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Astronauts out and about in deep space
March 22, 2019 - It's another day at work for astronauts on the International Space Station. But today two astronauts are venturing outside for a spacewalk that is planned to last six-and-a-half hours. Even though the scenery will be spectacular the spacewalk is all work.  Word of the Daytruss: noun;structure that supports part of a building or other construction; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Extra! Extra! Feature Article Douglas Brinkley to students: Lead a dignified lifeSept. 21, 2018 - Douglas Brinkley eloquently delivered the Keynote Address at last Friday's Student News Net Symposium. Read More
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Douglas Brinkley, author of Rosa Parks: A Life, speaks at the Student News Net Symposium on Sept. 14, 2018.. Weekly VOCABWeek of March 18 congestion: Select Part of speech...; can mean a bottleneck as in traffic but also a symptom with colds and influenza in which respiratory passages (nose and sinuses) are blocked because of the infection;Influenza viruses wreaking havoc for a long time glaciologists: noun; people who study glaciers; Expedition searching for Endurance shipwreck projections: noun; estimates based on data and/or information that is reviewed; Parker Solar Probe mission heating up Today In HistoryMarch 24 1989: The Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker, was navigating outside of shipping lanes to avoid icebergs when it ran aground north of Goose Island near Alaska at 12:04 a.m. local time. It had departed the Trans Alaska Pipeline terminal the night before. For reasons unknown, after averting icebergs, the ship stayed outside of shipping lanes. It eventually leaked 11 million gallons of its 53 million gallons of oil. The State of Alaska has posted a short audio of the call made by Exxon Valdez Captain Hazelwood to the Valdex Vessel Traffic Center informing them of the oil leak. Until the Gulf Oil spill in 2010, it was the largest oil spill in the United States. About 1,300 miles of Alaskan shoreline were impacted by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. For a good summary of the spill, visit the state of Alaska here.More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareSept. 3, 2013 (update: 2016) Over 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyMay 12, 2016 - The story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceMarch 22, 2016 - Glassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Two billion birds migrate along Gulf coastMarch 21, 2019 - Now that it's spring, migratory birds will be flying north from their winter homes.  What a super, sweet week it is!March 19, 2019 - At 5:58 p.m. EDT Wednesday, winter officially ends and spring begins.  Meteorologist explains D-Day forecastsMarch 18, 2019 - Talk about pressure. Everywhere James Stagg, Eisenhower's chief meteorologist, looked he faced pressure.  Weekend of hoops and hoopla beginsMarch 15, 2019 - Chicago is the place to be this weekend for hoops and hoopla.   |
