https://www.scienceblogs.com/ en https://www.scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/2015/02/04/vaccines-deflategate-nasa-scholarships-more-stem-in-the-news <span>Vaccines, Deflategate, NASA, Scholarships &amp; More: STEM in the News</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div style="width: 645px;float:left;"><a href="/files/usasciencefestival/files/2015/02/journey_to_mars-1.jpeg"><img class=" wp-image-2656" src="/files/usasciencefestival/files/2015/02/journey_to_mars-1.jpeg" alt="Image Via NASA" width="635" height="358" /></a> Image Via NASA </div> <p>In our recent <a href="http://www.usasciencefestival.org/news/festival-blog/674-2015-02-03-19-56-59.html" target="_blank">STEM in the News blog</a>, X-STEM Festival Speaker and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), <a href="http://www.usasciencefestival.org/schoolprograms/x-stem-extreme-stem-symposium/x-stem-speaker-profiles/1566-dr-anthony-fauci.html" target="_blank">Dr. Anthony Fauci </a>discusses the importance of childhood vaccinations and his frustration with the recent Disneyland measles outbreak,  Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker and Material Scientist <a href="http://www.usasciencefestival.org/schoolprograms/niftyfifty/453-dr-ainissa-ramirez.html" target="_blank">Dr. Ainissa Ramirez</a> breaks down the science of "Deflategate", NASA holds the first ever "State of NASA" event, find out what causes the smell of rain and learn about exciting STEM scholarships and fellowships. <a href="http://www.usasciencefestival.org/news/festival-blog/674-2015-02-03-19-56-59.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read more.</p> <h2></h2> <h2></h2> <p> </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/carlyo" lang="" about="/author/carlyo" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">carlyo</a></span> <span>Wed, 02/04/2015 - 13:48</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/stem" hreflang="en">STEM</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usa-science-engineering-festival" hreflang="en">USA Science &amp; Engineering Festival</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ainissa-ramirez" hreflang="en">Ainissa Ramirez</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/deflategte" hreflang="en">Deflategte</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/disneyland-measles" hreflang="en">Disneyland Measles</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/disneyland-outbreak" hreflang="en">Disneyland Outbreak</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/dr-anthony-fauci" hreflang="en">Dr. Anthony Fauci</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mmr" hreflang="en">MMR</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nasa" hreflang="en">NASA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/niaid" hreflang="en">NIAID</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science" hreflang="en">Science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-festival" hreflang="en">Science festival</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-news" hreflang="en">science in the news</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-speaker" hreflang="en">Science Speaker</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/state-nasa" hreflang="en">State of NASA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usa-science-engineering-festival-0" hreflang="en">The USA Science &amp; Engineering Festival</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usasef" hreflang="en">USASEF</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/vaccine-research" hreflang="en">Vaccine Research</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/vaccines" hreflang="en">vaccines</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/usasciencefestival/2015/02/04/vaccines-deflategate-nasa-scholarships-more-stem-in-the-news%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:48:38 +0000 carlyo 70657 at https://www.scienceblogs.com https://www.scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/09/13/science-in-the-news <span>Science in the News</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/wp-content/blogs.dir/343/files/2012/04/i-47df49f1dba5d60017bd6ce21a6bf9bf-SITN-thumb-510x341-55705.png" alt="i-47df49f1dba5d60017bd6ce21a6bf9bf-SITN-thumb-510x341-55705.png" /></a>The new season of <a href="https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/">Science in the News</a> starts next week with a great schedule of science lectures by Harvard grad students free and open to the public. If you're in the Boston area, definitely check it out!</p> <p>Here's the schedule:</p> <ul> <li>September 22: Evidence-based Medicine: A Case Study of Vaccines and Autism</li> <li>September 29: Bots That Mimic Bugs: Flying, Crawling, and Squishy Robots</li> <li>October 6: You Are What Your Mother Ate: The New Science of Epigenetics</li> <li>October 13: Beyond Agribusiness: New and Old Ways to Grow Food</li> <li>October 20: The Laser Turns 50: A Brief History and New Frontiers</li> <li>October 27: Forget-Me-Not: How Memories Are Formed and Lost</li> <li>November 3: Our Microbial Organ: The Good and Bad Bugs of the Human Gut</li> <li>November 10: The Science of Dogs: History, Psychology, and Genetics of Man's Best Friend</li> <li>November 17: Star Power: New Ways to Harvest Energy from our Sun</li> </ul> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/cagapakis" lang="" about="/author/cagapakis" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">cagapakis</a></span> <span>Mon, 09/13/2010 - 10:15</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/announcement" hreflang="en">Announcement</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/education" hreflang="en">education</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/friends" hreflang="en">friends</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lectures" hreflang="en">lectures</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-news" hreflang="en">science in the news</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/oscillator/2010/09/13/science-in-the-news%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:15:02 +0000 cagapakis 146931 at https://www.scienceblogs.com