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Siemens Competition 2009

Open for Questions: 2009 Siemens Competition Winners

03.03.2010 - What is it like to win third place in the nation and $40,000 in scholarship money with your science project? Ask Israt Ahmed, Cathy Zhou, and Stephanie Chen, who did just that.

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Open for Questions: Undergraduate Public Health Students

Cogito, 02.26.2010

 Public health degrees are usually attained in graduate school. But with today's global mindset, they are growing more and more popular on undergraduate campuses.
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Eighth-Grader Develops iPhone App

Forbes, 02.09.2010

 Last month, when 14-year-old Pierce Freeman's iPhone app for exchanging virtual business cards was accepted into Apple's App Store, he became one of the youngest iPhone app developers in the world.
Credit: Templeton Foundation

Does Evolution Explain Human Nature?

Templeton Foundation, 02.24.2010

 Watch three experts explore this question in a panel discussion held at Yale.
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Tell the EPA How to Do Its Job Better

Cogito, 02.12.2010

 Environmentally friendly school buildings? An annual National Pollution Census? These are just two suggestions so far. Read and vote on suggestions by others ... and add your own! Open until March 19.

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