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Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:10:57 +0000
Linette Boisvert turned a childhood love of snow into a career as a sea ice scientist studying climate change. Name: Linette BoisvertTitle: Assistant Lab Chief, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, and Deputy Project Scientist for the Aqua SatelliteFormal Job Classification: Sea Ice ScientistOrganization: Cryospheric Science Branch, Science Directorate (Code 615) What do you do and what is most interesting […]
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Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:00:03 +0000
Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASA’s EXCITE mission. As a scientist at Goddard, Helson helped make this balloon-based telescope a reality: EXCITE launched successfully on Aug. 31. Name: Kyle HelsonTitle: Assistant Research ScientistOrganization: Observational Cosmology Lab (Code 665), via UMBC and the GESTAR II cooperative agreement with […]
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Why stop at breakfast? We paediatricians think all of England’s primary pupils should have lunch for free | Steve Turner
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:00:41 GMT

There are increasing numbers of children with chronic health conditions. It must be on Labour's menu to help them

  • Steve Turner is president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

As a nation, we are at a crossroads with child health. Waiting lists are soaring and children now make up three-quarters of all patients who wait more than a year for community health services. When they are eventually treated, their symptoms are more chronic and complex.

As a paediatrician, and the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), I have watched with horror as this all unfolds. The cost of living crisis has dragged down the health of our children. One in five parents say that because of the cost of living crisis, their children’s physical health has suffered. It is no surprise to me that the number of children with eight or more chronic health conditions doubled from 7.6% in 2012 to 14% in 2018.

Steve Turner is president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Columbia Welcomes Students Back to Campus With Arrests
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:27:56 +0000

Two students, including one activist with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, were arrested in front of campus.

The post Columbia Welcomes Students Back to Campus With Arrests appeared first on The Intercept.


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Columbia Cuts Due Process for Student Protesters After Congress Demands Harsher Punishment
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:12:08 +0000

After congressional criticism and subpoenas, Columbia suddenly decided to skip speaking to student protesters and go to hearings.

The post Columbia Cuts Due Process for Student Protesters After Congress Demands Harsher Punishment appeared first on The Intercept.


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College Administrators Spent Summer Break Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:52:02 +0000

New York University students who speak out against Zionism will now risk violating the school’s nondiscrimination policies.

The post College Administrators Spent Summer Break Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests appeared first on The Intercept.


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Beyond the Textbook: DC-8 Aircraft Inspires Students in Retirement
Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:29:22 +0000
In May 2024, Idaho State University’s class of 2025 received a new learning tool from NASA. The DC-8 aircraft served the world’s scientific community for decades as a platform under NASA’s Airborne Science Program before retiring to Idaho State University (ISU) to provide a hands-on learning experience for students in the university’s aircraft maintenance technology […]
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Water Filtration
You'd think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it's actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.
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Slingshots
In my reboot, Dennis the Menace was just trying to send Mr. Wilson a nice comet, but accidentally wiped out his dinosaur garden.
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Monocaster
My competitors say the tiny single tiny caster is unsafe, unstable, and offers no advantages over traditional designs, to which I say: wow, why are you guys so mean? I thought we were friends!
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Lava Lakes
Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.
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