Olfactory System Science Fair Projects -

II. Fact File
III. From NASA
IV. Retina Adapts To Seek The Unexpected, Ignore The Commonplace
V. Science Fairs In the News
Why read the news? Because it will give you ideas for your
Science Fair Project!
VI. Science Fair Book of the Month

I. Are you ready to begin your science fair project?
Could you believe that summer vacation for many of us is almost over and school will begin in a few weeks? For what is is worth, it is time be begin looking at science fair projects. Yes, it would be a smart move to make an appointment with your science teacher the day you get back to school and go over some science fair project ideas with him/her.

To help you do to an extraordinary science fair project we are holding off increasing the price of the Super Science Fair Book. Beginning September 1. there is going to be a price increase. So get your instantly downloadable science fair book NOW!

You may want to expand on your last science fair project or you may want to look at new science fair project topics.

Whether you live in the United States or in another country, the reason to schedule your science fair project to be completed by March is because you may want to enter the INTEL science fair competition. Read about the high school student who was the first female to win at INTEL from India this past year in Arizona, U.s. Below in the NEWS section a link will take you to her story.

Get a head start now because Super Science Fair Projects Ebook, instantly downloadable. It has been updated again and will have every minute detail you need to know to do an extraordinary science fair project.

II. Special Fact File.

Stephan Chemicals, based in Chicago, is the company responsible for de-cocainising coca leaves before they are made into coca-cola. It is estimated that the 175,000 kilograms of coca leaves a year they use would make about 1.75 tons of cocaine, worth around $200 million. The 'new' coca-cola introduced in the US in the 1980s removed coca altogether from the Coke recipe. Following the drinks commercial flop 'Classic Coke' was swiftly re-introduced which does make use of coca leaves.

Coca-Cola contained Coca from 1885 to 1903; when the drink was reformulated to not contain the active ingredient.

Petroleum geologists look for salt deposits to lead them to oil and gas. Because of its impervious nature, salt deposits stop oil and gas escaping, so form a natural underground reservoir.

III. From NASA
Space Blasts May Have Caused Ancient Extinction
A nearby gamma-ray burst could have doomed many ancient life forms in 10 seconds.

FULL STORY at http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/gammaray_extinction.html

IV. Retina Adapts To Seek The Unexpected, Ignore The Commonplace

Researchers Closer To Learning The Underlying Logic Of The Olfactory System.
Researchers at Harvard University have found evidence that the retina actively seeks novel features in the visual environment, dynamically adjusting its processing in order to seek the unusual while ignoring the commonplace. The scientists report in this week's issue of the journal Nature on their finding that this principle of novelty-detection operates in many visual environments. full story

V. Science Fairs In the News
All the award winning projects reported in the news came from students who asked a question that peaked their curiosity. What do you wonder about?

They live on campus and in the evening go bowling, workout in Carmichael and watch movies.

Rising junior and senior high school students from across the state came early last week to N.C. State to participate in the engineering summer programs and got a taste of what life at the University was like.

How did it feel being the first girl from India to win the Intel International science award?
THE TIMES OF INDIA
Kanpur based winner of Intel International Science Fair at Phoenix (Arizona), USA, On developing a hands free scooter for the physically challenged

Judges pick winners in science fair Area students display research in annual Edison competition.
The News-Press
Stephanie Han has a maternal grandmother with Alzheimer's disease, so testing an innovative way to treat the memory-robbing disorder made for inspirational study.

The Sentinel Online : Local News
The Sentinel
Carlisle High School junior Benjamin Frison stands with his grand champion project on detecting computer viruses during the Carlisle Area Science Advisory Committee science fair.

VI. Science Fair Project Book of the Month

I am sorry, I miscoded the book from last month, so here it is again.

Exploring Our Solar System Did you know that Five billion years ago a starship passing through our region of space would not have slowed down for a second look? why? Because there was nothing to see. No Earth, no sun, no solar system. Nothing but a huge tenuous cloud of gas.

Now, as the result of billions of years of evolution, and centuries of scientific research, we can chart our way through the solar system . . . with Sally Ride as our navigator. Starting from the sun and working outward, Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy take readers on a tour of the nine planets and explain the formation, current conditions, and possibility of life on each.

Filled with crisp, full-color photographs and lucid prose, this comprehensive volume untangles the complexities of space and allows readers to feel like masters of the universe.