News Talk KIT » Science http://newstalkkit.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:32:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Governor Honors National Teacher of the Year http://newstalkkit.com/governor-honors-national-teacher-of-the-year/ http://newstalkkit.com/governor-honors-national-teacher-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 14:01:06 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=229470 Governor Jay Inslee was in the Yakima Valley Monday evening, at a community celebration honoring the National Teacher of the Year, Jeff Charbonneau.

Dozens of people turned out to Zillah High School for the event

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/governor-honors-national-teacher-of-the-year/feed/ 0 kndo West Valley Junior High STEM Program Receives Grant http://newstalkkit.com/westvalley-jr-high-stem-program-receives-grant-to-benefit-students/ http://newstalkkit.com/westvalley-jr-high-stem-program-receives-grant-to-benefit-students/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:25:30 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=206111 Six schools in the state have been awarded grants and named STEM Lighthouse schools, including the West Valley Junior High School in Yakima. The school was awarded a $19,000 grant and named a Lighthouse school

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/westvalley-jr-high-stem-program-receives-grant-to-benefit-students/feed/ 0 kit Can Money Buy Happiness? http://newstalkkit.com/can-money-buy-happiness/ http://newstalkkit.com/can-money-buy-happiness/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:37:07 +0000 John Riggs http://katsfm.com/?p=168757 People have always told you money can't buy you happiness. It usually comes from people with money telling you when you're flat broke. Well, one of my favorite YouTube Channels, ASAP SCIENCE, wanted to figure this theory out. Here's what they came up with.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/can-money-buy-happiness/feed/ 0 10 Food Myths You Probably Believe http://newstalkkit.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/ http://newstalkkit.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:53:22 +0000 Ruth Waxman http://thefw.com/?p=138529 All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don't spend enough time questioning what's actually been said. We've picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/feed/ 0 Flickr, Thinkstock, Tumblr Local Schools Receive State Achievement Awards http://newstalkkit.com/local-schools-receive-state-achievement-awards/ http://newstalkkit.com/local-schools-receive-state-achievement-awards/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:50:32 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=131556

Eleven schools from South Central Washington were among the latest recipients to be honored with the statewide Washington Achievement Awards.  The annual awards were formally presented by the Washington State Board of Education and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction on A

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/local-schools-receive-state-achievement-awards/feed/ 0 Be Kind to Spiders Week ! http://newstalkkit.com/be-kind-to-spiders-week/ http://newstalkkit.com/be-kind-to-spiders-week/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:35:40 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=125040  

April 1-7 is National Be Kind to Spiders Week. Does Hallmark have a card for this?

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/be-kind-to-spiders-week/feed/ 0 spiderzrule.com image Science And Engineering Festival 2012 http://newstalkkit.com/science-and-engineering-festival-2012/ http://newstalkkit.com/science-and-engineering-festival-2012/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:51:24 +0000 KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=117729 If you have a daughter or a son that's into science, engineering or mathematics then you'll want to make a visit to the Yakima Convention Center today. The science and engineering festival 2012 is welcoming students from throughout the valley today

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/science-and-engineering-festival-2012/feed/ 0 usasciencefestival.org Tractor Beams: Star Trek Fiction or NASA Reality? http://newstalkkit.com/tractor-beams-star-trek-fiction-or-nasa-reality/ http://newstalkkit.com/tractor-beams-star-trek-fiction-or-nasa-reality/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:32:00 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=49902  

Nasa is going to spend $100,000 to see if someone can come up with an actual working tractor beam. Really.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/tractor-beams-star-trek-fiction-or-nasa-reality/feed/ 0 NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Conceptual Image Lab image Man Takes First Steps in 20 Years With Robot ExoSkeleton http://newstalkkit.com/man-takes-first-steps-in-20-years-with-robot-exoskeleton/ http://newstalkkit.com/man-takes-first-steps-in-20-years-with-robot-exoskeleton/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:17:32 +0000 John Riggs http://newstalkkit.com/?p=6541 Imagine losing the ability to walk. Imagine losing said ability for over 20 years.

Now, imagine the kind of elation you'd feel if an invention came along that made it possible for you to walk again.

That's exactly how the man in this video felt after using the ReWalk ExoSkeleton robot. Designed by Argo Medical Technologies Ltd., the robot is a lightweight brace device that attaches to your legs and restores a person's mobility functions.

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