Science Buddies Blog (Page 116)

Singing On Key or Off Key

July 14, 2009 11:32 AM

Michael Jackson, 1984, Wikimedia Commons If you can remember the first time the Moon Walk was performed on stage (and I don't mean anything related to Neil Armstrong) and know the words to "Billie Jean," "Thriller" and "Beat It" even if you haven't heard them in years, you might be of a certain age. Or not. Often hailed as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson's popularity spanned many decades. His death in June took the music… Read more

A Twist on Heart "Beat"

July 7, 2009 10:54 AM

CNN Health reported last week on a woman who saved her husband's life by using the rhythm and pacing of the Bee Gees 1977 classic "Staying Alive" as a metronome for performing CPR. With no prior CPR training, she kept the song in her head and performed chest compressions for 15 minutes until the paramedics arrived. Statistics show that 95% of people who suffer cardiac arrest die before reaching the hospital. Rapid chest compressions, however, can make a difference, as the woman… Read more

Science Buddies on Air

June 17, 2009 8:29 PM

In her appearance on The View from the Bay, Science Buddies Vice President, Courtney Corda, talks about the value of making science an everyday subject and topic of family discussion. Courtney encourages parents to approach science first and foremost by linking science and underlying scientific principles to an area of interest for their students and to engage students with hands-on activities and scientific projects. Courtney reminds viewers that fostering a love of science is important.… Read more

LCROSS: Crashing Craters

June 16, 2009 10:13 PM

Image of LCROSS separation from Centaur during lunar approach. Image created for NASA and the LCROSS mission by Northrop Grumman, sponsor of Science Buddies' Aerodynamics Interest Area. If everything goes as scheduled, the countdown to liftoff between June 17 and June 20 will mean NASA has launched a rocket intended to crash into the Moon — on purpose. The goal of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite… Read more

Science Buddies on View from the Bay

June 15, 2009 9:34 AM

Tomorrow, June 16, Courtney Corda, Vice President of Science Buddies, will be a guest on ABC 7 / KGO-TV's "View from the Bay." As part of a special segment on Science Buddies, "View from the Bay" will air footage of Courtney and her son Matthew and mother-and-daughter team Haleh and Jenny Hughes.performing the Science Buddies' "Cabbage Chemistry" experiment. Read more

47-Million-Year-Old Fossil

June 9, 2009 11:50 AM

Last month, CNN and National Geographic reported on a 47-million-year-old fossil discovered in the Messel Pit in Germany, in 1983. The fossil, described as small-cat sized, was of something that has been pinpointed as a predecessor of humans and primates, an animal they've determined would have grown to the size of a lemur. Though the initial discovery happened more than two decades ago, the fossil has been privately held. Last month's report in PLosOne followed two years of intensive… Read more

Bio-Rad Supports Students with a Passion for Science

June 1, 2009 9:54 AM

Bio-Rad, a manufacturer and distributor of products for life science research and clinical diagnostics, recently announced winners of its scholarship competition. Celebrating students with a passion for science and plans to pursue higher education in science with an eye to science-related careers, the essay-based competition was open to graduating students local to the Bio-Rad headquarters in Hercules, CA. Science Buddies was on hand as the awards were presented and met with some of the… Read more

Up, Up, and Away!

May 29, 2009 8:57 AM

Box office sales over the weekend will tell the story, but the hype around Disney/Pixar's newest release, UP (opens May 29), has been "floating around" for months. For movie-goers of all ages, there's a certain level of enchantment to the idea of a man who ties enough balloons to his house to turn it into a giant balloon and sets off on a Helium-powered adventure. That's exactly what the 78-year-old retired balloon salesman at the heart of UPdoes. With thousands of balloons attached to… Read more

The Science of Bridges

May 27, 2009 10:34 AM

May 27, 1937 marked the initial celebrations of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge, a project that was started in January of 1933 and cost more than 35 million dollars. (Source: Wikipedia) A popular Magic School Bus episode involves making a bridge out of materials found in the bathroom in order to cross the bathtub, in which an alligator is lurking. DragonFly TV has on online episode called the "Bridge Building Club" which follows a middle-school team's… Read more

Mockingbirds Recognize Humans

May 22, 2009 11:10 AM

Image source: Wikipedia Commons Driving to my son's preschool this week, I spotted a bird on a wire as it lifted up into the air, wings fluttering, and then settled back down. Seeing the white patches in the outspread wings and knowing this was a bird I hadn't seen before, I pulled over to take a closer look with the binocular we keep in the car for precisely that... bird watching. When I rolled down my window, I was amazed by the… Read more

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