It took more than 500 scientists and seven years of research, but the first global earthquake hazard map is now complete. How come it took seven whole years? Well, for starters, the scientists had to contend with forces much greater than earthquakes. Try politics.

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According to Victoria Auld, physicist and electronic engineer with the British Antarctic Survey, there’s a lot more to the challenge of coping with cold weather than just the cold. Auld has spent the past two Austral winters at Halley’s base in Antarctica, braving temperatures lower than 50 degrees below.
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Contrary to popular belief – the effects of moderate global warming may not be all bad. For the first time ever, a four year U.S. national assessment has examined the regional impacts of global warming revealing everything from potentially severe droughts to larger crop yields for some farmers.
The report, Climate Changes [...]

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You remember Velociraptor: it’s the smallish, but deadly meat-eater featured prominently in Jurassic Park and its two sequels. In the movies, this predator is portrayed as fierce, and cunning — a dinosaur as smart as a dolphin or chimpanzee. But according a prominent paleontologist, you really can’t believe everything you see on [...]

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CONCEPT
This module investigates cell structure, function, processes and divisions. The microscope is introduced and used for investigation. Appropriate technology will be used to collect and analyze data.

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 a complication in the relationship between strings and spacetime. String theory does not predict that the Einstein equations are obeyed exactly. String theory adds an infinite series of corrections to the theory of gravity. Under normal circumstances, if we only look at distance scales much larger than a string, then these corrections are not measurable. [...]

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John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart put forth a seemingly convincing argument proposing the non-existence of time. McTaggart purports that for time to exist, it must have contradictory properties. McTaggart makes improper interpretations, and his defence does not answer the challenges put forth by others. Thus McTaggart’s unsound argument does not stand up to internal inspection nor [...]

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The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids at Giza without access to so much as a pulley. But while a modern-day pyramid builder has access to all sorts of fancy machines and materials, he or she wouldn’t make much change to the ancient form. It’s already a fairly good shape from an [...]

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Using technology for teaching and learning is no longer new. Educators have embraced hardware and software with varying degrees of enthusiasm for over a decade and only now are schools starting to ask the question, how does technology impact student learning? Two types of research show that technology does indeed impact learning for both teachers [...]

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WHAT IS SCIENCE
Science presumes, through careful, systematic study, that things and events in the universe occur in consistent, comprehensible patterns. Scientists believe that through the use of the intellect, and with the aid of instruments that extend the sens es, people can discover patterns in all of nature.

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