What do Jeff Clark and coralline algae have in common?

If it sounds like a strange, and particularly Coastside, riddle, its not. Its just the question posed in Cunha Intermediate School eighth-grader Phoebe Wills science project exploring the growth of the algae at beaches and how it might be influenced by wave intensity. Her colorful poster board was one of dozens lining the Cunha gym on Monday morning, the day the assignment was due.

The science fair has been a long-standing tradition at Cunha. The event is more than 50 years old, and every year it is the culmination of months spent coming up with a project idea, testing a hypothesis and drawing a conclusion from research. Students take on topics ranging from the more traditional the science behind hitting a grand slam to the more unusual. One this year asks whether horses will stand in a different direction depending on the way the wind is blowing.

Eighth-grader Sophia Pappalardos project strikes a balance between a more popular type of science project at Cunha that which delves into psychology and a creative experimental process. She built an electromagnetic grid and asked people of varying ages to copy a paper clip pattern on the grid. What they didnt know as they attempted the seemingly simple task was that Pappalardo was changing the grids polarity behind the scenes, making it impossible for the clips to stick. She took testers blood pressure before and after to test their level of frustration and found that people in her own age group were the most easily peeved by the task.

Im fascinated by sociology and the behavioral element, Pappalardo said. I found it interesting to create a hypothesis about it and research it.

Students tend to pick topics based on existing areas of interest. Thats what Kacey Acosta did. She took a class on food chemistry through Tech Trek, a math and science summer camp for middle school girls, and found the subject fascinating. Her science project asked classmates what they considered to be a serving of Goldfish crackers.

I always thought (food chemistry) was cool, and I thought it would be interesting to do something involving food to test obesity, Acosta said.

Though the science fair poster board tradition may seem a little old-fashioned to some, science teacher Lucinda Hitchner says it has its place in the modern education system. Like school districts across the country, Cabrillo is continuing its transition to Common Core standards, with next-generation science standards to follow. Hitchner says that the skills students learn by developing a science project fall in line with these new standards.

The science fair project works well with those standards because it involves a deeper understanding of the scientific and inquiry method, Hitchner said. We also ask students to do a lot of writing, and in the world today its really valuable to think up a question and research it over a longer period of time.

Today, judges will interview the top students about their projects before deciding on the winners in each category. There will be an open house at 7 tonight in the Cunha gym, where the awards will be announced.

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Two Herricks High School seniors were named as semi-finalists in the 74th Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) competition on Jan. 7. Seniors Abhinav Talwar and Jim Tse were two of the 300 semifinalists throughout the nation to receive the prestigious honor. The semifinalists hail from 460 high schools across the country and were selected from over 1800 applicants. Students from 41 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and five overseas schools conducted independent research on diverse scientific topics in 16 categories.

Talwars two-year research project was completed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Joel Friedman, department of physiology and biophysics. His project was entitled, Evaluating the Capacity to Generate and Preserve Nitric Oxide Bioactivity in Earthworm Erythrocruorin: A Giant Polymeric Hemoglobin with Potential Blood Substitute Properties.

Tses project was completed at the Leon Root Motion Analysis Laboratory at the Hospital for Special Surgery with mentor Dr. Howard J. Hillstrom. His project was The Effects of Biomechanical Dosage on Osteoarthritis Knee Bracing Using a Novel Total Knee Replacement Prosthesis (e-tibia) to Measure Compressive Joint Forces In Vivo.

Both students have been in the Herricks High School Honors Science Research program for four years. They were each mentored by science research teacher Rene Barcia.

The Intel STS, Americas oldest and most prestigious science competition is often called the Junior Nobel Prize. Originally sponsored by Westinghouse in 1942 and by Intel in 1998, the competition was created to encourage high school seniors who demonstrate exceptional ability in science, math and engineering through individual research projects. Projects submitted for consideration cover all disciplines of science, including biochemistry, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, behavioral science, and medicine and health. The competition is a program of the Society for Science & the Public. The Intel Science Talent Search brings together the best and brightest young scientific minds in America to compete for $1.25 million in awards. Each semifinalist receives a $1,000 award from the Intel Foundation with an additional $1,000 going to his or her respective school, resulting in $600,000 in total semifinalist awards. Additionally, each of the students is eligible to be named as a finalist. The 40 finalists will be named in late January and will move on to compete in Washington, D. C in March.

