Social studies

Putting stereotypes on the sidelines

Friday, February 3, 2012
by Peggy Coulombe

Sun Devil Spirit SquadDo you think cheerleaders are airheads? Think again. Many of the women you see dancing on the sidelines during games also have degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Homeless in the heat

Thursday, July 21, 2011
by Allie Nicodemo

The hot summer months can be hard to face, especially if you don’t have air conditioning in your home. But what if you don’t have a home at all?

How heat hurts

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
by Allie Nicodemo

How does heat affect the human body, and how can you protect yourself in extreme heat?

Picturing heat

Tuesday, January 4, 2011
by Diane Boudreau

Photo by Gissel MarquezWe all know what heat feels like, but what does it look like? Armed with disposable cameras, a group of seventh-graders in Phoenix set out to document the summer heat. (photo by Gissel Marquez)

How the teacher spent his summer vacation

Friday, August 15, 2008
by Diane Boudreau

Marketplace in TanzaniaAt ASU, Bert Jacobs studies how to fight viruses with biological tools. But every summer, he travels to Africa to fight one virus--HIV--with a different weapon: education.

Patently interesting: some facts about patents

Friday, August 15, 2008
by Diane Boudreau

To receive a U.S. patent, an invention must be considered new, useful, and non-obvious. You cannot patent inventions that are already widely used or described, that have no useful purpose, or that would be obvious to anyone with ordinary skill in that art.

Who owns your genes?

Friday, August 15, 2008
by Diane Boudreau

Can someone else own the genes in your body? In the U.S., they can. Find out how and why.

Crosslink: Weather and history

Monday, August 3, 2009

In 1492, the Niña, Pinta, and the Santa Maria set sail during the peak of the hurricane season. Amazingly, Christopher Columbus and his small fleet did not come across a single hurricane. How could that happen?

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