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Scientist of the Week: Douglas Kenrick
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09/02/2010
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This week’s scientist is Douglas Kenrick from Arizona State Univ. Kenrick and his team of psychologists updated a cornerstone of modern psychology – Abraham Maslow's pyramid of needs to include such things as parenting, while also taking into consideration developments in the neuroscience field in the last five decades.
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NASA Tests Solid Rocket Motor
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09/02/2010
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With a loud roar and a mighty column of flames, NASA completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight.
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Exercise Gene is Hereditary
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09/02/2010
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Biologists have found that voluntary activity, such as daily exercise, is a highly heritable trait that can be passed down genetically to successive generations.
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UV Light Measures Space Weather
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09/01/2010
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Scientists successfully positioned a crucial UV sensor inside a space-borne instrument to observe a “hidden” layer of the Sun where violent space weather can originate.
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Seven Ages of the Body
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09/01/2010
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Dr. John Robb is an archaeologist from the Univ.of Cambridge who has been studying how people have understood the human body over the last 10,000 years.
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Melting Glaciers Create Seaway
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09/01/2010
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A tiny marine filter-feeder, that anchors itself to the sea bed, offers new clues to scientists studying the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet — a region that is thought to be vulnerable to collapse.
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