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When Dmitrii Mendeleev proposed his periodic table 150 years ago, no one knew what was inside an atom. #IYPT2019 sciencenews.org/article/period…

To reveal the folding mechanism of a ladybug's wings, researchers constructed a transparent artificial elytron from ultraviolet light-cured resin: this method revealed the detailed wing-folding mechanism occurring under the elytra [full paper and video: buff.ly/2OGQWkt]

Titan Robotics is having a fundraiser at Nando’s PERi-PERi Nando's PERi-PERi on King St. this Tuesday, November 5th from 6-9pm! Please tell the cashier you are with Titan Robotics when you pay. We hope to see you there!

Congrats to @TCWTitans teacher Ra Alim Shabazz & students for their performance in the We the People competition. The Parker Gray Squad won 3rd place & is headed to state finals! This is also the first year that T.C. has won two Best Unit awards. #TitansRising @TCWPrincipal

People often confuse the positions of knee and the ankle in most animals. Counscious of this, illustrator Satoshi Kawasaki imagined what would happen if human legs were drawn using animals' skeletons as a base. [human -> dog -> horse -> flamingo] source: buff.ly/2NSSWmX

Overtone singing is a type of singing in which the singer manipulates the resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the lungs, past the vocal folds, and out of the lips to produce a melody buff.ly/2L1QE7d [source: buff.ly/2NgeLfd]

The more you can see - the more new worlds you can explore. It's astonishing what we learn when new instrumentation lights the path -- especially in space.

Congratulations to @TCWTitans Michaela McCormack: 2nd place at JSHS for her work on the effect of sleep on cognition. Next step, National JSHS.

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Facebook users, randomized to deactivate their accounts for 4 weeks in exchange for $102, freed up an average of 60 minutes a day, spent more time socializing offline, became less politically polarized, and reported improved subjective well-being [study: buff.ly/2yl3JmE]

Congratulations Michaela McCormack: 1st Place at VSSEF for her project "Too Cool for JUUL: The Effect of Pod-Based E-Cigarettes on Sleep and Cognitive Function" . Way to go @TCWTitans

This week's virtual guest speaking line-up is below. Want to attend @TCWTitans? Fill out the quick form here: bit.ly/acpsVGS All talks are scheduled 12 - 1 pm. Alexandria City Public Schools ACPS STEM @TCW_STEM Health Sciences Academy at T.C. Williams

Though it sounds weird, the core of the Earth is about 2.5 years younger than the crust and this is due to gravitational time dilation, a consequence of General Relativity bit.ly/2BTTyW5 [gif: buff.ly/2YqNfW8]

Hear from top scientists, including Nobel Laureates, & influential entrepreneurs, at the Society for Science Virtual #RegeneronISEF from May 18-22! bit.ly/VirtualISEF2020

Five People. One Test. This Is How You Get There. nytimes.com/2020/05/07/opi… Mathematically, this works out. Ethically, what do you think? As a public policy question? Bringing science mainstream asks many more questions beyond the scientific method.

This is a selection of the thousands of native potato varieties that grow in Peru. What is evenmore interesting is that agronomists are looking to the ancestral knowledge of Peruvian farmers to identify genetic strains that can resist climate change buff.ly/2LjJzgH

Starts Today! Hear from top scientists, including Nobel Laureates, & influential entrepreneurs, at the Society for Science Virtual #RegeneronISEF from May 18-22! bit.ly/VirtualISEF2020 <img src="pbs.twimg.com/media/EXbmX_nW…" alt="Image"/>

Some mosquitoes are able to avoid running into walls, even in complete darkness. Now, researchers have figured out how these pesky insects do this, and they’ve used that information to build a sensor that may one day help keep helicopters safe: fcld.ly/oo0iogh