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NASA and NIST

Friday, July 14, 2017

Eleanor Hook

Tours galore!

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SCOOP SEVEN: SHINY SLY SCIENCE

Friday, July 14, 2017

Mary Ann Mort

Let’s sneak bits of science into places people aren’t expecting it so that they learn things (or at least get exposed to them) without them knowing! Random shout out to Guerilla Science!

 

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Commuting: Make it Productive

Friday, July 14, 2017

Jacob Robertson

The single downside of living in Foggy Bottom and working in College Park is the fifty-five minute daily commute by Metro. While, thankfully, the train isn't quite as crowded on my side of the tracks, fifty-five minutes is still a substantial chunk of a 24 hour day.

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Week #7: Our method of questioning...

Friday, July 14, 2017

Francisco Ayala Rodriguez

“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” -Werner Heisenberg.

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Week 6: Whirlwind

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Victoria (Tori) Eng

Looking back on this week has been both very eventful and very uneventful all at the same time. We had a four-day weekend with the 4th of July falling on a Tuesday. I spent both Saturday and Monday just hanging around the apartment, just relaxing.

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Week 5: Mid-Summer Reflection

Monday, July 10, 2017

Michael Forkner

As week five came to a close, it was hard to believe that my time in DC was half over. In the beginning, ten weeks seemed like it was plenty of time to explore the city and accomplish all my projects.

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Week 6: The Fourth and More

Monday, July 10, 2017

Samantha Pedek

It never ceases to amaze me how fast time is flying by, especially this past week. There is just so many things to do here in D.C., and so many sights to see! The holiday and the nice weather inspired an adventurous weekend.

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Week 6: Kayaking on the 4th

Monday, July 10, 2017

Michael Forkner

This week we had Monday and Tuesday off for the Fourth of July. Most of the weekend was spent relaxing, looking into future graduate schools, and exploring DC. The best part of my long weekend, and probably my favorite day of the summer, was the Fourth of July.

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Week 6: One for the books

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Kristine Romich

My Fourth of July in D.C., plus advice from a Nobel Prize winner.

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Week Six

Friday, July 7, 2017

Luis Royo Romero

Week 6 entailed adventuring off the concrete roads and step outside the gray jungle. It starting going into an early morning hike at Great Falls on the Virginia side. However, the trail traced takes you on the easiest path throughout the entire hike. There are no bumps or breath-taking views.

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