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• NSTA Member Honored for Inspiring “Student Heroes”
  NSTA Reports—Debra Shapiro
  
  NSTA member Jeffrey C. Pommerville, professor of biology and microbiology at Arizona's Glendale Community College, knows how to communicate with his students, many of whom major in allied health and nursing. After they complete his course, however, some...  [view full summary]
  NSTA member Jeffrey C. Pommerville, professor of biology and microbiology at Arizona's Glendale Community College, knows how to communicate with his students, many of whom major in allied health and nursing. After they complete his course, however, some of these students decide to delve deeper into microbiology. They want to become physicians.
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• Good Cholesterol Dementia Risk
  BBC News
  
  Too little of one type of cholesterol has been linked by research to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease. UK and French scientists studied 3,673 civil servants, revealing low levels of "good" cholesterol were associated with poor memory.
  Too little of one type of cholesterol has been linked by research to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease. UK and French scientists studied 3,673 civil servants, revealing low levels of "good" cholesterol were associated with poor memory.
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• Universal Preschool Students Perform Better
  e-School News
  
  USA Today reports that an ambitious public pre-kindergarten program in Oklahoma boosts kids' skills dramatically, a long-awaited study finds—offering across-the-board evidence for the first time that universal preschool, open to all children, benefits...  [view full summary]
  USA Today reports that an ambitious public pre-kindergarten program in Oklahoma boosts kids' skills dramatically, a long-awaited study finds—offering across-the-board evidence for the first time that universal preschool, open to all children, benefits both low-income and middle-class kids.
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• The Tunguska Event: A Century Later, It's Still Mysterious
  Discover Magazine
  
  One hundred years ago, a fireball streaked across the morning sky over Siberia and exploded, flattening the forest across an area of 830 square miles. The cause of the Tunguska Event, named for the nearby Tunguska River, has been a source of speculation...  [view full summary]
  One hundred years ago, a fireball streaked across the morning sky over Siberia and exploded, flattening the forest across an area of 830 square miles. The cause of the Tunguska Event, named for the nearby Tunguska River, has been a source of speculation ever since, and a century after the event scientists still don't have enough evidence to conclusively say what happened.
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