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I had my brain zapped to change my mood, and I lived to tell the tale. At a private demo with Thync at CES 2015, I experienced a futuristic electroshock therapy aimed at making me feel better.

It involved sitting with a small module attached to my forehead for 15 minutes while electric currents passed through my nerves to my brain.

Since the product is still being finalized, Thync declined to let us photograph the prototype module nor describe its shape, offering only screenshots of its app.

I arrived at the suite feeling emotionally distressed by personal matters (mostly my annoying boyfriend) and stressed out about the amount of work on my plate. As a Thync executive explained what the wearable really does, I was immediately keen to see if it could truly take my mind off my woes.

A rep stuck the modules onto my head and neck and started a 15-minute Calm session (I picked Calm, but Energy is an option).

As the program started, dots on the controlling smartphone app started to fill up while the nodes pulsed. I felt a prickling sensation as the current passed through my skin. The reps told me to keep increasing the intensity of the current to the point where it's just barely uncomfortable, using the app. They also instructed me to adjust the current as soon as I got used to a level of intensity. We're curious what the voltage of the max dosage might be.

After 10 minutes of sitting around watching the dots on the screen fill up, I started to feel relaxed and almost drowsy. How much that has to do with finally getting a chance to sit and catch my breath rather than the effects of Thync is hard to tell, but I definitely felt less bothered. The angry butterflies in my stomach seemed to fall asleep, and I could barely muster the wherewithal to recall what had upset me in the first place.

Thync told me the effects of the session would last about a half hour after the session ended. Sure enough, even the sight of an immensely long taxi line after I left the suite did not bother me at all. It was only 20 minutes after the session, when a couple in front of me got too affectionate, that I felt the stirrings of annoyance.

Again, it's difficult to determine how effective Thync was, given the possibility that testers (myself included) could have been experiencing placebo effects. Also, I could have become more relaxed just by sitting in a comfortable, quiet suite for a full 15 minutes -- a luxury most CES reporters don't have.

The company is working with the FDA to make sure its device is safe for general consumption, but was quick to assure me that the device was in no way harmful or invasive. That definitely has yet to be seen.

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The University of Mary will offer a doctorate degree in education beginning in the fall, the school announced Thursday.

"The population of leading administrators in K-12 is aging in our school communities," saidDean Rod Jonas of the Liffrig Family School of Education and Behavioral Science, in a press release."That, along with a rapid increase in jobs involving non-routine, analytic and interactive skills has created an urgent need for innovative leaders in preK-12 and post-secondary education to adequately prepare students for these jobs."

Applications for the three-year program, which has been approved by the Higher Learning Commission, will be accepted until April 1.

This is the third doctoral degree offered at U-Mary. The program's first group of students will graduate in May 2018.

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WASHINGTON -- A new report released today by the National Research Council offers guidance to district and school leaders and teachers on necessary steps for putting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) into practice over the next decade and beyond. The committee that wrote the report drew on A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, a 2011 Research Council report that served as the foundation for the Next Generation Science Standards. These standards are informed by research findings that emphasize that science and engineering involve both knowing and doing; that developing rich, conceptual understanding is more productive for future learning than simply memorizing discrete facts; and learning experiences should be designed with coherent progressions over multiple years.

"The NGSS present a vision of science and engineering learning that brings these subjects alive for all students, emphasizing the satisfaction of pursuing compelling questions and the joy of discovery and invention," said Helen Quinn, committee chair and professor emerita of particle physics and astrophysics at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center at Stanford University. "While 13 states and the District of Columbia have already adopted the NGSS, achieving this vision in all science classrooms will be a major undertaking and will require changes to many aspects of science education."

The committee's recommendations cover the major elements of the education system that should be considered when implementing the NGSS, including:

Along with an understanding of the vision described in the framework, the committee identified the following seven principles by which implementation of the NGSS should be guided:

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The study was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, College Board, and Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are private, independent nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter granted in 1863. The National Research Council is the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. For more information, visit http://www.national-academies.org. A committee roster follows.

