From: redOrbit on Sun, Jan 30 2011 12:23 PM

Studies show students in colleges and universities are needing more counseling for mental health issues than ever before.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Nov 10 2010 10:08 AM

University of Chicago psychologist Susan Levine has found that early exposure to mathematics words prepares students for success later in school.

From: redOrbit on Tue, Aug 17 2010 2:37 PM

Class teaches women the art of self-defense, to protect themselves from otherwise traumatic assaults.

From: redOrbit on Tue, Aug 17 2010 2:35 PM

Music may improve your mood and reduce anxiety, but a study suggests it’s best to turn it off while studying.

From: redOrbit on Mon, Aug 16 2010 2:28 PM

Texas A&M University researchers who have found that not fully understanding the “equal sign” in a math problem could be a key to why U.S. students underperform their peers from other countries. credit: TAMU

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jul 14 2010 7:41 PM

Astronaut Leland Melvin and actor/rapper Daniel Curtis Lee (Disney TV’s "Zeke and Luther;" Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide") remind students how doing well in science, technology, engineering, and math can lead to success. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Tue, May 11 2010 9:02 AM

Gerald Kane, assistant professor of information systems at the Carroll School of Management, created and teaches the social networking course at Boston College. credit: NSF

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

Ginger products seem to work in several areas.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

Aspirin helps men and women in different ways. It helps me with heart attacks and women with strokes.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

This NASA video segment gives an inside look at another useful NASA technology, Doppler radar. Between mid-1960 and mid-1980 airplane fatalities were often due to the effects of hazardous wind shears during a plane’s landing and take off. These winds, also known as microbursts, occur when a colu...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

This NASA video segment provides a problem that reviews the procedure to calculate kinetic energy. You will also learn about the Law of Conservation of Energy and how energy changes from potential energy to kinetic energy.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

This NASA video segment explains the relationship between work, force and distance. An example problem demonstates how to calculate work.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

This NASA video segment explains how to use a number line in a rectangular coordinate system. Key topics explained include horizontal and vertical axis lines, quadrants, coordinates, ordered pairs, and integers. Example problems are given to help review the key concepts.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

This NASA video segment explains the use of plasma for rocket propulsion. The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is being tested as one new form of propulsion. This video segment reviews the four states of matter while it reviews the make-up of atoms, electric and magnetic f...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

Paleontologists get an assist from NASA searching for dinosaur fossils.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

This NASA video segment explains scale models, ratios, proportions, and how to calculate problems with different units of measurement. Example problems are provided with color animation to clarify the use of ratios.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

NASA assists paleontologists in finding dinosaurs by using remote sensing technology. Credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

After your New Year resolution, tips to help burn more calories.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

In this NASA video segment explore how flight simulators are one of the most effective tools for pilots and engineers to experminent on aircraft. NASA flight simulators are designed as exact replica of aircrafts enabling engineers to run tests and experiments without risking pilot safety.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Apr 08 2010 9:07 PM

NASA uses special material to protect the Hubble Space Telescope from harsh conditions of space.