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Which Spring Flower Are You?
Spring Planting at White House Kitchen Garden in 2014
The Destruction of Herculaneum: Vesuvius Claimed More Than One Victim
The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy – Queen’s Gallery
Bunnies, Eggs, and Goddesses: Is Easter a Pagan or a Christian Festival?
Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”
William Hogarth and The First Georgians: Social Commentary On Show
Kids, Technology, and Moderation: Developing People Smart Skills
Start-Up Business Activity and the Health of the U.S. Economy
Good Moon Risin’ – Red Moon At Night, Everyone’s Delight
Hornworts Loan Genes to Ferns for Shady Environments
Runaway/Throwaway Children: Predictors and Preventions
Post-It-Notes For Feet: Sticky Protein Enhances Starfish Stride
Weather Around The World This Week: Pick Your Poison
Major Earthquakes in the Western Pacific and Nicaragua: 11-17 April 2014
New Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa:
Who’s in Danger?
Mexico’s Good Friday Earthquake: M7.2, 18 April 2014
Solar System Chemistry: Snow Line, Thermodynamics, and the Proto-planetary
Disk
Relative Social Status by Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in India
Kepler-186f: How Astronomers Discovered an Earth-Sized Planet in a Star’s Habitable
Zone
Table Of Contents
Which Spring Flower Are You?APRIL 13, 2014 BY DECODEDPLANTS
Picture by Decoded Plants.
Spring Planting at White House Kitchen Garden in 2014
APRIL 16, 2014 BY CHRIS EIRSCHELE
The First Lady waters in seeds with Silas Stutz of Bancroft and Dynasty Meade from Friendship. Copyright image by
Chris Eirschele, all rights reserved.
The Destruction of Herculaneum: Vesuvius Claimed More Than One Victim
APRIL 14, 2014 BY NATASHA SHELDON
View of Herculaneum from the former sea front. The suburban baths and beachside arches are in the
foreground, overlooked on the terrace above by seaside villas. Copyright image by Natasha Sheldon, all rights
reserved.
The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy – Queen’s Gallery
APRIL 15, 2014 BY FRANCES SPIEGEL
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards
Westminster, c. 1750. Royal Collection Trust/c Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013 used with permission. All
rights reserved.
Bunnies, Eggs, and Goddesses: Is Easter a Pagan or a Christian Festival?
APRIL 17, 2014 BY NATASHA SHELDON
Symbol of the resurrection of Christ from a Fourth Century Roman sarcophagus. Photo credit: Jastrow
Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”
APRIL 18, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
Indonesia’s Mount Tambora produced the largest volcanic eruption of historic time. Image: NASA
William Hogarth and The First Georgians: Social Commentary On Show
APRIL 20, 2014 BY FRANCES SPIEGEL
William Hogarth’s Trade Card, 1760.Image by Frances Spiegel, taken with permission from
The Queen’s Gallery. All rights reserved.
Kids, Technology, and Moderation: Developing People Smart Skills
APRIL 17, 2014 BY JULIE LEMMING
The amount of time spent with different kinds of screens can impact kids’ ability to effectively communicate. Image by
Fidler Jan
Start-Up Business Activity and the Health of the U.S. Economy
APRIL 14, 2014 BY WALTER MCLAUGHLIN
President Obama meets with small business owners in the Roosevelt Room, recognizing that start-up businesses are an important barometer of the overall economy. Image by Pete
Souza
Good Moon Risin’ – Red Moon At Night, Everyone’s Delight
APRIL 14, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
The totally eclipsed moon looks blood red. Photo courtesy of NOAA
Hornworts Loan Genes to Ferns for Shady Environments
APRIL 14, 2014 BY VIJAY SHANKAR BALAKRISHNAN, PHD
How did ferns evolve the ability to utilize low levels of light? Image courtesy of Fay-Wei Li
Runaway/Throwaway Children: Predictors and Preventions
APRIL 14, 2014 BY GINA PUTT
What makes a kid run away? Image by taliesin
Post-It-Notes For Feet: Sticky Protein Enhances Starfish Stride
APRIL 15, 2014 BY VIJAY SHANKAR BALAKRISHNAN, PHD
Starfish walk by moving their tiny “tube feet” which resemble minuscule elephant feet. Image by Jade.
Weather Around The World This Week: Pick Your Poison
APRIL 15, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter Storm Zephyr, now just a cold front along the eastern seaboard, left cold temperature records in Her
wake. Courtesy of NOAA
Major Earthquakes in the Western Pacific and Nicaragua: 11-17 April 2014
APRIL 17, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
Earthquakes 11-17 April 2014. Image credit: USGS
New Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Who’s in Danger?
APRIL 18, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
This slide shows the changes in the tissue due to the Ebola Virus, as well as the presence of the virus. Image by the
CDC.
Mexico’s Good Friday Earthquake: M7.2, 18 April 2014
APRIL 18, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
The location of the M7.2 Good Friday earthquake, 2014. Image credit: USGS
Solar System Chemistry: Snow Line, Thermodynamics, and the Proto-planetary Disk
APRIL 18, 2014 BY JOHN JAKSICH
Our solar system is visually-striking, but what is the chemistry behind it? Image courtesy of NASA
Relative Social Status by Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in India
APRIL 20, 2014 BY JENNIFER DUBOIS
Education, employment, and intimate partner violence are all related. Image by singhajay
Kepler-186f: How Astronomers Discovered an Earth-Sized Planet in a Star’s Habitable Zone
APRIL 20, 2014 BY PAUL A. HECKERT, PH.D.
This is an artist’s depiction of Kepler-186f , the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the
habitable zone. Image Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech
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