SCIENCE

Planetarium Director Chris Savage spoke with 7@four about what to expect for this year’s solar eclipse. The science museum is also holding a viewing event for the eclipse at the planetarium.
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The researchers scoured huge datasets of human genetic information. They compared the genes of people with and without Lyme disease. The third gene — which makes a type of protein found in the skin and sweat — had never been tied to it. About 60% of people are thought to carry the standard version.
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1 year ago Read more at Livescience.com

Hendrix College in Conway received $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation for STEM scholarships. The award is for six years to provide for three groups of 10 students. Each scholarship will provide $15,000 per student, along with summer stipends. Students will participate in the Arkansas Innovation Hub to engage in community projects that can be met through scientific solutions as part of their education.
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Memphis Mayor Paul Young spoke with students at an event hosted by the UT Health Science Center chapter of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section. Students in the College of Medicine were brought a message of encouragement and opportunity by the recently elected mayor of Memphis, Paul Young. The event featured a Q&A session moderated by first-year medical student and AMA-MSS leader Tyler Bruno.
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1 year ago Read more at UTHSC News

Claudia Rankine is the author of “Citizen: An American Lyric,” a New York Times bestseller, as well as four other books of poetry and three plays. Bevil Conway is a senior investigator at the National Eye Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health. The Utah Symposium returns this year after a long Covid hiatus.
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1 year ago Read more at @theU

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Different degrees of freedom in quantum biology and molecular quantum computing are interconnected with key components of the neuron cell. The amber-colored relationships depicted are yet to be confirmed.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org

The 3rd annual STARward STEM Expo took place Tuesday at Douglas Byrd High School in Fayetteville. The event hosted over 200 students representing teams from kindergarten through the 12th grade. Three teams will have their experiments sent to the International Space Station as “science payload”
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1 year ago Read more at WRAL News

I have the goal to visit every US National Park. So far, I've been to 33 of them. Next up, Yosemite!
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Glen A. Wilson High School took first place overall in the high school division of the Science Olympiad Los Angeles Regional Tournament. Cedarlane Academy took fifth place in the middle school division. Both school teams qualified to advance to the Southern California State Tournament that will be held at Caltech in April.
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1 year ago Read more at The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Houston Museum of Natural Science On a Monday afternoon in two weeks, the moon will appear to be the same size as the sun when it passes the Earth. The phenomena will prevent sunlight from reaching the atmosphere, casting a silhouette across the sky on a day that would otherwise be another ordinary Monday. On the ground, birds will fall silent, some animals will be overwhelmed with a temporary fit of confusion and traffic will line the state’s already congested highways. At hundreds of schools across Texas on April 8, students will gaze at
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1 year ago Read more at Houston Public Media