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Science and math is a heavy-duty category covering a lot of ground. It focuses on the sciences, including but not limited to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, anthropology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Near Miss Day marks the March 23, 1989 anniversary of what could have been a global disaster. A huge asteroid, almost the size of a mountain, came so close to the Earth that it almost hit. Fortunately, i...
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Today is the 3rd Quarter of the Moon, meaning it is half way between the Full Moon and New Moon.
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40th Anniversary. March 28, 1979 is the day of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Meltdown. It stands as the worst nuclear disaster on US soil to date.
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The Bunsen Burner Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the little stove, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen on March 31, 1811. Used in labs and for camping, this small device uses f...
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Created in 2011 by the Information Architecture Institute, World Information Architecture Day brings together a diverse community of information architects, user experience designers, content strategists,...
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World Day for Laboratory Animals is a United Nations recognized day commemorating the suffering and killing of millions of innocent animals in testing laboratories throughout the world. Each nation has i...
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World Week for Animals in Laboratories occurs annually the week of the United Nation's World Laboratory Animals Day, April 24. The goal of this week is to spotlight this issue and educate people about how...
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Global Astronomy Month (GAM) is organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders. It is the single largest global celebration of astronomy with specific events planned each day beginning in late Marc...
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Today is the anniversary of the highest recorded wind gust felt by man in history, a record that stood for 62 years until 1996. It was in Mount Washington, New Hampshire on April 12, 1934 that wind gust...
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Energy balance and planetary temperature, greenhouse gases, atmospheric warming, oceans, ice, rocks, ecosystems and sustainability, these are all aspects in which chemistry interacts with the earth. Each...
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On April 26, 1986, reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant outside the city of Pripyat, exploded. It is the largest nuclear accident to date. In 2016, the United Nations set aside April...
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International Dark Sky Week (IDSA) is an Astronomy event organized by the International Dark-Sky Association. The mission of the IDSA is to protect the night skies in the present and for future generati...
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National DNA Day marks the anniversary of the description of the double-helix structure of DNA by James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick on this day in 1953. The discovery of DNA is considered by many as...
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The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 with aim to give voice to an emerging consciousness and channeling human energy toward environmental issues. Earth Day is an opportunity for humans to conserve...
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International Human Space Flight Day celebrates the day humanity's dreams of space travel finally came true. On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly into space and r...
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International Day for the Foundation of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or #OPCWDay, marks the April 29, 1997 establishment of articles internationally on prohibiting the use of...
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Look Up at the Sky Day is an unofficial event with no sponsor. This is one of those take a moment to pause from your regular life and look at the world around you. Celebrating is as simple as putting do...
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Mathematics & Statistics Awareness Month is held each year in April. Its goal is to increase public understanding of and appreciation for mathematics. Mathematics & Statistics Awareness Month began in 198...
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The last full work week of April is the National Medical Laboratory Week. During this week laboratory workers, scientists and administrative workers are acknowledged for their work and contributions to...