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How Globes Are Made

The Chicago History Museum
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How Globes Are Made
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The world's largest globe manufacturer
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5 March, 2012

 

Replogle Globes, Inc. has been turning maps into globes in Chicago for over 77 years. Replogle is the world's largest globe manufacturer.

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Eukaryopolis

Crash Course
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Eukaryopolis - The City of Animal Cells: Biology #4
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The animal cell that is responsible for all the things that happen in our bodies
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24 February, 2012

Eukaryopolis: the animal cell that is responsible for all the cool things that happen in our bodies.

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Discover a wealth of NASA information on your phone

The NASA App collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated mission information, images and videos and Twitter feeds from various online NASA sources in a mobile package.
WiFi, 3G or Edge network connection required.

NASA app for iPhone 

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Slow Neutrinos?

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The "faster-than-light neutrino" result was probably an error. OPERA admits that faster than light Neutrino measurement may have been an error.

The OPERA’s official statement reads in full:

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Sugar and the Caipirinha

Periodic Table of Videos
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Sugar and the Caipirinha - Periodic Table of Videos
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The Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail and it is sugary to its core
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22 February, 2012

The Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail and it is sugary to its core.

Another video from the Brazil trip of Professor Martyn Poliakoff.

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2011 Best Science Image

Retinal cross section
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Metabolimic Eye by Brian William Jones
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Metabolimic Eye
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22 February, 2012

The National Science Foundation, with the supportf Science Magazine, has announced the winners of the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. The first place in the photography category was assigned to Brian William Jones.

The National Science Foundation, with the support of Science Magazine, has announced the

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Seven ideas on research for Mr. Monti

Scientific research and innovation are one of the challenges that will decide Italy's future. The 2003 Group (http://www.gruppo2003.org), which gathers scientists frequently quoted in the international scientific literature, intends to contribute with its reflections and proposals to this critical moment in the life of our Country.

Italian and British Universities (and Dickens)

I thought about what could be done usefully to compare the Italian and British Universities systems, but it’s a daunting task. But I can’t help noticing how many of your colleagues have worked at British and US universities and probably, between yourselves, you have enough insight. But there are important themes. The following is somewhat digressive and I hope some of you might have the patience to read it to the end.

Europe and sustainability: towards Horizon 2020

"The future can be yours! Last chance!" The motto of Jeffrey Goines, the character in the post-apocalyptic science fiction film Twelve Monkeys directed by Terry Gilliam in 1995, has never been more relevant. Let's see why. In 1978, the French explorer and oceanographer Jacques Cousteau proposed the idea that the interests of people not yet born had to be protected, i.e. of those who are reading this article right now, by means of a Bill of Rights of future generations. The document, ratified by UNESCO in 1991 and