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Human behavior did not cause this climate change. Instead, climate warming caused behavioral change (10 million mouths to feed became 30 million).

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We know, because they often say so, that those who think catastrophic global warming is probable and perhaps imminent are exemplary empiricists. They say those who disagree with them are "climate change deniers" disrespectful of science.

Actually, however, something about which everyone can agree is that of course the climate is changing it always is. And if climate Cassandras are as conscientious as they claim to be about weighing evidence, how do they accommodate historical evidence of enormously consequential episodes of climate change not produced by human activity? Before wagering vast wealth and curtailments of liberty on correcting the climate, two recent books should be considered.

In "The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century," William Rosen explains how Europe's "most widespread and destructive famine" was the result of "an almost incomprehensibly complicated mixture of climate, commerce, and conflict, four centuries in gestation." Early in that century, 10 percent of the population from the Atlantic to the Urals died, partly because of the effect of climate change on "the incredible amalgam of molecules that comprises a few inches of soil that produces the world's food."

In the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), from the end of the ninth century to the beginning of the 14th, the Northern Hemisphere was warmer than at any time in the last 8,000 years for reasons concerning which there is no consensus. Warming increased the amount of arable land there were vineyards in northern England leading, Rosen says, to Europe's "first sustained population increase since the fall of the Roman Empire." The need for land on which to grow cereals drove deforestation. The MWP population explosion gave rise to towns, textile manufacturing and new wealthy classes.

Then, near the end of the MWP, came the severe winters of 1309-1312, when polar bears could walk from Greenland to Iceland on pack ice. In 1315 there was rain for perhaps 155 consecutive days, washing away topsoil. Upwards of half the arable land in much of Europe was gone; cannibalism arrived as parents ate children. Corpses hanging from gallows were devoured.

Human behavior did not cause this climate change. Instead, climate warming caused behavioral change (10 million mouths to feed became 30 million). Then climate cooling caused social changes (rebelliousness and bellicosity) that amplified the consequences of climate, a pattern repeated four centuries later.

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Noninvasive brain scans, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, have led to basic science discoveries about the human brain, but they've had only limited impacts on people's day-to-day lives. A review article published in the January 7 issue of the Cell Press journal Neuron, however, highlights a number of recent studies showing that brain imaging can help predict an individual's future learning, criminality, health-related behaviors, and response to drug or behavioral treatments. The technology may offer opportunities to personalize educational and clinical practices.

Dr. John Gabrieli of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and his colleagues describe the predictive power of brain imaging across a variety of different future behaviors, including infants' later performance in reading, students' later performance in math, criminals' likelihood of becoming repeat offenders, adolescents' future drug and alcohol use, and addicts' likelihood of relapse.

"Presently, we often wait for failure, in school or in mental health, to prompt attempts to help, but by then a lot of harm has occurred," says Dr. Gabrieli. "If we can use neuroimaging to identify individuals at high risk for future failure, we may be able to help those individuals avoid such failure altogether."

The authors also point to the clear ethical and societal issues that are raised by studies attempting to predict individuals' behavior. "We will need to make sure that knowledge of future behavior is used to personalize educational and medical practices, and not be used to limit support for individuals at higher risk of failure," says Dr. Gabrieli. "For example, rather than simply identifying individuals to be more or less likely to succeed in a program of education, such information could be used to promote differentiated education for those less likely to succeed with the standard education program."

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LINCOLN, NE--(Marketwired - Jan 5, 2015) - Talent Plus Science of Talent is featured in The Patient Experience Journal in an article, authored by Dr. Edgar Staren, of Cancer Treatment Centers of America and Talent Plus' Dr. Susan Hirt and Doug Rath, identifying why scientifically assessing talent and behavioral skill in physicians beyond their clinical skill set is vital to providing excellent patient care. "Just as patient-centric measurement is prompting healthcare organizations to refine their care models, physician selection processes must also be enhanced to better serve patients," stated author, Dr. Susan Hirt.

