What do braces, power tools, swimsuits, and water filters have in common?

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What do invisible braces, ear thermometers, swimsuits, memory foam, water filters,hand power tools (and more) have in common? They were all brought about by NASA! See this link for more information, who knows, maybe You will invent something for society too! 

10 Everyday NASA Inventions http://msnvideo.msn.com/#/video/cf8d7ec2-16cd-41c7-9f42-558f61bd1dbd

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Whale earwax

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The other day I was talking to my local librarian and we got to the discussion of whale earwax. I don't remember how that happened, but what I do remember is that she told me that whale ear canals absorb all the toxins in the environment. They wax acts as a sort of thermometer for how well anti pollution efforts are going and to help determine whether or not there are still chemicals that have long since been banned (sadly, these agents are still lurking!). I will share the source of this knowledge soon. In the meantime, just imagine all the other careers out there! I certainly didn't know analyzing whale ear wax was one, but science never ceases to amaze!

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Science of sound

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Did you know that you can study both music and the brain? You can! Music has a unique impact on brain waves, from helping people with Alzheimer's to motivating people to move. One of my favorite films is "the musical brain", you can also read more in this recent article 

http://gma.yahoo.com/former-grateful-dead-drummers-brain-activity-recorded-while-101406325--abc-news-topstories.html?vp=1

May we all find our rhythm in STEM 

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You are CuTe

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Today we have fun with the elements!

I did not come up with that but I think it is hilarious, fun, and well, 1+ 53+15 ;) to figure out what  word I spelled using the atomic number of element in the periodic table or have fun learning about chemistry check out 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/periodic-table.htm

And

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_pertable.html