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The 2018 Northwest Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair pre-Fair Teachers’ meeting   Friday, October 6, 2017 Center for Math and Science Education University of Arkansas 346 West Avenue Annex, room 202 Fayetteville   8:30am to 2:00pm Agenda will follow closer to event.   Please RSVP through this link Registration is free, but required. Lunch and materials […]

The 2017 Arkansas Computer Science Education Leadership Summit 4.0 will be held Thursday October 12, 2017 on the campus of Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. If you would like to propose a presentation, please click this link – https://goo.gl/z0kkvs.  The deadline is August 20, 2017. If you would like to be an exhibitor, please click this link – https://goo.gl/501khg. If you would like […]

Here is the official link for participant registration for the Arkansas Curriculum Conference on Nov 2-3, 2017 https://www.lrmeetings.com/Ungerboeck/emc00/PublicSignIn.aspx?&SessionID=fa2ei5fdmfelfd4

With the advent of precision genome editing, the ability to modify living organisms has proceeded with remarkable speed and breadth. Any application of this technology to the human germ line must be tightly coupled to deliberate consideration of the consequences, both scientific and social, of introducing heritable alterations to the human population. (nature genetics 4/17) […]

“Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the […]