Web Watch

http://zircon.geology.union.edu/kamchatka/tanking

Last year, John Garver of Union College in Schenectady, New York, organized a field trip to study the geology of Russia’s remote and roadless Kamchatka peninsula. To reach his destination—the Srendiny range in the south of the peninsula—he and his team set forth in a modified ex-Red Army tank. Garver recounts his experiences in Tanking in Kamchatka, which originally appeared in Union College Magazine.

http://www.beyonddiscovery.org

The often-unanticipated benefits of basic research form the subject of Beyond Discovery™, a collection of illustrated essays from the National Academy of Sciences. Among the topics covered, which are available in Chinese and Spanish translations, are wavelets, vitamin D, and the global positioning system.

http://www.mentornet.net

With the aim of increasing the number of women in science and engineering, the MentorNet Web site pairs students with mentors. Online for five years, MentorNet currently connects about 3000 students with 3000 mentors.

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