Caltech is reaching out to chemistry students in high school and college in an effort to create cheap solar energy.(SGVN/Staff Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz)
5/2/2010
Album ID: 992500
Photos by Sarah Reingewirtz
Planetary Society Moving Day
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The Planetary Society is moving from North Catalina Avenue to South Grand Ave. in Pasadena, Friday, April 30, 2010. Architecture For Education, Inc. is the new owner of the 1903 Sanborn House which has moved about a block from its original location of Catalina Ave. and Colorado Blvd. SGVN/Staff Photo by Eric Reed
4/30/2010
Album ID: 991473
Photos by Eric Reed
Eastwood Elementary Science Fair
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The way Brian McGurty sees it, he's like a kid who never grew out of his fascination with dinosaurs, animals, insects and reptiles. And every spring, he gets to indulge his personal hobby at Eastwood Elementary School, where the annual science fair organized by teacher Tom Schade offers him the chance to bring out his prized collection of creatures.
4/29/2010
Album ID: 991055
Photos by Keith Birmingham
Mars is Going 3-D
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If the next generation rover is able to take high-resolution color movies in 3-D on Mars, it will be thanks to the reigning king of 3-D cinema himself, "Avatar" director James Cameron. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory scaled back its plans in 2007 to mount such a camera atop the rover Curiosity, set to launch in 2011, after that next flagship mission to Mars came in consistently over budget and behind schedule.(SGVN Correspondent Photos by Cheryl A. Guerrero)
4/28/2010
Album ID: 990255
Photos by correspondent Cheryl A. Guerrero
Understanding Mudslides in Light of Station Fire
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Soon after the massive Station fire, the U.S. Geological Survey released a study warning residents downhill about killer debris flows when the winter rains came - but the basic question of how mudslides work is still an open one.(SGVN/Staff Photos by Walt Mancini)
4/24/2010
Album ID: 987334
Photos by Walt Mancini
Science Day at St. Mark's Lutheran School
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Students participate in their school's science day including a Mad Science show, experiments and a bottle rocket competition at St. Mark's Lutheran School, in Hacienda Heights, Friday, April 16, 2010. SGVN/Staff Photo by Eric Reed
4/16/2010
Album ID: 982126
Photos by Eric Reed
Women in Space
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Four women, including two from the San Gabriel Valley, are in space on April 5, 2010.
4/5/2010
Album ID: 974833
Cal Poly DEF CON hacker convention
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Threats are invisible and traditional means of law enforcement don't always work. Jeff Moss, founder of the DEF CON hacker conventions and an appointed member of the federal Homeland Security Advisory Council, spread this message to students Friday as the keynote speaker of the three-day Western Regional Cyber Defense Competition March 26-28 at Cal Poly Pomona.
3/26/2010
Album ID: 969680
Photos by Keith Birmingham
Chopra and Shermer Debate God @Caltech
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ABC's "Nightline" is hosted a debate about God. Featuring Dr. Deepak Chopra, author of How to Know God and Dr. Jean Houston, a prominent scholar, philosopher and writer facing off against Dr. Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine and contributor to Scientific American and Dr. Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, the panelists will debate the tension between God and Science. Is there scientific proof that God exists or has science made it so that God is no longer relevant? The panel discussion was held at The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and was moderated by ABC News anchor Dan Harris, Sunday, March 14, 2010. SGVN/Staff Photo by Eric Reed
3/14/2010
Album ID: 962390
Photos by Eric Reed
New Caltech Science Building Opens
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Caltech's new science building was built with one idea in mind - to show off the experiments and the research going on inside the building. The three-story Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory is scheduled to open on Tuesday, marking the evolution of Caltech's chemistry program.(SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini)
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