{"id":1132,"date":"2009-10-29T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2009-10-29T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T00:15:02","slug":"lots-of-this-n-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"Lots of this n that"},"content":{"rendered":"

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at FSU awarded grant to build record-breaking superconducting magnet<\/a>. It will be about 45 percent more powerful than the strongest superconducting magnets available today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Draper Laboratory opens shop at USF<\/a> Tampa. According to the National Science Foundation, USF is the fastest growing research university in America.<\/p>\n

A Local (Florida) Halloween Houdini Seance<\/a> From A Surprising Source. “If he was going to come back for anyone, it would probably be skeptics and magicians like us.” Weirdthings.com will be streaming the seance live along with randi.org (The James Randi Educational Foundation site) and itricks.com.<\/p>\n

Students from Howard W. Bishop Middle School and Lincoln Middle School enjoyed the University of Florida\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s physics building for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Math and Science Day<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Be careful in those science labs! Headline: “Scare In Classroom During Science Experiment<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Check out NOVA’s new beta site on evolution<\/a>. And here are some other great ways for families to educate children about evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New study finds that top-performing students have showed a marked decline in STEM interest<\/a> since the 1990s.<\/p>\n

Why eat Halloween candy when you can do science with it all<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Coming Next for (National) Common Standards: Science and Social Studies<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Miami students teach themselves AP chemistry<\/a> ’cause school doesn’t offer it.<\/p>\n

And finally, can anyone tell me about the “Rosewell Haunted Brick”? I found mentions of it on the web<\/a> but no explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at FSU awarded grant to build record-breaking superconducting magnet. It will be about 45 percent more powerful than the strongest superconducting magnets available today. Draper Laboratory opens shop at USF Tampa. 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