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FOCUS ON: The Secret Life of Scientists Click on the link to see this month's episode of the PBS NOVA Web-only series highlighting two science and engineering stars every month. Learn about back-flipping inventors to biochemist beauty queens to artists and athletes and musicians and more. See what happens when the lab coats come off! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/ FOCUS ON: Astronomy Demonstrations Click on the link to see cool demonstrations of seasons, gravity, stellar evolution and more! http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/ FOCUS ON: Amateurs Make Amazing Discoveries - and you can too! Profile: Youngest person to discover a supernova This teenaged supernova sleuth is working to inspire more young people to explore the hobby of astronomy. To read more: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8389 Amateur Astronomer Discovers Comet with Digital SLR Terry Lovejoy, an Australian amateur astronomer, recently become the first person to discover a comet using an off-the-shelf digital camera. To read more: http://www.gearlog.com/2007/03/amateur_astronomer_discovers_c.php High School Student Develops Chemical Detecting Robot September 25, 2009 -- "Wow! You made THAT with Legos!" To read more: http://www.livescience.com/technology/090925-bts-autonomous-robot.html
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