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The Latest From

Week of April 7th, to April 13th, 2014

Which Spring Flower Are You?

Spring Planting at White House Kitchen Garden in 2014

The Destruction of Herculaneum: Vesuvius Claimed More Than One Victim

The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy – Queen’s Gallery

Bunnies, Eggs, and Goddesses: Is Easter a Pagan or a Christian Festival?

Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”

William Hogarth and The First Georgians: Social Commentary On Show

Kids, Technology, and Moderation: Developing People Smart Skills

Start-Up Business Activity and the Health of the U.S. Economy

Good Moon Risin’ – Red Moon At Night, Everyone’s Delight

Hornworts Loan Genes to Ferns for Shady Environments

Runaway/Throwaway Children: Predictors and Preventions

Post-It-Notes For Feet: Sticky Protein Enhances Starfish Stride

Weather Around The World This Week: Pick Your Poison

Major Earthquakes in the Western Pacific and Nicaragua: 11-17 April 2014

New Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa:

Who’s in Danger?

Mexico’s Good Friday Earthquake: M7.2, 18 April 2014

Solar System Chemistry: Snow Line, Thermodynamics, and the Proto-planetary

Disk

Relative Social Status by Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in India

Kepler-186f: How Astronomers Discovered an Earth-Sized Planet in a Star’s Habitable

Zone

Table Of Contents

Which Spring Flower Are You?APRIL 13, 2014 BY DECODEDPLANTS

Picture by Decoded Plants.

Spring Planting at White House Kitchen Garden in 2014

APRIL 16, 2014 BY CHRIS EIRSCHELE

The First Lady waters in seeds with Silas Stutz of Bancroft and Dynasty Meade from Friendship. Copyright image by

Chris Eirschele, all rights reserved.

The Destruction of Herculaneum: Vesuvius Claimed More Than One Victim

APRIL 14, 2014 BY NATASHA SHELDON

View of Herculaneum from the former sea front. The suburban baths and beachside arches are in the

foreground, overlooked on the terrace above by seaside villas. Copyright image by Natasha Sheldon, all rights

reserved.

The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy – Queen’s Gallery

APRIL 15, 2014 BY FRANCES SPIEGEL

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards

Westminster, c. 1750. Royal Collection Trust/c Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013 used with permission. All

rights reserved.

Bunnies, Eggs, and Goddesses: Is Easter a Pagan or a Christian Festival?

APRIL 17, 2014 BY NATASHA SHELDON

Symbol of the resurrection of Christ from a Fourth Century Roman sarcophagus. Photo credit: Jastrow

Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”

APRIL 18, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG

Indonesia’s Mount Tambora produced the largest volcanic eruption of historic time. Image: NASA

William Hogarth and The First Georgians: Social Commentary On Show

APRIL 20, 2014 BY FRANCES SPIEGEL

William Hogarth’s Trade Card, 1760.Image by Frances Spiegel, taken with permission from

The Queen’s Gallery. All rights reserved.

Kids, Technology, and Moderation: Developing People Smart Skills

APRIL 17, 2014 BY JULIE LEMMING

The amount of time spent with different kinds of screens can impact kids’ ability to effectively communicate. Image by

Fidler Jan

Start-Up Business Activity and the Health of the U.S. Economy

APRIL 14, 2014 BY WALTER MCLAUGHLIN

President Obama meets with small business owners in the Roosevelt Room, recognizing that start-up businesses are an important barometer of the overall economy. Image by Pete

Souza

Good Moon Risin’ – Red Moon At Night, Everyone’s Delight

APRIL 14, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN

The totally eclipsed moon looks blood red. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Hornworts Loan Genes to Ferns for Shady Environments

APRIL 14, 2014 BY VIJAY SHANKAR BALAKRISHNAN, PHD

How did ferns evolve the ability to utilize low levels of light? Image courtesy of Fay-Wei Li

Post-It-Notes For Feet: Sticky Protein Enhances Starfish Stride

APRIL 15, 2014 BY VIJAY SHANKAR BALAKRISHNAN, PHD

Starfish walk by moving their tiny “tube feet” which resemble minuscule elephant feet. Image by Jade.

Weather Around The World This Week: Pick Your Poison

APRIL 15, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN

Winter Storm Zephyr, now just a cold front along the eastern seaboard, left cold temperature records in Her

wake. Courtesy of NOAA

New Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Who’s in Danger?

APRIL 18, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH

This slide shows the changes in the tissue due to the Ebola Virus, as well as the presence of the virus. Image by the

CDC.

Mexico’s Good Friday Earthquake: M7.2, 18 April 2014

APRIL 18, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG

The location of the M7.2 Good Friday earthquake, 2014. Image credit: USGS

Relative Social Status by Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in India

APRIL 20, 2014 BY JENNIFER DUBOIS

Education, employment, and intimate partner violence are all related. Image by singhajay

Kepler-186f: How Astronomers Discovered an Earth-Sized Planet in a Star’s Habitable Zone

APRIL 20, 2014 BY PAUL A. HECKERT, PH.D.

This is an artist’s depiction of Kepler-186f , the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the

habitable zone. Image Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech