The Pacific Region of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, "the world s largest general scientific society") includes some of the best universities in the world, located on the Pacific coast of the US.
You may have heard of the Freshman 15; the weight gain some college students experience their first year, when they have unlimited dining at the university cafeteria.
The pale blue dot. Credit: NASABy Monica Grady, The Open UniversityWorld Space Week is one of a series of events co-ordinated by the UN to celebrate the global nature of space exploration. It was established in 1999.
If it isn t taxes, it is OPEC but oil prices are likely to go up - people are still going to drive. It s necessary. So is physical fitness but a new economics analysis finds that if prices to swim go up, people are inclined to drop it rather than pay more - but a gym membership stays.
If you wander around the SciFoo Lives On area, you will notice that some of the poster booths have bells. If the text above them is green, it indicates that the presenter is somewhere in Second Life. The visitor can then just click on the bell to summon the presenter with a quick message. If the text is red, the presenter is not in world.