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STEM High Schools Built on More Than Science and Math

The schools are not built on science, technology, engineering and math courses, said Aimee Kennedy, chief academic officer of Metro Early College High School in Ohio. "If that's all it took to be considered a STEM school, any school in the country could do it," Kennedy said Wednesday during a panel discussion at the 2013 U.S. ...
Clapping Is Apparently Contagious Spreads Like An Infection

A new study from Sweden’s Uppsala University has scientifically confirmed what we've already known for hundreds of years: applause is contagious. For entertainers and performers, clapping is seen as a sign of appreciation, as a way for audiences to thank them for a job well done and let them know their work is appreciated. While this is understood by all, it's accepted that some ...
Curiosity’s Billion-Pixel View | Space Wallpaper

This space wallpaper is a scaled-down version of a full-circle view, which combined nearly 900 images taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The view is centered toward the south. It shows Curiosity at the "Rocknest" site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand. Curiosity used three cameras to take the component images on several different days between Oct. 5 ...
3D Printer Passes Zero-Gravity Test for Space Station Trip

'); Made in Space's prototype 3D printer, which is bound for the International Space Station in 2014, has passed a series of microgravity flight tests, company officials say. Image released June 19, ...
Inside Fukushima Draining a radioactive flood

AN ALARM lets off a shrill beep as a dosimeter on the bus hits 1500 microsieverts of radiation. "Do not open the windows," an official warns. We are inside ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) [DVD]

With The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Peter Jackson brought his stunning masterwork of an epic to a resounding conclusion. Grandly epic in scale, yet deeply human in emotion, The Return of the King is a fitting capstone to one of modern cinemas greatest gambles. The film works so well because it maintains the intensity and vigor of both The Fellowship of the Ring ... ...

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Khalifa University Students Win First Place in Think Science Competition

WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Khalifa University has announced that two of its students were recently awarded first place in the Applied Sciences category at the Think Science Competition, organised by the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development. Yousif Al Hammadi and Nasser Al-Rayhi, who are computer engineering students at Khalifa University, won for their project entitled ...
Backbencher asks ethics watchdog to revisit Trudeau speaking gigs

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau arrives for Question Period in the House of Commons at Parliament Hill in Ottawa June 17, 2013. Andre Forget/QMI ...
Rockets Top Submarines Space Exploration Dollars Dwarf Ocean Spending

from the Center for American Progress "Star Trek" would have us believe that space is the final frontier, but with apologies to the armies of Trekkies, their oracle might be a tad off base. Though we know little about outer space, we still have plenty of frontiers to explore here on our home planet. And they're losing the race of discovery. Hollywood giant James Cameron, ...
NASA Bill Would ‘End Reliance on Russia’ Nix Asteroid Capture Project

WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – A draft Republican-backed bill released Wednesday that would authorize NASA programs for the next two years backs a $500 million project to develop crew transportation systems to end US reliance on Russian rockets for getting astronauts into space even as it blocks a less costly project to capture, redirect and explore an asteroid. The draft NASA ...
Health group wants pregnancy test dispenser in bar washroom

Healthy Brains for Children wants to install a pregnancy test dispenser in the bathroom of a bar in Thunder Bay, Ont. It would be the first such dispenser installed in a Canadian pub. Healthy Brains for Children is based in the U.S., but has a chapter in Thunder Bay. Its goal is to prevent prenatal exposure to alcohol. The local chapter has purchased a dispenser and is talking to officials at ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Florida man stripped naked, beaten and robbed at gunpoint during first date

A man in Florida has reported to the police that he was beaten, robbed, stripped naked and abandoned on the side of a road during a first date in Bunnell.

Shaun Williams was spotted by the police on a state road in Bunnell, covered in blood, and was taken to a local hospital, the New York Daily News reported.

According to FlaglerLive, Williams met a woman in a Daytona Beach convenience store about two weeks ago.

After some conversation, they exchanged phone numbers and decided to meet for their first date on Friday.

The woman agreed to pick Williams up from the convenience store where they first met, the report said.

The woman, whose real name has not been released, showed up in a dark blue sedan along with two other men, one she called her brother, and the other her brother's friend.

She told him that she needed to drop them before going on their date.

The girl drove for several minutes before the brother told her to turn into a side street, as he wanted to meet someone.

When Williams came out to take a bathroom break, a hard metal object hit him and he fell on the ground.

The attackers then allegedly pointed a gun and demanded for money and clothes.

The men forced him to hand over his prepaid cell phone, his Florida driver's license, 200 dollars in cash and all of the clothes he picked out for his first date, FlaglerLive stated. ...