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Thursday, August 25, 2011

A free resource for keeping up with current events in science

I subscribed to a couple of the Scientific American email digests earlier this summer, and I've enjoyed many of the stories that they have sent. For example, my favorite stories from today's email included: 


A Brief History of the Toilet (Forget about skyscrapers, protected harbors or capital markets. The lowly toilet is key to what makes modern cities possible.) (Note: Some of these images might not be appropriate for students.)
 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=health-brief-history-of-toilet&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20110825

and Check How Intense the East Coast Earthquake Was in Your Zip Codehttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=check-east-coast-earthquake-intenity-by-zip-code&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20110825


They have published many stories that would be great for students. Here's a link to the newsletter signup page in case you're interested. The best part is that it's FREE!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/page.cfm?section=newslettersignup

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