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Thats 2014 jo25. about a little bit larger than the freedom tower in new york city. very large. but its about five times the distance of earth to the moon. thats how close it will get to us. that seems far to you and i but astronomers call this the equivalent of the glalactic equivalent of getting grazed. did you pay attention to your science classes? do you know the difference between an asteroid and meteor? check out this video captured in san diego earlier this week. youre looking at a meteor...

Just a joy to be around. she kept saying she was going to fsu, going to fsu. when she first got there, i knew she made the right choice. >> my first and last year was a lot of science classes. i was in six classes. i wanted to go to med school. i didnt go out a lot just because i was in a lot of classes. so it was the week before finals. and we drove to potbellys. and we were just hanging out. this guy started following me around. i said to him, stop, stop following us. and a man sitting at the ...

Now to an amazing story of survival and learning to thrive after tragedy. back in december taliban militants attacked a school in peshawar pakistan and killed is 45 people is132 of them were students. many more were injured but they returned to school in january. and received special classes to help them grieve and heal. well, now a group of 12 teenagers from that school are in the united states on a special two-week visit. they met secretary of state john kerry and toured the pentagon as well a...

The government should guarantee everyone a job. when the answer is a government should be a democracy. 32% answered correctly. where do we go? if the money is funded into tech, which i think many people would argue is a good place to go. they wouldent great history and social studies into the tech. >> kids can be do a job at looking at local voting. how do they engage with the local government on a daily basis, whether theyre stopped at a stop light. how many times do they engage with some gover...

I say, please. youre crooked. the u.n. report was in chaos after experts pondered hiding the news that the earth hadnt, hadnt warmed in 15 years, despite an increase in emissions. they con clupded the missing heat was trapped in the ocean. its like blaming gas on the ocean if the ocean was your dog. leak eed documents show the u.s government tried to get scientists to downplay this lack of global warning. who is anti-science now? if only president obama had taken science classes instead of bong ...

They are bringing in the new england wem, t -- its a matter they have to modernize in order to survive as a political party. >> we will leave it there. thank you. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> you can hear more from our panel on our website tv.msnbc.com. still ahead this hour a debate on one state and its education policy about what children learn in their science classes. could evolution be taught as fact? climate change is having a human cause. but, first, i want to show you this an...

When you look at science classes, particularly in high schools, you have the lab component. theres an exploration of learning. theres a reinforcement of the initial instruction that took place either the day before or the period before that. i think when you look at that type of evaluation system where the educator is evaluating that child about that hands-on experience, theyre fully evaluating that whole child in that moment. its not just this touching on the filling in the bubble, limited thin...

Mr. romney could not be reached for comment. a spokesman said because he was traveling around the world visiting his money. next, victory for science. louisiana governor bobby jindal has a history of backing legislation that supports teaching creationism in public schools, but one new orleans school district is saying no thanks. school officials voted in favor of new rules out of concern that state law could open up the door to including creationism in science classes. they refuse to follow in...

To including creationism in science classes. they refuse to follow in the footsteps of texas which sets the standard for many schools. the approved rule states, quote no, history textbook shall be approved which has been adjusted in accordance with the state of texas revisionist guidelines. no teacher of any discipline of science shall teach creationism or intelligent design in classes designated as science classes. bt fats prevail. wonderful. the political low light from last nights miss univ...

Evidence, they can say heres brown and mcallister, 2008, showing so-and-so. you can cite chapter and verse. thats what i worry about in the earlier question of teach the controversy. if you say teach the controversy in science classes, it implies there is a controversy, that theres a kind of balance of scientific weight on both sides. and there arent too sides in that particular case of evolution. maybe in climate change there are. and i dont feel knowledgeable enough to be sure about that. but ...