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HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010	Going Green: New Program Provides Vital Support for Plant Scientists HHMI and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced in September a new research program that will provide critical support to some of the nation's most innovative plant scientists.
Geotimes January 2004 Cynthia Martinez	Earth Science Week in the Limelight The sixth annual Earth Science Week, held Oct. 12-18, promoted understanding and appreciation of the value of earth science research and its applications and relevance to our daily lives.
D-Lib May/Jun 2013 Sarah Ramdeen	Developing Cyberinfrastructure for Earth Science: an Opportunity for Collaboration There is increasing interest and research in how to create the infrastructure necessary to support science data and its use, and the field of Earth Science is joining the conversation.
Chemistry World January 21, 2014 Emma Stoye	UNESCO launches International Year of Crystallography Around 1200 people gathered to officially launch the International Year of Crystallography at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France on 20-21 January.
Science News April 25, 2009	Science Future For April 25, 2009 Save the frogs day... Extreme mammals at the American Museum of Natural History... Earth and space scientists present at the 2009 Joint Assembly...
Geotimes November 2004 Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.	Geologic Mapping for the Future Current efforts to develop an integrated Global Earth Observation System of Systems are helping to launch a new voyage of scientific discovery.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Jennifer Bogo	NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet.
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling	X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core.
Science News September 20, 2003	More Mars -- Better than Ever On Aug. 27, Mars and Earth were closer to each other than at any other time in the last 50,000 years. Even as Earth and Mars slowly draw apart, the Red Planet remains a dazzling sight in the night sky. There's still time to take in the view.
Geotimes August 2007 Harvey Leifert	Say Hello to Your PIO A public information officer is a science writer who can explain the significance of what scientists have discovered in terms nonscientists can understand. Here's how they can help earth scientists.
Geotimes July 2007 Cathryn Manduca	On the Cutting Edge of Teaching About Early Earth The recent "On the Cutting Edge" workshop brought together experts in early Earth research and undergraduate geoscience education. They developed a variety of ideas to incorporate into the teaching of this challenging subject.
Chemistry World May 2007	Comment: A Matter of Ethics Scientists should embrace a universal ethical code.
AskMen.com	Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot.
Geotimes August 2003 Megan Sever	Climate change report reexamined One of the more controversial topics of the Bush administration's revised strategic plan for climate change research is the ongoing debate of how anthropogenic factors factor into global climate change. Discussion at a meeting this week between government scientists and the NAS proved no different.
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 G. Pascal Zachary	Why Engineers Must Try to Save the World Scientists also should heed the messianic impulse
Geotimes August 2003 Margaret Leinen	Geosciences and the Future of Environmental Research at NSF In the past, the geosciences community has mobilized to address questions associated with global change. This call for environmental-synthesis research shares many of the same characteristics and is certainly as long-term and as visionary.
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012	2012 Holiday Lectures on Science -- Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future In HHMI's 2012 Holiday Lectures on Science, three leading scientists will explore the history of life on Earth and the forces that have shaped, and will continue to shape, our ever-changing planet.
Geotimes December 2003 Megan Sever	Humans impact the climate, says AGU The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has adopted a new position statement on climate change that recognizes the increasing alteration of the Earth's climate by human activities.
Geotimes November 2005 John A. Kelmelis	The Geosciences and Future Foreign Policy The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of State have paired up in a project to identify emerging earth science findings that are both reliable and have foreign policy implications.
Smithsonian May 2005 Carl Zimmer	Life on Mars? It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars?
Geotimes February 2004 Edward C. Roy Jr.	Assessing Earth Science in Texas In Texas, a group of geoscientists is fighting to restore earth science to the core curriculum of the state's high schools.
Chemistry World September 6, 2012 Simon Perks	Rebuilding public trust in Japanese science The aftermath of the Japanese earthquake, the ensuing tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear accident has destroyed the country's trust in science and its role in policy-making.
Popular Mechanics February 20, 2010 Tyghe Trimble	Do Climate Scientists Need to Be More Transparent? Scientists at AAAS 2010 talk about the need for better transparency in science, particularly for climate research. Here is what they have to say.
Geotimes June 2004 Sara Pratt	Why the Wobble? A new study says that the shifting of masses of water and ice around the globe's surface primarily drives the seasonal wobbleon its axis. The finding could lead to new ways to monitor global change.
