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Society Launches New Science Education Blog

By Communications Team

The Society recently launched , a new science education blog for students, parents, and educators. Eureka! Lab is part of 鈥,鈥 a new part of the 京东影业影视传媒 & the Public鈥檚 website that includes information on our educational competitions, resources, and the recently renamed Science News for Students online publication.
 
Why Eureka!Lab? These days the word 鈥渆ureka,鈥 widely attributed to the ancient Greek scholar Archimedes, tends to be used to exclaim a big discovery, like E = mc2, a disease cure or a vein of gold on a mountainside. And, for sure, what motivates most scientists is to find something completely new 鈥 something that no one else in the world knows. But in fact, the word is based on the Greek verb 鈥渆vresko鈥 (蔚蠀蟻委蟽魏蠅), which simply means 鈥渢o find.鈥 So every time you discover something new 鈥 even if it鈥檚 only new to you 鈥 you鈥檙e having a Eureka! moment!
 
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