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On the Scene : Teens take home science gold at Intel ISEF

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Self-driving vehicles, battery alternatives and analyses of galaxy clusters claim top prizes at global high school science competition.

Published: 2013-05-20 13:09:00
Found in: Science & Society
On the Scene : Intel Science Talent Search finalists show off their work

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Young investigators do real research in bedrooms and garages.

Published: 2013-03-11 16:57:00
Found in: Science & Society
On the Scene : Cell biologists hone elevator pitches

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Competition challenges scientists to summarize their work for a captive lay audience.

Published: 2012-12-19 16:44:00
Found in: Biology, Genes & Cells and Science & Society
On the Scene : Descending to the Challenger Deep

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Director James Cameron reveals the science of his deep-sea exploration.

Published: 2012-12-11 22:49:00
Found in: Earth Science and Education
On the Scene : Buzzword bingo

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Game brings entertainment to genetics meeting.

Published: 2012-11-08 13:54:54
On the Scene : Brain zap helps spine-damaged rats walk

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Editor’s Note: Science News intern Tanya Lewis is attending the neuroscience meeting in New Orleans on a travel award from the Society for Neuroscience.NEW ORLEANS – Stimulating the brains of rats with spinal cord injury improves their ability to walk, researchers reported October 15 at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The findings may suggest ways to treat spinal injuries in humans. Known as deep brain stimulation, the approach has already been shown to be an effective treatment for easing the movement symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. It involves surgically impl...

Published: 2012-10-17 10:08:08
On the Scene : Building a funner mousetrap

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Middle school science champs solve problems with style.

Published: 2012-10-01 18:01:37
Found in: Science & Society
On the Scene : Weird pulsars debut at Beijing astronomy meeting

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Newfound oddities challenge researchers’ imaginations.

Published: 2012-08-21 14:47:24
Found in: Astronomy and Atom & Cosmos
On the Scene : A lifetime of curiosity: An interview with JPL director Charles Elachi

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Nadia Drake speaks with the lab head days before the Mars Science Laboratory’s scheduled landing.

Published: 2012-08-04 09:40:03
Found in: Astronomy and Atom & Cosmos
On the Scene : BLOG: Mission control before the party

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On the eve of Curiosity’s planned Martian landing, Science News astronomy reporter Nadia Drake checks out JPL’s space central.

Published: 2012-08-03 16:57:02
Found in: Astronomy and Atom & Cosmos

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