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FiveTenProfessional racer, team manager, presenter and all round lover of downhill racing, Ben Cathro, has been giving us the inside line and the pro's perspective on racing for years.Five Ten have worked with the world's leading athletes to develop the best and most winning clipless shoes in the modern history of DH racing. Discover how and why cleat position and having a shoe optimised for personal preference can make all the difference.
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8 months ago Read more at Pinkbike.com

Chemistry, it must be admitted, has an image problem By the age of six, many children already have negative feelings about the word “chemical” The media often doesn’t help chemistry’s image. Positive news stories about science are often about a breakthrough cure for some disease, years before it might eventually be approved for use in patients. The modern world is built on chemistry But everyone in the world owes much of their present standard of living to advances made by chemists.
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8 months ago Read more at The Conversation

Science communication is evolving as part of the changing digital landscape. This talk offers valuable insights into navigating the complexities of the digital age. Join us for a 30-minute presentation and question-and-answer session with Zakiya Whatley, PhD, hosted by the Science Communication certificate program.
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8 months ago Read more at The Elm

Dr. Terence Hicks has won the Virginia Social Science Association Scholar Award. He is an award-winning author with 10 published books and works in over 100 combined research publications or presentations. he is a cited authority on the first-generation college student population.
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8 months ago Read more at Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earth is at a point in its orbit when it’s closest to the Sun, which heats up the atmosphere. Sometimes the storms merge, becoming global. Scientists wonder whether global dust storms help to eject this water vapor, lofting it high above the planet. One theory is that this process, repeated enough times over eons, might explain how Mars went from having lakes and rivers to virtually no water today.
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8 months ago Read more at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Embedded Ethics Education Initiative (E3I) aims to help students "recognize the broader ramifications of the technology they're developing on diverse stakeholders, and to avoid or mitigate any negative impact. This academic year alone, total enrollment in computer science courses with E3I programming has exceeded 8,000 students.
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8 months ago Read more at Tech Xplore

The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope issue. The telescope automatically enters safe mode when one of its three faulty readings. Hubble's instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health.
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8 months ago Read more at Phys.org

The Association of Health Care Journalists is excited to announce the selection of Jyoti Madhusoodanan as its 2024-2025 Civic Science Fellow focusing on Health Equity and Bias Awareness. The Fellowship is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) and is part of the broader national civic science Fellows Program. Madhusaodanans is an independent journalist with more than a decade of experience covering life sciences, health, biotech and STEM.
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8 months ago Read more at Association of Health Care Journalists

Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest human, ran a 100-meter sprint at a speed of 23.35 miles per hour (37.57 kilometers per hour) It’s about the same speed as cruising in your car through your neighborhood or in a school zone. There are several reasons why some people can run very fast while others tend to run more slowly.
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8 months ago Read more at University of Tennessee, Knoxville - News

Heart Failure 2024 is the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) The meeting takes place 11 to 14 May at the Lisbon Congress Centre in Portugal and online. Learn the scientific programme. Up to one in three patients die within one year of hospital admission.
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8 months ago Read more at News-Medical.Net