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Ryan Scott Wins Student Research Competition

Young Scientist Ryan T. Scott, working with with Joshua S. Alwood in the Bone and Signaling Lab, recently was selected as a winner of the 2017 San José State University Student Research Competition. Having completed his Masters last year, the next step is one more oral and one more poster presentation at the statewide CSU Student Research Competition in late April, at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The research was conducted at NASA Ames Research Center, and is […]

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How Should Creationism and Evolution Be Taught in Public Schools?

Joshua Kreisel shares his ethics & society case study, which he completed as part of our Young Scientist Program. The topics of evolution, creationism, and their place in the public school curriculum have been one of contentious debate for decades. There are many contesting viewpoints on this issue, ranging from teaching both theories on the origins of life, neither of them, or just one. To address all of these arguments would be beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, the case […]

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Outreach: Life Beyond Earth?

BMSIS Young Scientist Fernando Barazzetti led an outreach event at Getulio Vargas School in Florianopolis, Brazil. Fernando’s engagement was part of his Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Fernando’s impressions below: As part of the requirements for graduating in BMSIS, I took a bit of […]

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Engaging Private and Public Schools in Brazil

BMSIS Young Scientist Larissa Cavalcanti led outreach events at two schools in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Larissa’s engagement was part of her Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Larissa’s impressions below: During the second semester of 2016, I had the pleasure to have two distinct experiences […]

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High School Outreach

BMSIS Young Scientist Shiyin Jim led an outreach event at Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California. Shiyin’s engagement was part of her Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Shiyin’s impressions below: For my community outreach presentation, I presented to students at my local […]

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Star Wars Outreach at Cal Academy

Science fiction is often a great source of inspiration for scientists and for the general public. When an out-of-this world science fiction themed event happens in a real-world science museum, that means a must-go event for humans, robots, androids, etc. On Dec 1, 2016, the California Academy of Sciences held its weekly NightLife event with the theme Star Wars, referencing the upcoming new movie of the saga. Our BMSIS Research Scientist, Dr. Ivan Glaucio Paulino Lima was invited to do […]

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Outreach at Blue Hills Elementary School

BMSIS Young Scientist Shaelyn Silverman led an outreach event at Blue Hills Elementary School in Saratoga, California. Shaelyn’s engagement was part of her Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Shaelyn’s impressions below: Throughout my experience working with Sanjoy Som at NASA Ames, I was deeply […]

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Bay Area Science Festival

BMSIS Young Scientist Nick Thomas volunteered at the Bay Area Science Festival for a space research outreach event. Nick’s engagement was part of his Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Nick’s impressions below: During my time at BMSIS I had the opportunity to volunteer at […]

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Outreach Tour in Brazil

Dr. Ivan Lima recently returned from a two-week outreach tour across Brazil. With 46 outreach activities across 13 cities in four different states, Dr. Lima reached 2,000 people in Brazil–and even brought back two awards! The outreach included a rocketry competition for students supported by a local company that sells educational rockets with electrical ignition and prolonged solid combustion. The students performed 8 mini-rocket launches on October 7th, which you can view a clip of below. [click here to view […]

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The Problems of Contaminating Mars with Earth’s Microorganisms

Rodrigo Abans shares his ethics & society case study, which he completed as part of our Young Scientist Program. There has been much concern about whether humankind is taking enough care in space exploration. There are a plethora of ethical issues. One of these concerns is the fact that anything that goes offworld carries a certain amount of dormant microorganisms. This led to the decision of destroying the Juno spacecraft by crashing it into Jupiter instead of risking an accidental crash […]

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