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Edet Belzberg explains the ins and outs of applying for funding.
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Heidi Hammel rose to the challenge of a difficult college course.
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NASA’s funding goes into exploration, science and aeronautics, explains Heidi Hammel.
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Heidi Hammel says we need to raise the bar in science education.
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Heidi Hammel says astronomers should be well-rounded especially in math, but no one looks for straight A’s.
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Heidi Hammel’s team of scientists put the Hubble Space Telescope “back on the map” when they captured the dramatic collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Hubble performed “beautifully, flawlessly, […]
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As other planets have demonstrated, says Heidi Hammel, the threat is real. For Earth, an early warning system is critical.
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The dark matter conundrum will occupy us for a long time.
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Heidi Hammel believes religion and science are not mutually exclusive.
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There’s a whole dynamism in these planets that Heidi Hammel did not expect.
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Heidi Hammel says we need to attack the problem on a societal and governmental scale.
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Heidi Hammel says reallocating money toward science could do us a lot of good.
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Despite the hurdles, women should just go for it, says Heidi Hammel.
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According to Sam Gosling, red states and blue states exhibit basic psychological differences.
Sam Gosling says that even if it is frowned on by the academy, psychology needs to be communicated to the broader public.
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Sam Gosling explains what our spaces say about who we are.
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A surprising number of people agreed to have their offices examined, says Sam Gosling.
What someone might learn from your paperweight.
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Sam Gosling shares an anecdote about an incongruous office item.