TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Seamount diary: In Pictures The diversity of animals already sighted by the IUCN expedition to study seamounts rising from the floor of the Indian Ocean. news.bbc.co.uk |
Copenhagen Talks Tough on Climate Protest Plans An elaborate holding facility with three dozen steel cages has been created to accommodate more than 350 potential troublemakers during a U.N. climate conference Monday. feeds.nytimes.com |
Police moratorium on DNA evidence Victoria Police will stop using DNA evidence in court cases until next year. abc.net.au |
Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home LOS ANGELES (AP) -- On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's quest for cleaner power.... hosted.ap.org |
Girls may learn math anxiety from female teachers WASHINGTON (AP) -- Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.... hosted.ap.org |