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Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University is investigating an atheist organization's complaint that one of the professors at the Indiana college is teaching religion rather than science. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal...
Tags: Ball State University, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Students, Religion and Belief
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UPDATE: Michigan House OKs bill that could allow hunting of recently-endangered wolves
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led state House passed legislation Thursday that could block voters from deciding whether to halt wolf hunting in Michigan. The measure, which passed on a 72-38 vote with bipartisan support, would give the...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Referenda, Politics, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Debate renews over Michigan graduation requirements
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan lawmakers are making another attempt to change the state's high school graduation requirements, which they argue do not provide flexibility to allow students to pursue career and technical education programs....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Agricultural Research and Technology, Students, Politics, Justice System
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Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer
PARIS (AP) — New results from looking at the split-second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought and provide ancient evidence supporting core concepts about the cosmos — how it began, what...
Tags: University of Cambridge, Columbia University, Higgs Boson Search, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards
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Donnelly against cutting Defense Dept. youth program
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Sen. Joe Donnelly said he opposes a proposal to halt federal funding of a Department of Defense youth program that teaches children about aviation, science, technology, engineering, math and space exploration. The Journal...Tags: Joe Donnelly, Science and Technology
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New state schools chief discusses her priorities
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- "Raise your hand if you're a teacher in this area," state schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz told the audience in the Jordan Hall of Science at the University of Notre Dame Saturday morning. A couple dozen hands went up. "Yeah, see!"...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Science and Technology, Technology, Students
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RAW VIDEO: Russia meteor injures 1,100 in atomic bomb-like explosion
MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Greenpeace, Space Programs, Mexico
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Notre Dame astronomer's team finds gas that fuels galaxies
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team led by Notre Dame researcher Nicolas Lehner has found massive supplies of fresh gas around modern galaxies. The following news release from Notre Dame was issued Friday afternoon: Galaxies have a voracious...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Education, Space Programs, Metal and Mineral
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Police: Hero instructor fought son in arrow attack
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming community college instructor killed in a grisly classroom murder-suicide was hailed as a hero Saturday, with police saying he gave his students time to flee by distracting and fighting off his son after the younger...
Tags: Computer Science, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Chris Walsh, Students
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IU honors 'Mythbuster' for advancing science ed
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University is honoring co-host Jamie Hyneman of the Discovery Channel program "Mythbusters" for his work in advancing science education. IU's College of Arts and Sciences awarded Hyneman its 2012 Distinguished...Tags: Bram Stoker, Science and Technology, Discovery Communications, Inc., Indiana University
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Expert: Ky. earthquake not from mining
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Geologists say the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky over the weekend was too deep to be induced by the region's underground mining activity. The epicenter was about 10 miles west of Whitesburg, in the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Bath County, University of Memphis
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Notre Dame researchers probe origins of the universe
SOUTH BEND -- Using a new $4 million particle accelerator, University of Notre Dame researchers are probing the mysteries of the universe. "We're focusing on the origin of the elements in the universe," physics professor Michael Wiescher said. The 5MV...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Michigan State University, Education, Science and Technology, University of Chicago
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