Science

Renowned Author and Activist Temple Grandin to Speak at Second Annual Nursing Science Day

Grandin, an author and activist well-known for her support of the humane treatment of livestock and self-advocacy for autism rights and awareness, will speak from 6-7 p.m. March 7. Registration required.

Primates have been teasing each other for 13 million years

We don't give great apes enough credit for tickling, poking, and teasing each other.

Scientists Reveal What Happens to Your Life Expectancy When You Quit Smoking

"Ridiculously effective."

Cat Urbigkit: Biden Administration Proposes More Rules Driven by Ideology, Not Science

Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "A new Biden policy would ban agriculture, predator control, & mosquito control on National Wildlife Refuge lands, while allowing introduction of non-native species, seeks to expand federal authority outside refuge lands, and to acquire more water rights."

Brookhaven Tech students win at Polymer Science competition

On Jan. 25-26, 2024, Brookhaven Technical Center’s Polymer Science II students competed with year-2 students from across the state at the annual Technology Students Association (TSA)-sanctioned High School Polymer Science competition, hosted and conducted by the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymer Science and Engineering. This year, BTC students placed in each of the […]

Fire science coming to GHS

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools is bringing fire science to its students.

‘Powerful Experience’: UNK political science students learn about civil rights in the South

“It really brings to life the events that happened because we’re right there where they occurred."

Video: Bill Nye warns the consequences of rising sea levels

Donors give back to science through the Gift of Body Program

First year medical school students learn anatomy in a direct way thanks to donors from the Gift of Body Program.

Scientists: Icy Moon of Saturn Likely Has an Underground Ocean

New evidence suggests Saturn’s icy moon Mimas likely has a large underground ocean. Researchers say it appears that the ocean might hold the right conditions to support life.

Two Del Norte High seniors are among the nation's top science students

Two Del Norte High School seniors — Aarav Arora and Jocelyn Zhang — are among the top high school science students in the country.

Encouraging students: Local spiritual leaders show support at Travis Science Academy

Travis Science Academy became a more pastoral setting Tuesday as local spiritual leaders took the time to visit with and encourage students.

Spontaneous, persistent, T cell–dependent IFN-γ release in patients who progress to Long Covid

Patients with Long Covid symptoms produce an antiviral protein called interferon-γ persistently until their symptoms resolve.

Synthesis reveals approximately balanced biotic differentiation and homogenization

Homogenization is most common at large temporal and spatial scales but is balanced by differentiation at smaller scales.

Fast and slow: Recording neuromodulator dynamics across both transient and chronic time scales

Fluorescence lifetime enables comparison of neuromodulator dynamics across multiple time scales and individual animals.

Disparate processing of numerosity and associated continuous magnitudes in rats

Numerical learning, neural manipulation, and AI modeling of numerosity processing all illustrate separated number sense in rats.

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute: 2024B NASA Keck Call for Proposals

The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute is soliciting proposals to use NASA’s portion of time on the two 10m Keck Telescopes for the 2024B observing semester

NASA Release of Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)-2024

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied research, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) 2024

Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy to host art show at Burrows Center on Friday in Marysville

A student art showcase will be presented on Friday as this month’s “Fourth Friday at the Burrows” event in Marysville. Fourth Fridays is a new program series aimed at highlighting

'Showing the Government That We’re Going to Follow Science': University of Florida Student Senate Adopts Green New Deal

The University of Florida Student Senate became the first student government at a public university to pass Green New Deal legislation.