"Volume 1, Issue 2 of Patient Experience Journal continues to push our thinking on both the edges and the fundamentals of the patient experience conversation. Staren at al. touch on the heart of the matter in experience excellence, the very power of personal interactions. They help us see the value in identifying behavioral excellence, specifically as it relates to physicians and how looking beyond skills in selection can positively impact on overall performance," offered Jason Wolf, President of The Beryl Institute.

Titled, Beyond Credentialing in Physician Selection: Application of an Instrument that Measures Behavioral Aptitude, this article provides insight into why scientific selection benefits both the medical institution as a whole and the patient's they serve. -- To download this journal article for free Click Here.

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I once found an interesting article in The Anatomical Record and Ive been getting their email TOCs and early view alerts ever since. Usually its obscure stuff, though occasionally the subscription pays off. Case in point, the third installment of The Anatomy of the Dog Soft Palate, yes the appeal is still limited

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I am slowly writing a post on animal pain or how we view pain in animals, not really sure yet. During my research I came across this lecture (audio / 40 min / 19 MB). by Joanna Bourke; I found the parallels in our historical attitudes toward animals and the other(i.e. gender, race, economic classes)

Hogarths The Four Stages of Cruelty (1751) depict, fictional protagonist Tom Nero as he progresses from cruelty to animals as a child,to cruelty to animals as an adult. While various Scenes of sportive Woe, The Infant Race employ, And torturd Victims bleeding shew, The Tyrant in the Boy. Behold! a Youth of gentler Heart, To

The SPARCS conference was a unique opportunity for people to hear directly from researchers; not restrained by an interviewer, the PIs were able to present their research in whatever way they felt was important. Researchers dont often get to talk directly to the public and I cant think of a case where such a distinguished

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Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a more broad based approach to funding research in the country, and asked scientists to focus more on research than on various procedures to get government grants. Mr Modi's made these remarks after inaugurating the 102nd Indian Science Congress at the Mumbai University on Saturday.

The Prime Minister started off his address to the gathering of scientists, students and nobel laureates by paying tribute to eminent research scientist Vasant R Gowariker, who died in Pune on Friday.

Laying stress on the importance of science and technology, Mr Modi linked the rise of China as second largest economy in the world to it's rise as a scientific power. He also sought to make science and technology a theme of the Republic Day Parade in near future.

Speaking to the 12,000 delegates from across the country, Prime Minister Modi said, "Science and technology is an invaluable ally in governance and the development of our country. I feel humbled by the work that scientists do."

2001 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Paul Nurse from London, 2002 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner Kurt Wuthrich from Switzerland, 2009 Chemistry Nobel laureate Ada E Yonath from Israel, 2013 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Randy Schekman of the University of California, Berkeley, were notable among the celebrity guests present at the inauguration ceremony. 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh was also present.

Mr Yunus told NDTV, "The fact that this Congress is taking place at this time is because we know that science and technology is leading the way. The Prime Minister emphasized how we can use this technology to solve the problems of the poor in his speech today. It's not about the progress and development of science and technology but about how this can be made available to the people, remote people, poor people."

The Indian Science Congress will consist of fourteen sections namely Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Anthropological and Behavioral Sciences (including Archaeology and Psychology and Educational Sciences), Chemical Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Information and Communication Science and Technology (including Computer Sciences), Material Sciences, Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics), Medical Sciences (including Physiology), New Biology (including Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), Physical Sciences, Plant Sciences and one Committee Science and Society.

The Prime Minister ended his speech by saying, "Children must see as many role models in science as they see in sports. We need to revive the romance of science in society, rekindle the love of science in our children and allow our scientists dream."

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The primary mission of Behavioral Neuroscience is to publish original research articles as well as reviews in the broad field of the biological bases of behavior.

We seek empirical papers reporting novel results that provide insight into the mechanisms by which nervous systems produce and are affected by behavior. Experimental subjects may include human and non-human animals and may address any phase of the lifespan, from early development to senescence.

Studies employing brain-imaging techniques in normal and pathological human populations are encouraged, as are studies using non-traditional species (including invertebrates) and employing comparative analyses.

In addition to behavior, it is expected that some aspect of nervous system function will be manipulated or observed, ranging across molecular, cellular, neuroanatomical, neuroendocrinological, neuropharmacological, and neurophysiological levels of analysis. Behavioral studies are welcome so long as their implications for our understanding of the nervous system are clearly described in the paper.

