Tag: science

The White House Brings Back ‘We the Geeks’ Series to Celebrate Black Talent in STEM

Government partners with Google + Hangouts to present the series.

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UMass Ban of Iranian Students from Engineering and Science Programs Reversed

Gizmodo tells the beginning of the story here…

While on his blog, Corey Robin reports on the very recent victory for students…

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Why Native Americans Are Concerned About Potential Exploitation of Their DNA

Read at indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/.

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From Egypt: Feminist comic book ‘The Jewelry Box’

Muna AbduRahman, scientist turned comic artist for Shakmagia magazine

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How Star Trek May Show the Emergence of Human Consciousness

The theory: writing changed everything.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson gives “Interstellar” a surprise science review

Check out Neil’s tweets.

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Credit: AP/Richard Shotwell)

Why Do Zombies Shuffle?

Here’s some science for you.

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World’s Languages Traced Back To Africa

Language spoken in Africa 50,000-70,000 years ago

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India’s Mars Orbiter Mission could make history this week

India’s program would be first Asian one to achieve orbit of Mars.

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Star Trek legend who became NASA’s “secret weapon”

More on Nichelle Nichols and her NASA gig.

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