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The FDA recently updated the requirements for nutrition labeling that appear on most packaged food products. This presentation will review the major changes in the Nutrition Facts label, explain why they were necessary, and describe how the label can...

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Archive: Science Update: From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, February 16, 2023

More than 50 years after the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, NASA has begun its campaign to return astronauts to the surface of our Moon. Named after the mythical twin sister of Apollo, the Artemis program aims to establish a permanent base of oper...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Aerospace Earth & Space Science STEM

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Archive: Science Update: From Talking Trash to Taking Action: The Science of Marine Debris, April 20, 2023

Our oceans are filled with items that do not belong there. Huge amounts of plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, lost fishing gear, abandoned vessels, and many more items enter the marine environment every day. This makes marine debris one of the most ...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Chemistry Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, a...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Chemistry Climate Change Environmental Science Life Science STEM

Journal Article

There and Back: How a Global Pandemic Shaped Youth Programming

By Marti Lindsey, Ben Richmond, Alex Benavides, Graciela "Zonnie" Olivas, Kelle Hyland, Leesa Lyons, Lexy Havunen, Mayra Vargas, Brook Moreno, and Bob Mittan

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Fingerprint Spoofing: Exploring Cybersecurity With Limited Technology

By Patrick Burton, Kristin Cook, Rob Kelley, Jessica Ivy, and Kevin Thomas

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Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate 2022, January 19, 2023

The past several years have seen too many weather and climate extremes to count, from record-obliterating heat waves to tremendous rainfall events to terrifyingly strong tropical cyclones. What can scientists say about how weather and climate extreme...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Climate Change Environmental Science STEM

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