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December 2009

Science Ed: Why Big Bird and Mythbusters Won't Cut It
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Dec 22, 2009

Last month President Obama announced a new “... Read More

C'mon Man!
By: Beth Herbert
Dec 16, 2009

I went to a very cool event last night here at Northwestern, sponsored by a number of groups... Read More

Climate Change, Polar Bears, and Diabetes
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Dec 19, 2009

Polar Ice Changes, 1979-2005 (NASA)

The Jim Lehrer NewsHour recently featured a great... Read More

Russia vs. the United States: Whose Asteroid Model Do You Trust?
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Dec 30, 2009

Yesterday, the Russian space agency ... Read More

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