plants, soil in the news, five soil forming factors, soil characteristics, a soil cake recipe, and much more.

Science Weekly podcast: Women in science and science in jelly

This week, the Science Weekly team discuss dark energy and the even darker matter of the gender gap with astrophysicist Sarah Bridle - recipient of a Women in Science fellowship. It's sponsored by a well-known cosmetics company - is it worth it? Do awards like this actually help to de-beard science? And isn't this a wider societal problem anyway?

Mars' Sticky Soil Strikes Again

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped up some icy soil with its robotic arm and scoop and then attempted to quickly deliver the sample to the oven on board. But not enough soil made it to the oven; the icy soil stuck to the scoop. Engineers determined the rasping and scraping activity collected a total of 3 cubic centimeters of icy soil, more than enough to fill the tiny oven cell of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. However, images returned from the lander Saturday showed that much of the soil remained lodged in the robotic arm's scoop after the delivery attempt. "Very little of the icy sample made it into the oven,� said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager. “We believe that the material that was intended for the targeted cell is the material that adhered to the back of the scoop.

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Medical & Science Journals Urged to Adopt Common Policy on Disclosing Financial Conflicts of Interest

The Center for Science in the Public Interest today urged editors of journals of science and medicine to adopt a common standard for disclosing financial conflicts of interest among their authors, editors, and peer reviewers. The nonprofit watchdog group, whose Integrity in Science Project monitors corporate influence on science, developed a model disclosure policy with Barnett S. Kramer, Thomas F. Babor, and Wendy Cowles Husser, respectively of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the journal Addiction, and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons; and bioethicists Arthur Caplan and Jonathan Moreno, both of University of Pennsylvania.

Scientists: Martian soil may be harsh to life

This undated image provided by NASA shows the Phoenix spacecraft's inverted scoop preparing to take soil samples on Mars. NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has detected the presence of a chemically reactive salt in the Martian soil, a finding that if confirmed could make it less friendly to potential life than once believed, according to a report Monday Aug. 4, 2008. This undated image provided by NASA shows the Phoenix spacecraft's inverted scoop preparing to take soil samples on Mars. NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has detected the presence of a chemically reactive salt in the Martian soil, a finding that if confirmed could make it less friendly to potential life than once believed, according to a report Monday Aug. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA)

Mars Lander Scrapes Icy Soil in Wonderland (SPACE.com)

scientists are now assured they have a complete soil-layer profile in Wonderland's "Snow White" extended trench. Reaching the icy layer confirms that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench.

NASA Mars Phoenix Scrapes to Icy Soil in Wonderland

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on June 26, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench.

BT: BT Joins Inventor Of The World Wide Web To Promote Study Of Web Science'

BT today became a founding sponsor of the Web Science Research Initiative, an international body established to promote the science and development of the World Wide Web. Established by British Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, with co-directors Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall and Danny Weitzner, the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) exists to promote the study of Web Science', a new academic discipline focusing on the analysis, engineering and social impact of the World Wide Web.

New Speak Up Report Shows Hands-on Activities Integral to Science Education

SAN ANTONIO, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- PASCO scientific and Project Tomorrow today announced a new report on science education that is based upon the authentic, unfiltered views and ideas of over 367,000 K-12 students, teachers, parents and school administrators collected through the annual Speak Up online surveys. This report documents for the first time the disconnection between how students in kindergarten through 12th grade want to learn science, what tools they want to use to explore science, and what is actually happening in their science classrooms.

Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Quantum Receives $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to Develop Artificial Intelligence Teacher Training Software for Science

Education, Career, College & Alumni : Quantum Receives $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to Develop Artificial Intelligence Teacher Training Software for Science

Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

s first woman in space, will touch down at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs next month 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. on Sat., Sept. 13. Ride, the festival

NASA's Mars News Is Not Life, But Perchlorate

leighklotz writes "In an update to the little green men story of not-life-on-Mars, NASA has twittered: 'The buzz this weekend was due to an interesting soil chemistry finding, still preliminary, but now avail here:' where 'here' is NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data. The exciting bit: 'Within the last month, two samples have been analyzed by the Wet Chemistry Lab of the spacecraft's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA, suggesting one of the soil constituents may be perchlorate, a highly oxidizing substance.' Also, 'NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss these recent science activities.'"

National Science Board to meet Aug. 12-13 at NSF in Arlington, Va.

The National Science Board (NSB) will hold the fourth of its six annual meetings related to national science and engineering policy issues and oversight of the National Science Foundation (NSF) from August 12-13, in Arlington, Va.

Apple adds Smithsonian Channel programming to iTunes Store

Smithsonian Channel today makes its award-winning programming available on Apple's market-dominating iTunes Store, with initial offerings such as Stories from the Vaults, Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25, Day of the Kamikaze and Nature Tech. Smithsonian Networks programming celebrates the American experience with branded original content drawn largely from the assets of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex and features original documentaries, short-subject explorations and innovative and groundbreaking programs highlighting America's historical, cultural and scientific heritage.

MSSS Delivers First Science Instrument to JPL for 2009 Mars Rover Mission Payload

Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. (MSSS), has delivered the first of four science cameras it is developing for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover mission. This camera, the Mars Descent Imager is designed to provide a sequence of hundreds of 2 Megapixel color images of the martian surface during the rover's descent about two years from now. MARDI was transported to JPL last week to participate in a contamination measurement test. That test was completed satisfactorily on 10 July, and instrument functionality was verified in imaging testing the following day (Figure 2). The instrument will shortly be integrated with the MSL rover avionics (computer) for testing, and will be integrated with the rover mechanical systems within the month.

Science Trumps Politics -- at Least in Theory

In this Q&A with Nina Fedoroff, science adviser to the US secretary of state, topics run from genetically modified food to the need for scientific advocacy in government. Fedoroff's take on GM food is simple: "There’s almost no food that isn’t genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution." As for science in government, Fedoroff makes the case that scientific alliances can succeed where other kinds of diplomacy fail -- "because science is more collaborative than other types of endeavors," she tells the New York Times. "It aspires to more democratic principles than many political systems because we have an external reference."

Nanotechnology Made Simple: The Penn Science Caf Visits Washington, D.C.

The Penn Science Café lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Café is your chance to ask a leading expert your questions about science. Dr. Carpick will explain nanotechnology, give some examples of what it can be used for and talk about unique efforts to help university research in

Posse Makes Science Fun

These members of UW's Science Posse help junior high and high school students get excited about science. They visit students and teachers throughout Wyoming to help make them more aware of science and scientific research.

NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data

Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy.

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