Edil receives Turkish science award
In a January ceremony held at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, and attended by Turkish dignitaries, including the president, president of the parliament, prime minister, cabinet ministers, university presidents, and others, University of Wisconsin-Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Tuncer Edil received the Special Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. news.wisc.edu
Kan. Museum Unveils Foul Weather Exhibit
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- After a year in which Kansas endured destructive ice storms, killer tornadoes and severe flooding, it seemed the state history museum carefully timed the opening of an exhibit on extreme weather.... hosted.ap.org
Math Trek: The Noisy Game of Baseball
Predicting a baseball player's future batting average (and many other things) is not as simple as relying on past performance, mathematicians say. sciencenews.org
Device 'spins silk like spiders'
Scientists build a device that mimics the process by which spiders produce fine, yet super-strong. news.bbc.co.uk