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• Underground Particles Forecast Winter Storms
  Discovery.com News
  
  Without getting a weather report—or even stepping outside—scientists have found a way to predict when a winter storm is on its way. The tip-off? Tabulating the number of cosmic ray particles reaching detectors a half-mile underground.
  Without getting a weather report—or even stepping outside—scientists have found a way to predict when a winter storm is on its way. The tip-off? Tabulating the number of cosmic ray particles reaching detectors a half-mile underground.
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• Child-Health Bill Advances
  The Wall Street Journal
  
  The Senate voted Thursday to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, one in a series of early steps Congress is taking on health care. These early efforts are serving as a warm-up of sorts for the broader debate coming over an overhaul to...  [view full summary]
  The Senate voted Thursday to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, one in a series of early steps Congress is taking on health care. These early efforts are serving as a warm-up of sorts for the broader debate coming over an overhaul to the health system.
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• Conference Focus Zooms From Outer Space to the Space Between Your Ears
  NSTA Reports—Lynn Petrinjak
  
  Nearly 20 featured speakers at NSTA's New Orleans National Conference on Science Education, March 19–22, will ensure attendees will be inspired and challenged, no matter what their specialty.
  Nearly 20 featured speakers at NSTA's New Orleans National Conference on Science Education, March 19–22, will ensure attendees will be inspired and challenged, no matter what their specialty.
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• Is Technology Producing a Decline in Critical Thinking and Analysis?
  ScienceDaily
  
  As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology.
  As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology.
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