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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#990000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#990000;font-weight:bold'>A
site where no serious biology question goes unanswered</span></font></b> <br>
<font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'><a href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/zBsZgMiAjDjOzDOV"
target="_blank">Ask a Scientist</a>, a Web site hosted by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, fields about 3,500 questions each year, mostly from American
high school students, on such perplexing topics as the molecular bases for
zebras' stripes and why flu season occurs during winter. Project coordinator
Katherine Wood says the best inquiries -- such as why no mammals have green fur
-- come from the youngest children. <a
href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/zBsZgMiAjDjPFRUK" target="_blank">The
Washington Post</a> (free registration)</span></font><font size=2
color="#666666" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:#666666'> (12/6)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Please pass
this information along to folks who might be interested including elementary
teachers.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cindy</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cynthia Brown,
Ed.D.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Director of
Student Preparation</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education</span></font></p>
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