Sublime Slime, Cootie Genetics, Tox Rap, Insect Discovery and The Teenage Romance Riddle are a few of the workshops available to K-12 teachers during the BIO5-sponsored 2007 Arizona Science Teacher Symposium on Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at…

[Source: Mary Bustamante, Tucson Citizen] — Thousands of local students will find a new subject — science — on the AIMS test they’ll be taking this week and next. But they shouldn’t freak out. The science won’t count — this…

Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc. has announced an economic blueprint for the Tucson area that includes strengthening the region’s science and technology base. The report, titled “Securing our future now: an economic blueprint for the Tucson region,” lays out a…

[Source: Dan Russo, News of Delaware County, PA] — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano leaned over the shoulders of students in several classrooms at Upper Darby High School Thursday afternoon as they inspected the laptop computers…

[Source: Jeff Commings, Arizona Daily Star] — Erika Cook stood among a dozen of her classmates and marveled at the sight of nonfat dairy creamer bursting into flames. Like others around her, including the adults, she couldn’t quite describe watching…

[Source: Ty Young, Business Journal of Phoenix] — An Arizona State University professor has been appointed to a federal panel that will make recommendations about the future of genetically engineered agricultural products. Guy Cardineau from ASU’s Biodesign Institute and the…

The Flinn Foundation, in conjunction with Salt River Project, has issued “Building the Bioscience Pipeline,” a 28-page “snapshot” of Arizona high school bioscience offerings. The programs profiled in the report represent some of the most promising models for the advancement…