IN THIS ISSUE

• What is “defensible space” as it relates to wildfires?
  Our question of the month.
• Civil defense and the Cold War
  From our collections.
• Soil + water = a great learning experience
  Local teachers get messy and learn about microbial ecosystems.
• Science ambassador supports area students
  Fourth-graders look into water.
• Underground neutrino experiment sets the stage for deep discovery about matter
  Collaborators of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, have shown they can shield a sensitive, scalable 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity.

EVENTS

• Scientist in the Spotlight: Supercomputers/Magnets
  Join us on Saturday, May 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Building tiny structures—two photons at a time
  Join us Monday, April 16 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

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