March 20 - 26 is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®
This week-long observance will bring together teens and scientific experts in community events across the country to discuss scientific facts about drug abuse.
It is sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.
This week-long observance is designed to counteract the many drug abuse myths that bombard today’s youth, and encourages community-based
question and answer sessions between teens and scientists.
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LifeScience Moment: Robert Koch announced the discovery of tubercle bacillus, the cause of tuberculosis
On March 24, 1882, German scientist Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis.
Three weeks later, on April 10, Koch published an article entitled "The Etiology of Tuberculosis" and in 1884, in a second paper
with the same title, he first expounded "Koch's postulates," which have since become basic to studies of all infectious diseases.
In 1905, Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis."
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It's a Small World
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Deinococcus Radiodurans
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Science Quote
"Don't think. Try."
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Edward Jenner, English doctor
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