JETS National Engineering Design Challenge
<blockquote>What is the NEDC?

The JETS National Engineering Design Challenge is an annual real-world design challenge for high school students. It’s a team competition in which students design an assistive technology device (AT) to help people with disabilities enter or advance in the workplace. The NEDC is a cross-curricular activity that involves problem-solving skills, math, science, research, writing, presentation, and...

www.ralphalpher.com

<blockquote>History Channel Documentary on Cosmology and the Big Bang including Dr. Alpher to air September 4, 2007.
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<ul>[*]((History Channel) The Universe, Episode: Beyond the Big Bang)[/list]
<a href="http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=7332">
"Big Bang pioneer Ralph Alpher dies following a long illness" (Union College)</a>


"Ralph Alpher, 86, Expert in Work on the Big Bang, Dies" (NY Times)...

<blockquote>"27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta" is a five-minute data visualization showing all 27 named storms of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season...</blockquote>

info: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hu.../index_prt.htm
video: http://learners.gsfc.nasa.gov/mediaviewer/27storms/

[I learned of this from http://www.scientificblogging.com/ne...s_in_5_minutes...

Recently, there's been a buzz about this result:

Northeastern University Researchers Solve Rubik’s Cube in 26 Moves (May 2007)



<a href="http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/gene/papers/rubik.pdf">
Twenty-Six Moves Suffice for Rubik’s Cube (Daniel Kunkle and Gene Cooperman)</a>

<blockquote>The number of moves required to solve any state of Rubik’s...

Galaxy Zoo

<blockquote>the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies. By taking part, you'll not only be contributing to scientific research, but you'll view parts of the Universe that literally no-one has ever seen before and get a sense of the glorious diversity of galaxies that pepper the sky.</blockquote>

Interested in helping? Check out their How to Take Part tutorial

<a href="http://www.galaxyzoo.org/">...