SCIENCE

Children's Minnesota used state-of-the-art technology to treat it. Annabelle Jacobson loves science. Her father, James, says the easiest thing to occupy her attention is a science project.
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2 years ago Read more at KARE11.com

Columbus State University’s Special Education Program hosted its third annual Exceptional Science Fair to provide a unique and interactive learning experience for students with learning disabilities. All of the activities and experiments showcased at the fair are curated by CSU students enrolled in the special education program. This hands-on approach provides students with experience that they cannot learn in a classroom.
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2 years ago Read more at WRBL

At the first Art Walk of the year on Friday, April 5, they will collaborate with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences to bring 20 artists, live music, rock painting and fairy hair. The event begins at 5 p.m.
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2 years ago Read more at WNCT

The College of Engineering and Computer Science will host its first student versus faculty/staff cricket match at the CSUF intramural field on March 22 at 1 p.m. Come watch students take on experienced and not-so-experienced faculty and staff alike.
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2 years ago Read more at CSUF News

Hundreds of high school and middle school students participated in the 76th Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair. The event provided students with a platform to showcase their skills in scientific research. Winners of the fair are eligible for cash prizes or scholarships.
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2 years ago Read more at WTNH.com

NREL and MSU Denver Partnership Elevates Colorado High School Science Bowl to New Heights. From the intricacies of biology to the mysteries of physics, each question posed sparked debate. The move sends students from Fossil Ridge High School to represent Colorado at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C.
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2 years ago Read more at NREL

Jerome Hamilton Jr., a third year Political Science Pre-Law student, is one of three Michigan State University students nominated for the prestigious Udall Undergraduate Scholarship. The scholarship is designed to financially support students interested in Tribal policy, Native American health care, and environmental issues.
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2 years ago Read more at Political Science | Michigan State University

Sage retracted two articles that suggested the use of the abortion pill mifepristone significantly increased post-abortion emergency room use. The authors did however declare for each article that there were "no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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2 years ago Read more at Reason

The total solar eclipse on April 8 in North America comes six years, seven months and 18 days after the last event crossed the continent in 2017. While these eclipses' narrow paths of totality are very different, both their paths cross parts of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. However, while these two events are close together, it is rare to experience totality in the same place twice in such a short time. For example, the last total eclipse was on April 20, 2023, and the next is on April 8, 20
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2 years ago Read more at Livescience.com

Machine learning approaches this problem by providing the neural network many example (training) images labeled as images of “a person wearing glasses”. The neural network learns the relationship between images and their labels, and extracts data patterns, or features, that it needs to focus on to make a determination. One of the reasons AI systems are considered a black box is because it is often difficult to describe mathematically what criteria the systems are actually using to make their predictions, including potential biases.
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2 years ago Read more at University of California San Diego