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The Defense Department is seeking $17.2 billion to fund its science and technology initiatives in 2025, a 3.4% decrease from last year’s request. The 2025 S&T budget request is 2% of the total budget request at just under $850 billion. That total is only 1% more than the department requested in 2024.
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7 months ago Read more at Federal News Network

SCICON, short for the Outdoor School of Science and Conservation, is run by the Tulare County Office of Education. Over 8,000 fifth and sixth graders visit the school throughout the year. Students are able to take hikes that range from easy to difficult, learn about aquatics and visit a museum featuring items and animals.
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7 months ago Read more at WLS-TV

SCICON, short for the Outdoor School of Science and Conservation, is run by the Tulare Office of Education. Over 8,000 fifth and sixth graders visit the school throughout the year. Students are able to take hikes that range from easy to difficult, learn about aquatics and visit a museum featuring items and animals found in the area.
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7 months ago Read more at WPVI-TV

Science and Technology Week, held April 8-12, was kicked off with a keynote address from Dr. Nita A. Farahany. She is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy.
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7 months ago Read more at Illinois State University News

Mower County 4-H, Riverland Community College, Nexus Cooperative, and Austin Community Education have partnered to offer the third annual Agriculture and Food Science Exploration Day on Wednesday, July 10th. This program is for youth in grades 6-9 and is a great opportunity for anyone interested in science, biology, chemistry, engineering, computers, agriculture, mathematics, and food science. At each location, youth will participate in hands-on learning labs, and developing leadership skills.
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7 months ago Read more at Austin Daily Herald

The Great Southern Brood will extend across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, according to Illinois Extension. This year’s emergence might feel like a looming “cicada-geddon” but one researcher is using the event as a unique opportunity to dabble in experimental methods that could one day benefit growers.
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7 months ago Read more at PBS NewsHour

The University of New England is in the process of forming a School of Computer Science and Data Analytics. The school will include UNE’s existing majors in Applied Mathematics and Data Science. Enrollment for the new majors will begin in fall 2025.
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7 months ago Read more at Press Herald

On this two sol-planning day, the Curiosity science team logged in and found ourselves face to face with ‘Pinnacle Ridge’. We saw two types of rocks in our workspace: light-toned layered rocks and darker toned rocks. Rocks that look this different are very exciting to a geologist’s eye – it means the rocks could have been formed in different environments, and could be made of different things.
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7 months ago Read more at Science@NASA

China's Yellow River Station at Ny-Alesund in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. In recent years, China has successfully carried out multiple Arctic scientific expeditions using platforms such as the polar icebreakers. Post-pandemic expeditions at the Yellow River station have resumed gradually since last July.
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7 months ago Read more at Xinhua

Timberline School students are back from competing in the National Science Bowl. They qualified for the competition after claiming victory at the regional competition earlier this school year. The team includes 8th graders: Krish Joshi, Neil Nallabirudu, Ishani Atluri, Adwaiyth Muthuranam, and Evan Midtlyng.
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7 months ago Read more at Waukee Community School District