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    Jul 8, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. A big part of a federal worker's job is just getting there

    Many federal workers in and around Washington make their home in the Baltimore area, so when two of them get together at a party, they immediately begin swapping commuting strategies.
    Many federal workers in and around Washington make their home in the Baltimore area, so when two of them get together at a party, they immediately begin swapping commuting strategies. "Invariably, the first question that I get when I say I commute to D....

    Tags: Trips and Vacations, Federal Hill, Commuting, Timonium, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport

    2. Aug 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Notable Breakthrough: 'Left-handed' molecules

    <b>Description:</b> A meteorite that rained fragments on a frozen lake in Canada in January 2000 is revealing new insights on protein molecules thought to help explain the origins of life. The proteins can have two types of orientations &#8212; right- or left-handed, they are called &#8212; and life is not thought to be able to function without a mix of both. Scientists explored the presence of left-handed amino acids inside the meteorite fragments.
    Description: A meteorite that rained fragments on a frozen lake in Canada in January 2000 is revealing new insights on protein molecules thought to help explain the origins of life. The proteins can have two types of orientations — right- or left-...

    Tags: Science

    3. Jul 13, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. StormCenter takes crisis managers to the eye of the action

    Dave Jones is trying to shrink the world, one crisis at a time. The former TV weatherman wants emergency managers and decision-makers to have simultaneous access to real-time information so they can keep people out of harm's way. And he wants them to...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, University of Maryland, College Park, Google Inc., Severna Park, Computer Networking and Internet

    4. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Roger A. Bell, astronomy professor

    Roger Alistair Bell, a University of Maryland professor of astronomy who specialized in the discovery of physical properties and compositions of stars, died July 1 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Dove House in Westminster. The Ashton resident was 76.
    Roger Alistair Bell, a University of Maryland professor of astronomy who specialized in the discovery of physical properties and compositions of stars, died July 1 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Dove House in Westminster. The Ashton...

    Tags: Australia, University of Maryland, College Park, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Melbourne (Australia), Alzheimer's Disease

    5. Jul 8, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. The Interview: Blaze Sanders pushes toward the final frontier

    Since he was a young boy growing up in upstate New York, Blaze Sanders always said he wanted to be an astronaut. He's doing his best to live up to his dream.
    Since he was a young boy growing up in upstate New York, Blaze Sanders always said he wanted to be an astronaut. He's doing his best to live up to his dream. Sanders, who has a degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, worked as a...

    Tags: Satellite Technology, Electronics, Companies and Corporations, New Products, Johns Hopkins University

    6. Jul 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Sally Ride had the cool to break the barriers

    Sally Ride had the coolest name. Perfect for the first American woman in space.
    Sally Ride had the coolest name. Perfect for the first American woman in space. On that day in 1983 when she shattered the ultimate glass ceiling aboard the shuttle Challenger, many in the crowd of a quarter-million people watching the launch — a...

    Tags: Maria Shriver, The New York Times, Neil Armstrong, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Gloria Steinem

    7. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  7. Food bank needs more volunteers to handle increase in donated food

    Inside the Maryland Food Bank's 90,000-square-foot warehouse in Halethorpe, a half dozen volunteers hustled to box, weigh and sort cartons and cans of food sitting on a stationary conveyor belt Thursday morning.
    Inside the Maryland Food Bank's 90,000-square-foot warehouse in Halethorpe, a half dozen volunteers hustled to box, weigh and sort cartons and cans of food sitting on a stationary conveyor belt Thursday morning. In motion, the conveyor belt makes this...

    Tags: Employees, Media Industry, Trips and Vacations, Odenton, Halethorpe

    8. Jul 6, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Satellites give a bird's eye view of derecho storm, aftermath

    A NASA animation created here in Maryland gives a view from space of the massive derecho storm that tore across the state a week ago tonight.
    A NASA animation created here in Maryland gives a view from space of the massive derecho storm that tore across the state a week ago tonight. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-13 satellite, which monitors weather systems in the...

    Tags: Science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Animation (genre), George Mason, Weather Reports

    9. Aug 1, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  9. Olde Catonsville: Leaving Catonsville to see the world

    Kurt Delker found a unique way to spend time with his family and see a part of America this summer. He went bicycling across Iowa with his 82-year-old father and 15-year-old son as part of the RAGBRAI (the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across...

    Tags: Matt Stover, Fiction, Students, Music, University of South Carolina

    10. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. See the International Space Station in night sky this week

    Opportunities to watch the International Space Station fly over Maryland arise in the coming days.
    Opportunities to watch the International Space Station fly over Maryland arise in the coming days. Viewing opportunities only occur sporadically, based on the spacecraft’s orbit route and its position relative to the sun and Earth. They often occur...

    Tags: Science, Space Programs, United States Naval Academy

    11. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Oreo rolls out a Martian cookie for NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity

    Nabisco was all ready with a special&nbsp; Oreo cookie celebrating the successful landing of the Mars rover, Curiosity. That's some cool stuff.
    The Baltimore Sun
    Nabisco was all ready with a special  Oreo cookie celebrating the successful landing of the Mars rover, Curiosity. That's some cool stuff. The Oreo Daily Twist is part of Nabisco's ongoing celebation of the Oreo centennial. The special Oreo is not...
    12. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Science Center visitors get insider's view of Curiosity rover

    Visitors to the Maryland Science Center's "SpaceLink" exhibit had an extra source to answer questions about Mars rover Curiosity on Monday -- a scientist who helped develop one of its instruments.
    Visitors to the Maryland Science Center's "SpaceLink" exhibit had an extra source to answer questions about Mars rover Curiosity on Monday -- a scientist who helped develop one of its instruments. Jennifer Stern, a space research scientist at the NASA...

    Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Maryland Science Center, Science, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Severna Park

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