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Science Future for March 28, 2009
Science Future April 6 Lawrence Krauss and other Scientists give public lectures as part of Arizona State University’s Origins Symposium in Tempe. Visit origins.asu.edu April 11 Food for Thought, an interdisciplinary conference on global food and agriculture issues, held at Stanford University. Visit foodforthought.stanford.edu April 12–18 National Environmental Education Week. See www.eeweek.org
- Planetary Science
Seeing the future hot spells
Satellite data could help scientists better predict killer heat waves, such as the one that hit Europe in 2003.
- Health & Medicine
Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Glass
Some mineral water appears to have been tainted prior to bottling.
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- Chemistry
Light could heal materials
Scientists have created a new material that repairs itself when exposed to ultraviolet light.
- Life
Vive la cycles
Researchers have identified a missing gear in the clock that helps plants tell night from day.
- Health & Medicine
Reading the patterns of spatial memories
Researchers can tell where participants are standing in a virtual world by “seeing” memories of the journey.
- Chemistry
Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Plastics
New concerns arise over the presence of hormonelike pollutants in plastic food packaging.
- Humans
Whiz Kids: Its science and outreach
The filmmakers behind Whiz Kids would like to see their footage serve an educational purpose, perhaps through some online portal.
- Earth
Effects of the weather, underground
Sudden changes in air temperature in the stratosphere that can ultimately steer major storm systems can also influence the number of subatomic particles slamming into detectors located hundreds of meters below ground, a new study reveals.
- Tech
Whiz Kids: The Movie
New independent film showcases the arduous path by which extraodinary high school researchers reach the Science Talent Search competition in Washington, D.C.
- Anthropology
Peking Man fossils show their age
Scientists have pushed back the age of Peking Man, raising questions about whether Homo erectus trekked to eastern Asia in two separate migrations.
