Science Weekly: Flying saucers and Prince Charles - Guardian Unlimited
An unmanned aerial vehicle described as a ‘flying saucer’ competes in the Ministry of Defence’s Grand Challenge. Photograph: MoD We missed it so much last week, we’re devoting this show’s entire format to the Newsjam. Among the subjects discussed are …
Rochester School District changes science, physical education … - Democrat and Chronicle
Students entering the ninth grade in the Rochester School District next week will be required to earn twice as many science and physical education credits in their first two years of high school as their predecessors, according to new promotional …
George ‘Jay’ Keyworth, Former Presidential Science Advisor and HP … - Consumer Electronics Net
SAN RAMON, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE — Green Plug (www.greenplug.us), the first developer of digital technology enabling real-time collaboration between electronic devices and their power sources, today appointed George A. “Jay” Keyworth, II, to chair …
Imperiled whales to get federal aid - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - The government yesterday recommended a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence. About 300 to 400 of the whales are left in the wild, and they …
EHT teacher plans science lesson about coyotes in his backyard - Atlantic City Press
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Most people would be afraid if they spotted coyotes in their backyard, or they might try to scare the animals away. Dave Crawford, an Egg Harbor Township science teacher, ran back inside the house to grab a camera. Crawford …
Whales lose blubber due to climate change - Daily Telegraph
The Japanese team’s findings were rejected by two journals because of the unpopularity of the whaling programme among scientists The team for the Institute of Cetacean Research in Tokyo measured the bodies of more than 4,500 Minkes that had been …
Rookie Jerome Felton might be Lions’ starting fullback - Detroit Free Press
Rookie fullback Jerome Felton was one of the last Lions to exit the practice field in Allen Park on Monday. He worked on his blocking technique with running backs coach Sam Gash and linebacker Alex Smith after most of the team had gone inside. “I was …
Monitoring the future of newspapers - Boston Globe
A professor of mine used to say - a tad cryptically, I thought - that “history doesn’t happen at the same time in the same place.” Similarly, the Armani-clad “futurists” who haunt the corridors of Fortune 500 companies are fond of quoting William …
Wellnews: All the news that’s fit - San Diego Union-Tribune
It’s prevailing parental wisdom that too much sugar makes kids hyperactive, inducing them to bounce off walls perhaps literally and run around like screaming, sleep-deprived banshees. Most supporting evidence, of course, is anecdotal, but …