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Category: Science & Mathematics


Highlighting global events relating to the sciences and mathematics.

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.

Near Miss Day (1989): March 23

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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...

January

Moon-3rd Quarter: March 25

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Today is the 3rd Quarter of the Moon, meaning it is half way between the Full Moon and New Moon.

January

Earth Hour: March 26

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Three Mile Island (1979): March 28

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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.

January

Bunsen Burner Day (1811): March 31

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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...

January

Information Architecture Day, World: March...

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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,...

January

Animals, Laboratory Animals, World Day for...

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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...

January

Animals, Laboratory Animals, World Week Fo...

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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...

January

Astronomy Month, Global: April

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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...

January

Big Wind Day (1934): April 12

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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...

January

Chemists Celebrate Earth Week: April 17-2

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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...

January

Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, Intl....

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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...

January

Dark Sky (Astronomy) Week, Intl.: April 1-...

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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...

January

DNA Day, Ntl. (1953): April 25

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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...

January

Earth Day: April 22

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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...

January

Human Space Flight, Intl. Day of (1961): A...

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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...

January

International Day for the Foundation of th...

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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...

January

Look Up at the Sky Days: April 14

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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...

January

Mathematics & Statistics Awareness Month:...

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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...

January

Medical Laboratory Week, Ntl.: April 24-30

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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...

January
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