Reference & Research
Sources of information such as online libraries and specialist search engines Sep 7
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Exhibition at Clare Hall of new work by famous illustrator and Cambridge alumnus Quentin Blake, which was commmissioned for the maternity wing of a hospital. Free to enter. Under the Microscope #16
Claims that autism is caused by vaccines containing thimerosal have been floored by increasing rates of autism in kids not exposed to the chemical Impossible explosion: The Buncefield blast explained FEATURE: 08:00 05 April 2012 Could trees and bushes have been to blame for the force of one of Europe's biggest peacetime explosions? Violent experiments may now have solved this enigma
Science news and science jobs from New Scientist - New Scientist
[Journalists] seem to feel let down when they discover that the real people aren't anything like the way they so relentlessly portray us; as if, since they've gone to the trouble of inventing extravagant caricatures of us, we should at least have the decency to live up to them in real life.
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Computing History - The UK Computer Museum
30 Years of the BBC Micro - Celebration Event at ARM An event celebrating the BBC Micro and the people behind it will be held at ARM in Cambridge on the 25th March 2012. (10-03-2012) One of the First Raspberry Pi Computers Donated to Museum One of the first 10 Raspberry Pi computers to be released has been purchased on Ebay and donated to The Centre for Computing History by an anonymous donor. (09-01-2012) Hermann Hauser Announced as Patron of New Cambridge Computer Museum Cambridge, UK - Cambridge based serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Dr Hermann Hauser has been named as the patron of the Centre for Computing History. (12-12-2011) Military Computers Preserved Several computers and associated peripherals and control panels have been rescued from the Cook Building at MoD Southwick Park (formerly HMS Dryad) which has been decommissioned. (06-12-2011)By Katheryn Rivas Those taking college courses in the sciences likely already have a great number of resources at their disposal courtesy of their school library. But what about those late night study sessions when you need information — and need it fast — and don’t have time for a trip to the library? Or when you just want to learn new information without having to leave the house? That’s when these 100 reference sites will come in handy, letting you look up everything from the basics of the periodic table to the intricacies of human DNA. If you’re taking a tough chemistry course, get some support from these helpful resources.
100 Best Reference Sites for Science Students | Online Universities
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Today's featured article SMS König was the first of four König class dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy during World War I . König ( Eng: "King") was named in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany . Laid down in October 1911 , the ship was launched on 1 March 1913. Construction on König finished shortly after the outbreak of World War I; she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 9 August 1914.