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Measuring Up: New NIST Director, Plus Big Budget Put Measurement Science in Public Eye
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce confirmed Patrick Gallagher as the 14th director of its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) . Although the title may be new to Gallagher, NIST's mission of developing measurement science, standards and technology isn't.
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War Is Peace: Can Science Fight Media Disinformation?
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Beyond the Still: 6 Bioscapes Contest Videos
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Calendar: MIND events in November and December
Next shuttle mission will carry butterflies to space for classroom science experiments
How Hard Has the Recession Hit Environmental Activist Groups?
50 Years Ago: The Nutcracker Man
Smart Set: Exploring Intelligence in the Brain
Why Johnny can't hypothesize: A discussion about math and science education
Nerd a Vacation?: Travel with The Geek Atlas
Editing Scientists: Science and Policy at the White House
Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology
War Is Peace: Can Science Fight Media Disinformation?
Illuminating the Lilliputian: 10 Bioscapes Photo Contest Winners Revealed
BioScapes Photo Contest: 15 Honorable Mentions
Beyond the Still: 6 Bioscapes Contest Videos
Splitting Time from Space—New Quantum Theory Topples Einstein's Spacetime
World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier, Smarter World
Decoding an Ancient Computer: Greek Technology Tracked the Heavens
Measuring Up: New NIST Director, Plus Big Budget Put Measurement Science in Public Eye
Political Science: The Psychological Differences in the U.S.'s Red-Blue Divide
Piercing the Plasma: Ideas to Beat the Communications Blackout of Reentry
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Does Inflammation Trigger Insulin Resistance and Diabetes?
Conditional Consciousness: Predicting Recovery from the Vegetative State
Crack Research: Good news about knuckle cracking.
The Double Life of ATP in Humans
Piercing the Plasma: Ideas to Beat the Communications Blackout of Reentry
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