The Year of Science at the Southern New Mexico State Fair (September 30-October 4, 2009) was very successful, with 437 people going through our exhibits during the three mornings that I was at the Fair. In the four days of the Fair we estimated at least 1000 visitors to the exhibits. Taking part in the displays were the Departments of Astronomy; Biology; Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science; Extension Plant Sciences; and Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology at NMSU and the Asombro Ins… Continue

Perhaps the biggest surprise of 2009 is the explosion and adaptation of social media in the corporate world. HR and Training departments are now implementing this Web 2.0 technology breakthrough to educate staff on things as mundane as medical insurance/dental insurance/travel medical insurance to things as mission c… Continue

Here's just a few of the videos related to this month's theme that you'll find at UCTV's Year of Science page:


"Life in the Extreme: The Rock Bottom of Antarctica's Food Chain"

"The Life and Times of Marine Cores and Dredged Rocks: More Than a Century of Col… Continue

"Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region". ~ Major Sir Thomas Mitchell

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HI,
here i want toshare my views on the future of space travel.the basic idea behaind this is to search for a propulsion technology which can provide us the mean to explore the far reaches of space.i think the best way is to teduce the transit time that is the travel time by using propulsion system which can sustian for long time and is able to provide larger thrust. i went thrpugh the project promethus reports of nasa.it is started in the year 2002-2003.there i saw that the nuclear propulsion t… Continue