Geotimes April 2004 Charles Groat	A Celebration of 125 Years In the 125 years since its creation, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has provided the scientific information needed to make important decisions and safeguard society.
HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 Nicole Kresge	The Past, Present, and Future Earth What does the 4.6 billion year history of Earth tell us about our modern planet? About 150 Washington, D.C., area high school students and 15 teachers from around the United States learned the answers to these questions at the 2012 HHMI Holiday Lectures on Science.
Scientific American September 2008 David Appell	The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now
InternetNews June 26, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Google Earth Does Good For Real One Google today announced Google Earth Outreach, a program to help the world's nonprofit organizations get a foothold in the virtual world so they can better communicate to Google Earth's 200 million users how to help the real one.
Geotimes February 2007 Sally Adee	Escape From Snowball Earth Early Earth didn't do things half-way: It may or may not have ever been a solidly frozen "snowball" in the deep geological past, but it was never a half-frozen ball of slush, according to a new study.
Chemistry World March 6, 2012 Simon Perks	Special Treatment for Scientists Under Immigration Rules Scientists traveling to work in the UK will be exempt from rules on settling in the country.
Chemistry World February 13, 2012	Building a nation of scientists Goverdhan Mehta talks to Sheena Elliott and Elinor Richards about the progress of science in India and the challenges scientists face
Smithsonian December 2005 Lawrence M. Small	A Whale Called Phoenix A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale -- about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century.
Smithsonian May 2005 Lawrence M. Small	From the Secretary - Science Matters The Institution decides to focus on four basic scientific questions.
Reason November 2005 Tim Cavanaugh	Subsidized Spin The Pentagon is spending $300,000 to send mid-career scientists, researchers, and engineers to a workshop at the television and screen writing school with the hope that some of these scientists will be inspired to produce a screenplay that paints scientists as cool.
HBS Working Knowledge November 26, 2007 Sean Silverthorne	Best Practices of Global Innovators Innovation is increasingly driven through collaborative teams due to product complexity, availability of a low-cost but highly skilled labor pool, and advances in development tools.
Geotimes October 2007 Erin Wayman	Homestake a Gold Mine for Science Known for being home to both Mount Rushmore and rich gold deposits, the Black Hills of South Dakota may soon add a new distinction to that list.
Information Today April 28, 2008	Earth Day Now: A Way to Stay Green Year-Round The Ad Council, Datran Media, and Zinio collaborated on a sustainable digital media campaign called Earth Day Now to raise environmental awareness in the U.S.
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012	President's Letter: Fundamentals for Uncertain Times The challenges in the scientific community are numerous.
Chemistry World October 22, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Free legal help for embattled US scientists A pro bono network that will provide legal protection for US scientists in government and academia has been launched by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental group based in Washington, DC.
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Geotimes July 2003 M. Ray Thomasson	Cooperating to Lead The American Geological Institute gathered geoscience leaders in Washington, D.C., to find new opportunities for alliance.
Geotimes September 2007 Nicole Branan	Strange Bedfellows? Evangelicals and Scientists Join Forces on Climate Global warming is melting permafrost around the world, but earlier this year rising temperatures also led to the thawing of the notoriously frosty relations between scientists and evangelical Christians, triggering climate change of the political kind.
National Defense June 2010 Keith A. Delaney	Defense Industry's Help Needed To Avert Rare Metals Supply Crisis Just as the Defense Department and its suppliers worry about dependence on foreign oil, they also must be concerned about growing needs -- and potentially declining supplies -- of rare earth metals.
HBS Working Knowledge November 20, 2006 Martha Lagace	Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation Practices in the open source software community offer a model for encouraging large-scale scientific problem solving.
Chemistry World April 10, 2008 Luisa Massarani	Brazil Pins Economic Hopes on Science Brazil's future prosperity depends on training more young scientists.
Chemistry World August 12, 2008	EU Plans to Share More Science Funds and Facilities The new 'Joint Programming' initiative aims to reduce the duplication of research efforts by scientists in EU member states through shared multinational funding pots that would be open to scientists from all participating countries.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 Robert Tjian	President's Letter Announces Plant Science Funding "Plant scientists have tremendous potential to help us understand -- and possibly find solutions to -- some of the most pressing concerns that face society."