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Physical
FLIPPING OUT

Time: Up In the Air

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/
article/0,9171,1214960,00.html

The Ellen Degeneres Show

http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wV1JIDJ62cc

YouTube: Jason Garfield 2004 Ball
Competition Routine

http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=mgJHjGXO07U

Health
PERFECT FIT

Daily Telegraph: Demi-Lee Brennan has
changed blood types and immune system

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/
story/0,26278,23106284-5007185,00.html

Boston Globe: Rejecting Defeat

http://www.boston.com/news/local/
articles/2008/01/24/rejecting_defeat/

NPR: Study: Transplant Patients Stop
Rejection Drugs

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18349971

Earth
SPIN CONTROL

Atmospheric Vortex Engine

http://vortexengine.ca/index.shtml

The Economist: The power of spin

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4455446

Wikipedia: Tornado

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

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In Issue 15 (April 11, 2008)

Physical
BIONIC MAN

How Stuff Works:
How Biomechatronics Works

http://health.howstuffworks.com/
biomechatronics.htm

MSNBC: Imagining a bionic future

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
id/21901445/

Life
SONG AND DANCE

NOVA Science Now:
Profile: Erich Jarvis

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
sciencenow/3214/03.html

Scientific American: Vocal Learning
Similar in Humans, Birds

http://www.sciam.com/
article.cfm?id=vocal-learning-similar-in

Health
PRISON BREAK

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital:
How the Liver Works

http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/
HealthLibrary/digest/liverant.html

The Center for Prisoner Health
and Human Rights

http://www.prisonerhealth.org/

Earth
PLANET HUNTER

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Planet Quest

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/

ScienceDaily: Red Dust in Planet-forming
Disk May Harbor Precursors to Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
2008/01/080103132303.htm

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In Issue 14 (March 28, 2007)

Earth
FIRE FIGHT

NASA: Fighting Wildfires
Before They Start

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/
y2001/ast28aug_1.htm

CNN.com California Wildfires

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/
West/10/28/california.wildfire/

How Stuff Works: How Wildfires Work

http://science.howstuffworks.com/
wildfire.htm

Physical
COOL POOLS

Chem4kids.com

http://www.chem4kids.com/

Science News Online: A Breath of Fresh Air:
Bacteria Rid Sewage of Its Stink

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/
20030510/fob7.asp

Life
SAFE HAVENS?

National Geographic Xpedition Lesson Plans:
Can Captive Breeding Save Species?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
lessons/08/g912/breeding.html

Health
OUT OF THE BAG

Seattle Post Intelligencer:
The Dangers of Diacetyl

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/
specials/diacetyl/

TeensHealth: Lungs and Respiratory System

http://www.teenshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=KidsHealth&lic=1&article_set=20551&cat_id=20400&&ps=105

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Workplace Safety & Health

http://www.cdc.gov/workplace/

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In Issue 13 (March 7, 2008)

Health
COLD CASE

Minnesota Public Radio:
Hypothermia helps heart
attacks patients

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/
display/web/2006/05/30/coldheart/

How Stuff Works:
The Spinal Cord and Neurons

http://health.howstuffworks.com/
nerve1.htm

Earth
OVER THE MOONBOW

Houston Chronicle: Chasing moonbows
goes high-tech

http://www.chron.com/disp/
story.mpl/nation/4837636.html

NASA: Astronomy picture of the day:
Moonbow with Sailboats

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
ap010704.html

Life
WINTER'S TAIL

USA Today: Scientist plans
tail prosthetic for dolphin

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/
science/2006-09-15-dolphin-tail_x.htm

CBS News: Fuji the Dolphin's
Rubber Tail

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/
2004/12/14/eveningnews/main661078.shtml

Physical
MIND GAME

Wired: 'Mind-Reading' Games
Just in Time for Christmas 2008

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/
startups/news/2007/12/mind_games

Neuroscience for Kids:
Brain Basics

http://faculty.washington.edu/
chudler/introb.html#bb

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In Issue 12 (February 22, 2008)

Life
INTO THIN AIR

National Academy of Sciences:
Interview: Cynthia Beall

http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=INTERVIEWS_Cynthia_Beall

Physical
HOT AIR?

MDI: The Air Car

http://www.theaircar.com/acf/

How Stuff Works: How Air
Powered Cars Will Work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/air-car.htm

World Car Fans: Hummer 02
Wins Design Challenge

http://www.worldcarfans.com/2061201.001/
hummer-02-wins-la-show-design-challenge

Earth
BIG BANG

Volcano World

http://volcano.und.edu/

Health
SELF HELP

Neuroscience for Kids

http://faculty.washington.edu/
chudler/neurok.html

GlaxoSmithKline:
Kids Genetics

http://www.genetics.gsk.com/kids/
index_kids.htm

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In Issue 11 (February 1, 2008)

Physical
GUN CONTROL

Paintball.com: Paintball Safety Tips

http://paintball.com/Safety/pbs.cfm

World Almanac for Kids: Ballistics

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com
/WAKI-ViewArticle.aspx?pin=x-ba016800a&article_id=477&
chapter_id=9&chapter_title=Numbers&article_title=Ballistics

Earth
AIR REPAIR

U.S. Department of Energy:
Carbon Sequestration

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/sequestration/

Health
CANCER CLUSTER

KidsHealth.org: Leukemia

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/
medical/cancer/cancer_leukemia.html

How Stuff Works: "How Your
Immune System Works"

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
immune-system.htm

Life
BIG DIG

Travel Africa Magazine:
"Elephants of Mount Elgon"

http://www.travelafricamag.com/
content/view/246/56/

BBC News: "The salt-mining
elephants of Kenya"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/314feature1.shtml

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In Issue 10 (January 18, 2008)

Life
WHAT A HOOT

Maine Audubon: Maine
Owl Monitoring Program

http://www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/citsci/owl.shtml

MIT Media Lab:
The Owl Project

http://owlproject.media.mit.edu/

Health
THE BEAT GOES ON

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation

http://www.sca-aware.org/

American Heart Association:
Get Hands On: Learn CPR

http://www.americanheart.org/
presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007873

Physical
FAILING GRADES

Report Card for America's Infrastructure:
Small Steps for Big Improvements in
America's Failing Infrastructure

http://www.asce.org/reportcard/
2005/actionplan07.cfm

Wikipedia: Forensic engineering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_engineering

Earth
SOURCE OF WONDER

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Cassini-Huygens Mission to
Saturn & Titan

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

BBC NEWS: Saturn moon delights and baffles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4197686.stm

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In Issue 9 (January 4, 2008)

Earth
MELTDOWN

CNN: Greenland's Ice Sheet
Melts as Temperatures Rise

http://www.cnn.com/2007/
TECH/science/10/23/greenland.melting/
index.html

EPA: Climate Change Kids Site

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/

Climate Change Education

http://climatechangeeducation.org/

Health
BIG DOPES

Atlas anti-drug progarm for
male teen athletes

http://www.ohsu.edu/hpsm/atlas.cfm

Athena anti-drug program for
female teen athletes

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/underage/
a/blnida041101.htm

Physical
SCIENCE IS GOLDEN

BBC: Parallel Universes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/
horizon/2001/paralleluni.shtml

Random House: The Golden Compass
Teacher's Guide

http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375823459&view=tg

Michigan Tech:
The Aurora Page

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/

Life
SONIC SIGHT

How Stuff Works:
Bats and Echolocation

http://science.howstuffworks.com/bat2.htm

YouTube: Dan Kish Using
and Explaining Echolocation

http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=uobuBc2GO0o

YouTube: CBS News Video:
Ben Underwood

http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=DpBm4KoWsrY

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In Issue 8 (December 14, 2007)

Physical
THE BODY ELECTRIC

Nanokids Educational Outreach:

http://cnst.rice.edu/
whatwedo.cfm?doc_id=1222

Space.com: "People Power: Capturing the Body's
Energy for Work on and off Earth"

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/
technology/body_power_011128-1.html

Life
HISTORY TEST

National Geographic:
The Genographic Project

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/
genographic/

The New York Times:
"Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/
04/12/us/12genes.html

NOVA: "Tracing Ancestry with MtDNA"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
neanderthals/mtdna.html

Earth
DEATH STARS

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center:
Gamma-Ray Bursts

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/
ask_astro/grb.html

MSNBC: "Killer Gamma-Ray Bursts? Forget About It?"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
id/12722975/

Health
GOT MILK?

FDA: "Got Milk? Make Sure It's Pasteurized"

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/
2004/504_milk.html

A Campaign for Real Milk

http://www.realmilk.com/

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In Issue 7 (November 30, 2007)

Physical
DARK MATERIALS

Science Daily: Dark Matter of the
Universe Has a Long Lifetime

http://www.sciencedaily.com/
releases/2007/10/071001112906.htm

Natural History:
Dark Matter

http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/
index_archive.html

Scientific American:
First Dark Matter, Then Dark Energy,
Now a Dark Force?

http://science-community.sciam.com/
thread.jspa?threadID=300004135

Life
TOO WEIRD

The Washington Post:
The Aliens Among Us (Maybe)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/
AR2007072701692.html

Science Daily: Life Elsewhere in Solar
System Could Be Different From Life
As We Know It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
2007/07/070706135148.htm

Health
SLOW BURN

The Cleveland Clinic: What You Need to
Know About Inflammation

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0217.asp?index=4857

Scientific American:
A Malignant Flame

http://www.sciam.com/
article.cfm?id=a-malignant-flame

Earth/Physical
Post History

The New York Times:
Starting Over

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/
09/02/books/review/Schuessler-t.html

The Washington Post:
Lonely Planet

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/
AR2007072701593.html

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In Issue 7 (November 16, 2007)

Life
ON THE EDGE

Salon.com:
Ocelots are collateral damage:

http://www.salon.com/news/
feature/2007/09/13/border_fence/

National Wildlife Federation:
Endangered Cats of North America:

http://www.nwf.org/cats/

Health
DOUBLE TROUBLE

MedicineNet:
'Double Diabetes' a New Threat

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/
main/art.asp?articlekey=77891

American Diabetes Association Home Page:

http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

Earth
HOME WRECKERS

Shake Table:

http://jclahr.com/science/
earth_science/shake/

Association of Bay Area Governments:
Shake table videos:

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/
eqmaps/fixit/videos.html

Earthquake Shaking--Building Contest and 
Shake Table Testing Activity:

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/
edumod/building/building.htm

Physical
OUTSIDE THE BOX

DaimlerChrysler:
The Mercedes-Benz bionic car:

http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom/
0,,0-5-7154-1-503504-1-0-0-503518
-0-0-8-10736-0-0-0-0-0-0-0,00.html

Sierra Club: Global Warming & Energy:
The Biggest Single Step:

http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/biggest_single_step/

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In Issue 5 (November 2, 2007)

Physical
SUNKEN TREASURES

RMS Titanic, Inc.:
Frequently Asked Questions:

http://www.cincymuseum.org/
explore_our_sites/special_exhibits_
events/current_exhibits/
titanic_faqs.asp

Daily Telegraph: Revealed: Titanic
was doomed before it set sail:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/
2007/06/10/nwreck110.xml

Life
LOST

The New York Times: Honeybees
Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/
02/27/business/27bees.html?ex=
1330232400&en=3aaa014
8837b8977&ei=5088

The New Yorker: Stung:

http://www.newyorker.com/
reporting/2007/08/06/070806fa_fact_kolbert

Earth
SOLAR POWER

Space.com: The Great Storm:
Solar Tempest of 1859 Revealed:

http://www.space.com/
scienceastronomy/mystery_monday
_031027.html

Health
MYTH INFORMATION

Wikipedia: Tommy John Surgery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tommy_John_surgery

USA Today: Tommy John surgery:
Pitcher's best friend

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/
baseball/2003-07-28-cover-tommy-john_x.htm

OC Family magazine: The Windup: Pitching
injuries affect the young arm

http://www.ocfamily.com/archives/
ocfamily_2005/ocfamily0205/game_0205.html

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In Issue 4 (October 19, 2007)

Physical
THE BIG DROP

Orbital Outfitters

http://www.orbitaloutfitters.com/
Home.html

Wikipedia: Joseph Kittinger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Joseph_Kittinger

Earth
BURIED SECRET

BBC News: Survey targets "ghost" mountains

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/
nature/6145642.stm

The Independent: The quest for cold, hard facts

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/
is_20070523/ai_n19167064

Life
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

Alaska Stock Images: Moose Anchorage Photos

http://www.alaskastock.com/resultsframe.asp?akfacts=1&txtkeys1=moose+anchorage

Ultimate Moose

http://www.smouse.force9.co.uk/moose.htm

Health
A SECOND WAR

The New York Times Magazine:
The Women's War

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/
03/18/magazine/18cover.html

The New Republic: The Fixer

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml
?i=20070521&s=hersh052107

The Nation: How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits

http://www.thenation.com/doc/
20070409/kors

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In Issue 3 (October 5, 2007)

Health
CRUNCH TIME

Physical Science
OLD TIMER

Earth/Physical Science
A MIGHTY WIND

Technology Review:
A Hurricane on Wheels

Life Science
MEET THE BEETLES

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Earth/Physical
WINDS OF CHANGE

The New York Times:
The Ascent of Wind Power

http://www.nytimes.com/
2006/09/28/business/
worldbusiness/28wind.html?ex=
1317096000&en=abe0cd
6100ea2820&ei=5088&
partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Life
PRICKLY SITUATION

The New York Times: Helping Save
Prickly Victims of Development

http://www.sahba.org/
desert_conservation/April14-06.htm

Health
HARD KNOCKS

Sporting News: Concussions Create Living
Hell for Former NFL Players

http://www.sportingnews.com/
yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=224682

http://www.boston.com/sports/
articles/2007/06/08/
bringing_key_issue_to_a_head/

Earth
TO THE MOON?

Wired: Moon Base: NASA's Recurring Dream

http://www.wired.com/science/
discoveries/news/2004/01/61905

Slate: Moon Baseless

http://www.slate.com/id/2155164/

Life
THE GLASS MENAGERIE

The Walrus: Guerilla Frogger

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/
articles/2006.10-field-notes-guerilla-frogger/

Physical
WATER WINGS

The Washington Post: Experts Float
Explanations for Swimming's High Tide

http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp-dyn/content/article/2007/
04/01/AR2007040101000.html

The Physics Classroom:
Newton's Third Law of Motion

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
Class/newtlaws/U2L4a.html

Earth
DRY RUN

NOAA: Drought Information Center

http://www.drought.noaa.gov/

National Geographic News:
U.S. Southwest Drought Could
Be Start of New Dust Bowl

http://news.nationalgeographic.
com/news/2007/04/070405-us-
drought.html

Health
OUTBREAK