We welcome reviews on any theoretical, empirical, or historical topic related to the role of the nervous system in the production of behavior. Inquiries about potential review topics can be addressed to the Editor.

In addition to full-length research papers, the journal also publishes Brief Communications, which must not exceed 3,250 words of text and contain no more than two figures and/or tables. When appropriate, Commentaries on research papers are invited by the editors.

Topic areas covered by the journal include:

Although Behavioral Neuroscience is published bi-monthly, papers are published online as soon as possible after acceptance. There are no submission or publication fees.

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While many families get excited when a loved one crosses the stage to get his/her college diploma, the Allen family doubled that enthusiasm by having two members of the family earn bachelors degrees on the same day during the two University of Houston-Clear Lake Commencement Ceremonies. Cindy and son, Scott, will never forget the day they received their diplomas.

Graduating at the same time was not a grand plan, says Cindy, who returned to UHCL at age 51 to complete her long-time dream of getting a bachelors degree. But, it sure is exciting that it happened this way.

Cindy crossed the stage at 5 p.m. during a ceremony that celebrated the graduates of the School of Human Sciences and Humanities and the School of Science and Computer Engineering. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Sciences. Cindys youngest son Scott, 24, graduated at noon with a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration during the ceremony for the Schools of Business and Education.

Having received an associate degree in Spanish from San Jacinto College approximately 30 years ago, Cindy says that at that time, life was busy. Her initial goal was to receive a bachelors degree in Elementary Education, but as a young married mother of one with another on the way, and a full-time job, she found herself unable to meet that goal. Some circumstances in her life changed and the mother of three grown sons, with the encouragement of family and friends, decided to finally return to UHCL and finish that long-awaited goal of receiving a college education.

As a young adult, I wanted to assist children with their education and become a teacher explains Cindy. That dream never died and during these last 3 years, my determination of completing a bachelors degree in behavioral science has made me realize that I still can help students with their education, but in other ways.

She is already putting into practice her goal of working with young people, having accepted a job in August as a Site Coordinator at Park View Intermediate in Pasadena in the ACE 21st Century after-school program. This is a job that she is passionate about and one that aims to enrich the lives of the 180 students enrolled in the program.

Scott, meanwhile, always had an interest in health care and knew a career in the field would be in his future. But, when he made it to UHCL, he really found his niche and changed from his original plan for a biology degree to the healthcare administration program offered through the universitys School of Business.

My ultimate goal is to be a hospital CEO, says the ambitious Scott. I plan to go on for my combined Master of Business Administration/Master of Healthcare Administration degree, but want to take a little time off to work before launching into the graduate program.

As a young boy, Scott says he always knew he would attend college something that had been instilled in him his whole life. While in high school, he began working at a multi-specialty clinic through a co-op program. He eventually began full-time employment with the company working in medical records, which he continued throughout his college career.

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We had so much support with Science Fair! The judges had very flattering things to say about the quality of the projects this year. Several said that many were high school level, and this is the best sampling of work they've seen from the junior high. Overall, it was a huge success! And great job to the 4 sixth graders who placed! Mrs. McAfoos has photos of the winners with their projects. I'll post a video of the awards on my website.

The annual Science Fair at Friendswood Junior High was held recently on campus and first through third places were awarded in several categories. The fair was under the direction of Jenny Dixon.

In the Behavioral and Social Sciences category, Neelesh Gupta won first place with Ellie Wilber in second and Alex Carbone-Larson in third place.

In Biochemistry and Microbiology, Milayla Weist won first place.

In Biology, Pradhitha Boppana won first place with Spence Wignall in second place.

In Chemistry, there was a tie for first place awarded to Keshay Ramchandran and Jason Thomas. In second place, Carson Collins won with Jake Burke taking third place.

In Computer Science, Xavier Carbone-Larson won first place.

Ryan Peplinski won first place in Earth, Space and Environmental category with Lucas Hopkins in second and Savannah West in third place.

In Energy and Transportation, Blake Propst received first place with Kai Wharton in second place and Lily Ellis in third place.

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