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NASA's Real 'Hidden Figures' - Mary JACKSON, Katherine JOHNSON, and Dorothy VAUGHAN

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Update : Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies (Ben FINLEY, Associated Press ; February 24, 2020) https://apnews.com/d98cf149180d7fa7e103101288998b06 _______ NASA's Real 'Hidden Figures' (Elizabeth HOWELL, Space.com ; January 23, 2017) Also... NASA Mathematician Katherine JOHNSON makes People's List of Top 25 Women Changing the World ( People TV ; December 16, 2016) What's the true story behind Hidden Figures? (Based on a True Story Podcast; April 5, 2017)

Metallic Hydrogen Transition Now A Reality!

Hydrogen turned into metal in stunning act of alchemy that could revolutionize technlogy and spaceflight   (Ian JOHNSTON, The   Independent UK ; January 27, 2017) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/hydrogen-metal-revolution-technology-space-rockets-superconductor-harvard-university-a7548221.html Research Article: Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen ( DIAS and SILVERA , 2017) https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.01634.pdf

Interglacial Periods, Sea Surface Temperatures & Sea Level Rise

Study of past warming signals major sea level rise ahead (Kerry SHERIDAN, Phys.org ; January 19, 2017) https://phys.org/news/2017-01-major-sea.html Expert reaction to sea levels and sea surface temperatures ( Science Media Centre ; January 19, 2017) http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-sea-levels-and-sea-surface-temperatures/ Selected Research Article : Interglacials of the last 800,000 years (Past Interglacials Working Group of PAGES, 2016) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015RG000482/full Website : Glacial-Interglacial Cycles (National Centers for Environmental Information; NOAA ) https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/abrupt-climate-change/Glacial-Interglacial%20Cycles

Testing Access for Lead in Drinking Water in California K-12 Schools

K-12 Schools now have access to free water testing for lead (Kahtia HALL, KBAK Bakersfield Now ; January 17, 2017) http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/k-12-schools-have-access-to-free-water-testing-for-lead California Water Systems to Provide Lead Testing for Schools (Media Release, California State Water Resources Control Board ; January 17, 2017) http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/documents/leadsamplinginschools/pr011717_lead_test_schools.pdf