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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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UNDERSTANDING DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING: ULTRASOUND AWARENESS MONTH Ultrasound Awareness Month is observed every October to promote awareness about the importance and benefits of ultrasound imaging in medical d...
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UNBLOCKTOBER: THE UK'S CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHY SEWAGE SYSTEMS Every October, residents across the United Kingdom participate in Unblocktober, an awareness and public education campaign to protect the nation...
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MFG Day—organized nationally by The Manufacturing Institute—is manufacturing’s most significant annual opportunity to inspire the next generation about the industry and careers in modern manufacturing—and...
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CELEBRATING AMERICAN INDUSTRY: NATIONAL MANUFACTURING WEEK National Manufacturing Week is an annual event held in the United States to celebrate and promote the importance of the manufacturing sector to...
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The world looks forward to this week each year. The announcement of the winners of the prestigious Nobel Prize takes place. The prizes were designated in the will of Alfred Nobel (October 21, 1833 - Dece...
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There are two possibilities for this day: Biological and Technological. Biological: Virus Appreciation Day commemorates the Cowpox virus, which prevented people from contracting Small Pox when administ...
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On October 4, 1957, Sputnik I was launched by the Soviet Union, kicking off the Space Race that would culminate in the July 1969 moon landing. The United Nations declared 1999 World Space Week to mark all...
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The week of October 10 is National Metric Week. The United States is one of only three countries worldwide that does not use the metric system as its official measurement unit; the other two are Myanmar a...
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UNESCO's International Geodiversity Day recognizes and promotes the importance of geodiversity—the variety of rocks, minerals, fossils, soils, and landforms and the processes that form them. This observan...
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A full moon occurs when the moon is illuminated by the sun and on the opposite side of the earth. Its ecliptic longitude is 180 degrees. For centuries, people have applied names to full moons to track th...
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International Cephalopod Awareness Days celebrate marine life. Cephalopods are a species of marine animals and include squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. There are over 800 species in the world...
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The atomic weight of hydrogen is (1.008), and thus the reason for 10/08 as Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. It’s a day to celebrate and learn about alternative fuels, fuel cells, and clean energy alternatives...
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World Octopus Day celebrates the versatile and intelligent creature known as the octopus. A Cephalopod family member, the octopus, is thus named because they have eight arms. But they also have three hear...
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Between October 8-15, 2023, Afghanistan suffered four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes near Herat. The United Nations reported that the quakes resulted in over 3,000 deaths, while hundreds are still unaccounted...
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Day of National Honor in Peru marks the anniversary of October 9, 1968, the official day Peru nationalized its oil fields. Day of National Honor is a national holiday.
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Ten to the negative ninth meters is a measurement on the nanotechnology scale, and the reason Nanotechnology Day falls on October 9. Nanotechnology is the imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating...
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World Nautilus Night shines a light on the night world of this cephalopod. Nautilus, like snails, live in shells and roam the world's tidal basins and coral reefs. Cephalopods are a species of marine an...
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World Squittleday, a combination of squid and cuttlefish, celebrates the squid and cuttlefish, one of four species of cephalopods. Squid and cuttlefish look similar; squid are speedy predators, and cuttle...
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International Urban Wildlife Week occurs during Urban October and began in Los Angeles in 2015. Its original focus was on P-22, the beloved wild cougar that roamed the hills and cities of the greater Los...
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YOUTH CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACTION DAY: FORGING A RESILIENT FUTURE On the second Saturday of October, the inaugural Youth Climate Adaptation Action Day marks the first simultaneous mobilization of young pe...