Science news resources.For more information related to this issue's news stories, check out the following Web sites: Ski Hunt See more images of Halley VI, and read a Q&A with its architect at: www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050721/ 21antarctica.htm Before construction of Halley VI is complete, scientists will be living and working in the current Antarctic research station. Take a tour here: www.antarctica.ac.uk/Living_and_Working/Stations/Halley/ Winging It Discover more about Kimberly Bostwick's research on manakins at: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/deepjungle/ episode1_bostwick.html# "Wing Ding: Bird rubs feathers for cricketlike song," by Susan Milius, Science News, July 30, 2005. Who's the Fake? Visit professor Hiroshi Ishiguro's Intelligent Robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions Laboratory at this Osaka University Home to many elite and renowned alumni of CEOs, lawyers, doctors, scientists, bureaucrats, and a Nobel laureate, as well as to many advanced research centers, Osaka University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and Asia. Web site: www.ed.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp The Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , has an online activity on building robots. Check out: www.tcm.org/exhibits/robot/index.html Sunset Delay Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time daylight saving time (DST), time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. , by David Prerau, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005. This Web site has facts about daylight saving time, including interesting anecdotes: http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ Great Pumpkin pumpkin, common name for the genus Cucurbita of the family Cucurbitaceae (gourd family), a group that includes the pumpkins and squashes—the names may be used interchangeably and without botanical distinction. C. Learn about pumpkin genetics at this Big Pumpkins Web site: www.bigpum pkins.com/ViewArticle,asp?id=51 Not spooked by the traditional jack-o'-lanterns? Take a look at these Extreme Pumpkins: www.extremepumpkins.com/ Sweet Sorrow This Web site offers a teen-friendly explanation of how human taste buds taste buds taste npl → Geschmacksknospen pl work. http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/taste_buds.html "Cats' Sweet Tooth Long Gone," by Rick Weiss, The Washington Post, July 25, 2005. |
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