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Maine South Science National Honor Society continues on Maine South's tradition of scientific, academic excellence. This society aims to encourage students to actively take charge of their scientific education by communicating the benefits that a pursuit of scientific knowledge yield for mankind. Through society-wide projects and activities, students will demonstrate a continued dedication for scientific inquiry, becoming well-educated citizens in the process.
"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
Carl Sagan
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5/11/18
Alcoa, Apple and Rio Tinto get behind new carbon free smelting process to revolutionize aluminum manufacturing
By Giles Gwinnett
5/6/18
Researchers develop portable 3-D skin printer to repair deep wounds
Provided by University of Toronto
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-portable-d-skin-printer-deep.html
4/29/18
Scientists can use CRISPR to edit genes. Should they?
Produced and edited by Lisa Orlando, Will Croxton, and Sarah Shafer Prediger.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientists-can-use-crispr-to-edit-genes-should-they/
4/29/18
Scholars believe the damaged scrolls of Herculaneum could contain lost works of Greek philosophy, Roman poetry, or early Christian writings
Produced by Marc Lieberman and Sabina Castelfranco. Associate producer, Michael Kaplan
4/18/18
Why Did the Whites of This Man's Eyes Turn Blue?
By Rachael Rettner
https://www.livescience.com/62342-whites-of-eyes-turned-blue.html
4/17/18
Immunotherapy transforms lung cancer, the biggest cancer killer
By Maggie Fox
2/23/18
Japanese scientists invent floating 'firefly' light
By Hideki Kato
2/19/18
Infection outbreaks at hospitals could be reduced by copper-coated uniforms
References work by Xuqing Liu
2/18/18
This Musk — Elon's brother — looks to revolutionize urban farming
By Zlati Meyer
2/18/18
The surprising science of why ice is so slippery
By Brian Resnick
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/13/16973886/olympics-2018-ice-skating-science-speed
2/18/18
Archaeologists uncover 1300-year-old ski in Norway
By April Holloway
2/12/18
Cancer-fighting nanorobots programmed to seek and destroy tumors
Provided by Arizona State University
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-cancer-fighting-nanorobots-tumors.html
2/6/18
SpaceX successfully launches the world’s most powerful rocket, in a spectacle that sends a Tesla on its way to Mars
By Christian Davenport
11/7/17
Genetically Modified Browning-Resistant Apple Reaches U.S. Stores
By Amy Maxmen
11/4/17
New techniques for removing carbon from the atmosphere
by Ker Than
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-techniques-carbon-atmosphere.html
11/2/17
Mail-Order CRISPR Kits Allow Absolutely Anyone to Hack DNA
By Annie Sneed
10/21/17
Newly developed switch activates genes thousands of times better than nature
by Amanda Morris
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-newly-genes-thousands-nature.html
10/14/17
Ion Thruster Prototype Breaks Records in Tests, Could Send Humans to Mars
By Tereza Pultarova
https://www.space.com/38444-mars-thruster-design-breaks-records.html
10/9/17
Researchers Find Universe's 'Missing Matter'
By Avery Thompson
10/7/17
The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions
by Rodney Brooks
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609048/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-ai-predictions/
9/28/27
Visualizing sound with light; Steve Mould experiments with reflecting a concentrated light beam off a mirror shard. This shard sits on a balloon wrapped around a bowl with a speaker underneath, causing it to vibrate. The results are intriguing.
8/9/17
NASA will be streaming the eclipse from the sky and from space!
7/30/17
Coast-to-coast total solar eclipse coming up!
7/27/17
Human embryos reportedly edited for first time in the US using CRISPR
By Alessandra Potenza
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/27/16049340/human-embryos-dna-crispr-gene-editing-us
6/26/17
Thwarting Metastasis by Breaking Cancer’s Legs with Gold Rods
By Ben Brumfield
http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/06/26/thwarting-metastasis-breaking-cancers-legs-gold-rods
4/24/17
A lab has successfully gestated premature lambs in artificial wombs
By Olga Khazan
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/preemies-floating-in-fluid-filled-bags/524181/
4/22/17
Signal received! Cassini probe shoots through Saturn's rings
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/27/health/nasa-cassini-saturn-ring-dive/
4/20/17
This New Equation Might Finally Unite the Two Biggest Theories in Physics, Claims Physicist
By the BEC Crew
4/18/17
This Giant 3D Printer Could Build You a House Today
By David Grossman
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a26252/3d-printer-build-house-mit/
4/17/17
Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to take part in WHO malaria vaccine pilot programme
By the World Health Organization
4/15/17
First 'image' of a dark matter web that connects galaxies
By Seth D. Epps and Michael J. Hudson
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170412091230.htm
4/13/17
Theorists perplexed by hints of unexpected new particle
By Emily Conover
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/theorists-perplexed-hints-unexpected-new-particle
4/11/17
Tiny ‘Organ Chips’ Promise Big Boost to Testing of Food, Drugs
By Sara Miller
http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/innovation/tiny-organ-chips-promise-big-boost-testing-food-drugs-n746586
4/10/17
Why do some of us find it easier to forgive? Neuroscience sheds light
By Ana Sodoiu
4/8/17
NASA has an unusually bold plan to find life on Europa
By Sarah Fecht
4/6/17
When Helium Behaves like a Black Hole
By Joshua E. Brown
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170321110344.htm
4/4/17
Researchers are working on robots that can monitor and care for the elderly
By Katie Collins
https://www.cnet.com/news/robots-retirement-seniors-parents-folks-can-get-high-tech-help/
4/3/17
In 2030, the Top Cancer in HIV Patients May Be a Surprise
By Nick Mulcahy
4/1/17 - April Fool's Day!
4/1/17 - April Fool's Day!
The Scientific Significance of April First
By Richard A.
4/1/17
Elon Musk’s Reusable Rocket Just Changed The Space Game
By Tim Fernholz
3/30/17
The 17+ Different Kinds of Ice
By SciShow
3/28/17
Stampede supercomputer helps researchers design jets with morphing wings, or built from composite materials, that will burn less fuel
By University of Texas at Austin and Texas Advanced Computing Center
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170307100430.htm
3/27/17
New stem cell method produces millions of human brain and muscle cells in days
By Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170323125533.htm
3/25/17
Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Breaks Orbital Record
By Mike Wall
http://www.space.com/36205-x-37b-space-plane-breaks-record.html
3/24/17
A man became a math wiz after suffering brain injuries. Researchers think they know why.
By Tanya Lewis
3/23/17
Physicists prove that it's impossible to cool an object to absolute zero
By Lisa Zyga
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-physicists-impossible-cool-absolute.html
3/21/17
As Hyperloop progress glides forward, here's what you need to know
By Will Nicol
3/20/17
New tool accurately predicts risk of chronic disease
By Ana Sandoiu
3/18/17
Vast luminous nebula poses a cosmic mystery
By Tim Stephens
3/17/17
Shock Diamonds
By Fraser Cain
http://www.universetoday.com/94123/those-rings-in-rocket-exhaust-are-shock-diamonds/
3/16/17
Stars align in test supporting “spooky action at a distance" (quantum entanglement)
By Jennifer Chu
http://news.mit.edu/2017/loophole-bells-inequality-starlight-0207
3/14/17 - Pi Day!
3/14/17 - Pi Day!
Some cool pi videos:
- A Mile of Pi - Numberphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3cEKZiLmg)
- Calculating Pi by Hand - Standupmaths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRMnzANHHs)
- Rhapsody on the Proof of Pi = 4 - ViHart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2xYjiL8yyE)
3/14/17
Disney Scientists Turned an Entire Metal Room into a Wireless Charger
By Kacey Deamer
http://www.livescience.com/58202-disney-researchers-build-wireless-charging-room.html
3/13/17
How does the immune system know friend from foe in gut bacteria?
By Catherine Paddock, PhD
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