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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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Today is the 3rd Quarter of the Moon, meaning it is half way between the Full Moon and New Moon.
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The American Anthropological Association is celebrating anthropology and anthropologists around the world through the declaration of Anthropology Day. Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to cel...
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One day of National Engineering Week in the US each year is dedicated to getting young women and girls interested in engineering. Dubbed ‘Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day’, company and institutions inv...
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Discover Engineering Family Day is one of several events during Engineering Week. Family Day is designed to help students between the ages of 4 and 12 learn about engineering and the importance of techn...
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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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The New Moon occurs when the Moon and the Sun have the same elliptical longitude. This happens when the moon is at its closest point to the sun in its orbit. From earth we usually cannot see it. The New M...
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Career and Technical Education Month is focused on education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers in the technology industries.
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National Pudding Snack Month celebrates the preserving advances that made it possible in 1968 for pudding to be made and kept without refrigeration. The end result? Chocolate pudding and other flavors in...
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National Green Week is a school based annual event in which schools dedicate a week to green learning and sustainability focused programs between February and April. To enroll your class, teachers need...
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Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week is an annual awareness campaign that shines a light on the plight of chained, penned, abused and neglected dogs. There are times when an outdoor dog must be tethered for...
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Stargazing, wildlife watching and even ghost walks are just some of the activities available during the United Kingdom's Dark Skies Festival in Yorkshire, England. It's a chance to appreciate the beauty o...
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Engineers Week was first created in 1951 and seeks to introduce youth to the exciting and well-paying careers in the fields of engineering including civil, mechanical, electrical, agricultural, chemical,...
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The idea for vacuum cleaners first came about in 1599, but the first modern mechanized vacuum cleaner wasn't patented until October 3, 1899. A hand driven machine (you'll see it in the television show U...
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John Jeffries was born on February 5, 1744. He is considered America’s first Weatherman (meteorologist). It was Jeffries who first began logging daily weather occurrences in Boston and providing reports t...
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Periodic Table Day marks the anniversary of the publishing of the first periodic table of elements by English chemist John Newlands, February 7, 1863. His is distinctive because he was the first to catego...
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Thomas Alva Edison’s contributions to our present civilization is marked today through the celebration of his birth on this day in 1847. Edison invented light bulb, phonograph, movie projector and hund...
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Celebrating the contributions of women and girls to the sciences, the UN's International Day for Women and Girls in Science highlights gender bias in the sciences (less than 30% of professionals worldwide...
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Today is the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Charles Robert Darwin on February 12, 1809 at The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom. He passed away on April 19, 1882 at the age of 73. Darwin is...
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Plum Pudding Day honors the anniversary of the creation of the model of the atom in 1897 by physicist JJ Thomson. This model was referred to as the Plum Pudding Model. Thomson received the Nobel Prize 19...
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Pets do get stolen and sometimes 'sold' back to their owners for a reward. The National Humane Education Society encourages pet owners to take precautions each Valentines Day to insure they have current i...