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" scientists say there's nothing new in the 5000 new e-mails hackers have released from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory has been successfully launched"

"Stephanie Keske does computer visualization work, and is starting a graduate program this fall at Texas A&M University. She told me, "Just living on a ship, I think … you know, I try to be outside as much as I can so just being trapped on a floating hunk of metal is maybe going to be a little difficult. I don't know: I've never been in one place with an inability to leave it for 2 months solid." At the moment, Keske's in the northeast Pacific onboard an oceanographic research vessel. She and six other educators and artists from the US and France are working with the science team to do unprecedented outreach. Have a listen."

"Welcome to the Penguin Science Education Page! Here you will find fun and educational activities to help students learn about many interesting aspects of Adelie penguin life, history and their relationship to climate change. Students can also send questions to the researchers who study penguins, check the nests of penguins as they look today, and (if the season is right) even receive a postcard from Antarctica! Adelie Penguin's existence in the far south region of our planet is a fascinating subject. The average day in the life of a penguin is filled with adventure and drama, as they struggle to live and thrive in a challenging environment and changing climate. "