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		<title>SciFri Valentine</title>
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Send someone you love a Science Friday valentine. Right click on the image above to save it to your desktop. Then share through e-mail or on Facebook. Or you can download the valentine as a pdf. Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!
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		<title>Ira’s Latest Blog Essay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giant Storm: While We Looked South, It Came From The North
Posted on February 2, 2011 by Ira Flatow
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NASA is calling this week’s winter storm a “monster” that we haven’t seen in 50 years.
It’s funny how when we folks talk about global warming, we usually think of intense hurricanes – bigger, badder ones – coming up through the gulf in a Katrina wrecking manner. But when climatologists talk about global warming they include all storms. And more moisture in them.
Perhaps this is one of them (though you really can’t link this ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Flatow Talks to Union Tribune on Why Science is Sexy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On November 9, 2010, Ira Flatow received the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest at an award ceremony at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

The Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest was created to honor the memory of William A. Nierenberg, who was Director of UC San Diego&#8217;s Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 21 years.  A bronze medal and a $25,000 prize are awarded each year for outstanding contributions to science in the public interest.  The award was created and is supported by gifts from the ...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/science-friday/id350774256?mt=8">&#160;&#160;&#160;<img src="http://www.scifri.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iApp216.png" height="150" align="left"></a><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/npr-science-friday-podcast/id73329284?ign-mpt=uo%3D4"><img src="http://www.scifri.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iTunesStore.png" height="150" align="right"></a>&#160; &#160;<br />Donations to the Science Friday Initiative make possible the creation of new media products that help us disseminate scientific ideas. Look for our <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/npr-science-friday-podcast/id73329284?ign-mpt=uo%3D4">podcasts</a> or our <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/science-friday/id350774256?mt=8">iPhone App.</a> on iTunes.]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Flatow to Receive Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On November 9, 2010, Ira Flatow will be honored with the <a href="http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/About/Awards/nierenberg.php">Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest</a> at an award ceremony at <a href="http://sio.ucsd.edu/">Scripps Institution of Oceanography</a>.The Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest was created to honor the memory of William A. Nierenberg, who was Director of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 21 years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 20th Anniversary Science Friday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year is the 20th anniversary of the radio programScience Friday. Stay tuned for more information about how we&#8217;ll be celebrating this tremendous achievement!
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		<title>Ira Flatow at Inaugural TEDx Gotham Event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ira Flatow spoke at TEDx Gotham's inaugural event on Friday, October 15, 2010. He talked about why science is sexy again.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Friday Faces Funding Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-fruchterman/science-friday-funding-cr_b_748607.html"><em>Huffington Post</em></a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-fruchterman">Jim Fruchterman</a>n writes about the challenge of raising funds to keep <em>Science Friday</em> on the air as traditional sources like the National Science Foundation dry up.]]></description>
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		<title>TalkingScience Cabaret Rocks Maker Faire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weekend of September 25 - 26, TalkingScience presented three performances of the Rock-It Science Cabaret, a science variety show featuring scientists and performers illustrating principles of physics, chemistry, and biology. We had a blast sharing music and science fun with the kids and families visiting <a href="http://makerfaire.com/newyork/2010/">World Maker Faire</a> at the New York Hall of Science.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Friday Sticker Slideshow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buy a Science Friday sticker and show us where you put it. Contribute your own photos to our slideshow by sending images to leslie@scifri.org and telling us where you're from.]]></description>
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