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Treasure Coast science teachers help ready a new classroom program

Ft. Pierce (2009-06-29) Twelve high school science teachers are helping put together a program in which selected students will get hands on experience in testing river water to see if they can detect what may be killing dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon.

IRSC students create fuel in class.

Ft. Pierce (2009-03-16) IRSC science students create biodiesel fuel in the classroom, then use it power a college van.

"Big Bang" experiment advancing fast (2009-11-21) GENEVA (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

Station alarms delay second spacewalk (2009-11-21) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two spacewalkers halted a body-conditioning sleepover in a low-pressure chamber on the International Space Station on Saturday after a false depressurization alarm shut down ventilation fans.

Race to recreate Big Bang conditions reignited

(2009-11-21) ZURICH (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

Race to recreate Big Bang conditions is on again (2009-11-21) ZURICH (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

(2009-11-20) ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday.