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In January 2020, Sara Duncan was less than a year into her role as an assistant professor at Western Carolina University’s School of Health Sciences w...

The popular Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys lecture series for middle and high school students, "Science on Saturday," is going virtual this year with the theme “Combating COVID-19.” The free, online lectures, featuring leading LLNL researchers joined by Bay Area science teachers, are scheduled for 10 a.m., on four consecutive Saturdays, beginning Feb. 6. Each of the lectures will address a difference aspect of the scientific effort to combat the coronavirus. Feb. 6 - “Mo...

This telescope located in Cerro Tololo, Chile is just one of many within the MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network. (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) This freely available technology tool provides a unique learning experience for budding astronomers and artists alike. What does it take to create a colorful image of the Lagoon Nebula? How do telescopes capture the incredible details in objects millions or even billions of light years away? What can we learn from a beautiful image of ...