Recently added articles from Science Scope:
Weaving a web of learning.(EDITOR'S ROUNDTABLE)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Even with teachers striving for relevancy and alignment, the school day is seen by most middle level students as a series of isolated boxes to be hurdled--one every 45 minutes--and rarely is one box placed close enough to the next one to allow students to see any real continuity or ...
Hubble continues to amaze.(SCOPE'S SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Astronomers declared NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release Wednesday of observations from four of its six operating science instruments. Topping the list of new views are colorful, multi-wavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely packed ...
Why do female water buffaloes have horns?(SCOPE'S SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2009 ... The reason some female hoofed animals have horns while others do not has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, even the great Charles Darwin. But now a survey of 117 bovid species led by Ted Stankowich, professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, suggests an answer: Females that ...
Eagle that eyed human as prey?(SCOPE'S SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Before humans colonized New Zealand about 750 years ago, the largest inhabitants of the islands were birds unlike those anywhere else in the world. Giant, flightless birds known as moa were the main plant-eaters, feeding both on the ground and in the branches of trees. The role of predator ...
Just one more scoop.(SCOPE'S SCOOPS)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second burger during Friday night's football game. Findings from a new UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggest that fat from certain foods we eat makes its way to ...