Discovery
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SMU CSI Camps: Speech Recognition
Background Speech is produced using the lungs, vocal tract, and mouth. The amount of air from the lungs affects the loudness or volume. The vibration of the vocal cords determine…
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SMU CSI Camps: Iris Recognition
Background Just as there is much detail in a person's fingerprints, there is similarly much detail in a person's iris. The iris is the colored part of the eye. The detail come…
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SMU CSI Camps: Face Recognition
Background One of the oldest forms of identification is photo ID. What is it about the face that makes it easy to recognize? Like most parts of the body, the face has detail that…
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SMU CSI Camps: Fingerprint Matching
This article provides great information to help kids understand fingerprints and why they can be used to identify people. Background Fingerprints are the oldest biometric, and o…
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Flame Testing
In this video students will learn how different elements create different flame colors.
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How to Time Travel
In this video from National Geographic, your students can learn about the relationship between wormholes and time travel.
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NASA Researcher Finds Hidden Portals in Earths Magnetosphere
In this article, your students can learn about magnetic pathways that go straight from the Earth to the sun.
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Emma Whitehead, T-cell immunotherapy treatment: Doctors use HIV AIDS virus to save girl with cancer
Eight year old Emma is playing and frolicking around like a normal child now. Two years ago this was not possible because of her acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A new experimental treat…
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VolcanoBot
This article describes a new robot that NASA has created. This new robot was specially designed to go inside a volcano to observe and create a 3D map of the inside of a volcano!
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Unboil an Egg
Scientists have discovered how to unboil a boiled egg! This article discusses the process and the scientific principles involved! It also describes how this new discovery can help low…
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New Cause of Cancer Discovered!
This article discusses how scientists have found that cancer is not caused by the environment, poor lifestyles, or genetics. It describes the process by which cells divide and how thi…
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New "Human" Fossil Discovered
This article describes a new fossil found that was identified to be the first known prehistoric human in Taiwan. Scientists are using this fossil to research the possibilities of othe…
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Space Elevator
This article describes the possibility of going to space in an elevator. Students will learn about the concepts of engineering and the possibilities of going into space via an elevator.
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New Peanut Allergy Treatment
This article discusses the possibility of a new peanut allergy treatment. The probiotic was created and tested, and showed major positive results. However, there is still some testing…
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Robot Hotel
This article discusses a new robot hotel. At this new Japanese hotel, robots function as waiters, cleaning staff, and receptionists. If successful, these robots will be used in anothe…
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Personal Robot
This article discusses the possibilities of a new personal robot assistant. A robotics company in New York created a new robot that uses artificial intelligence to become your everyda…
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Virtual Reality Destroys Real Brain
This article discusses the new Samsung virutal reality helmits! Samsung tested these helmits on rats, and the rats showed terrifying brain signs.
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Life Underground
Scientists have discovered bacteria living twelve miles below the earth's surface! This discovery could give way to future discoveries because it could expand our knowledge of the bio…
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Baby Chicks can Count
This article describes that humans are not the only ones who know how to count! Scientists have proven that baby chicks have a sense of numbers too!
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Robot Dog
This article describes a robot dog created by Google!
